Item 433 - File of letters from, and about, writer Aidan Higgins, London, to Kilroy.

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P/P103/4/1/1/433

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File of letters from, and about, writer Aidan Higgins, London, to Kilroy.

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  • 10/10/1974-15/02/1977 (creation)

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File of letters from, and about, writer Aidan Higgins, London, to Kilroy. Regarding Kilroy's plan to write an essay on Higgins for The Hollins Critic (US) - including a letter from its editor John Rees Moore. Higgins replies to Kilroy's request for information, sending also a short biography, commenting modern-day Ireland. Also offering commentary on Kilroy's neighbours, the Ardens [John and Margaretta D'Arcy]: "they were off to US to study forced breeding of shellfish, revolutionise Munster economy, when last heard of. Such energy! Confuse it with hope..." (10 October 1974)

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      2116; 433

      P103/433

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      27/06/2013
      25/06/2025

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