Item 446 - File of personal letters and postcards from writer John McGahern, County Leitrim, Dublin (and France), to Kilroy.

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P/P103/4/1/1/446

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File of personal letters and postcards from writer John McGahern, County Leitrim, Dublin (and France), to Kilroy.

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  • 17/06/1985-08/10/2007 (creation)

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File of personal letters and postcards from writer John McGahern, County Leitrim, Dublin (and France), to Kilroy. Personal and family matters; work at TCD (1988) and Colgate (1991); Aosdána membership; living in Leitrim; his own writing - enlarging on The Rockingham Shoot (1986), The Power of Darkness (1989). Responding to new plays Kilroy sent to them, both Madeline and John McGahern praising [ The Madame MacAdam Travelling Theatre ]: "I think it's your best play"( 5 March 1990). Some comments on the literary scene; mentioning mutual friends, including Brian Friel, and offering criticism on the play he was given to read by Friel (4 September 1990). Including invitation to the launch of John McGahern at NUI Galway (8 October 2007). Also including letter from Jo Hatton, Keighley, Yorkshire (UK) to McGahern, referring to an unjust assessment of her writing during the recent Lamb Bank workshop.

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      P103/488

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      2116; 446

      P103/446

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      27/06/2013
      25/06/2025

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