O'Toole / Lynch A Poet in the House: Patrick Kavanagh at Priory Grove

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-84351-828-0
Verlag: The Lilliput Press
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten

In A Poet in the House: Patrick Kavanagh at Priory Grove, a memoir by Elizabeth O'Toole, we encounter a new Patrick Kavanagh.
Patrick Kavanagh (1904–67) was one of Ireland's foremost poets, best known for 'The Great Hunger' and novel Tarry Flynn. He is also remembered for his cantankerous, sometimes volatile nature, fuelled by alcohol. In 1961, the poet lived with the O'Toole family in Stillorgan for six months at a crucial point in his life, when he was sober, industrious and, as the accompanying photographs will show, much loved by her children.
Although Elizabeth O'Toole is now ninety-six, her decidedly down-to-earth voice is that of a much younger woman. Her vivid recollections deepen and challenge the way we view Patrick Kavanagh. The influence of her book will tilt our perception of this passionate man.
A contextual essay by the editor of the volume, playwright and novelist Brian Lynch, accompanies the memoir.

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Toole, Elizabeth

Lynch, Brian

Über Autor(innen)

Lynch, Brian
Brian Lynch writes poetry, plays, fictions and other material. He established and edited The Holy Door, a literary journal, which published such writers as W.H. Auden, Anthony Cronin, Aidan Higgins and Patrick Kavanagh.
He worked as a journalist for the Evening Press and The Hibernia Magazine. He was an advisor to the Irish government. During the 1970s, he was a spokesman for Attorney General of Ireland Declan Costello.

O'Toole, Elizabeth
Elizabeth O’Toole was born in County Clare in 1924. Her father, Laurence Ryan, was a thoroughbred horse breeder; her mother, May Watson, was from Charleville, in County Cork. Elizabeth was educated at Laurel Hill secondary school in Limerick, and at Cathal Brugha Street College in Dublin, graduating with degrees in Nutritional Science and Home Economics. Before her marriage, in 1948, she taught in County Cork, and, after moving back to Dublin, was a lecturer at the Church of Ireland College of Education, at Dundrum and Ballsbridge Technical Colleges, and at her alma mater, Cathal Brugha Street. She has lived in the United States for much of her adult life.