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Maurice Harmon turns 90

June 21, 2020February 26, 20212 Comments

Academic, critic and poet Maurice Harmon will turn 90 years old on June 21st 2020.  Harmon’s library and archive was transferred to UCD Special Collections in 2016.  Harmon has been a towering figure in the field of Anglo Irish literature.  The archive reflects the various aspects of Harmon’s work and demonstrates the pivotal role he … Continue reading Maurice Harmon turns 90

The Catherine A. Murphy Papers

January 9, 2020Leave a comment

Happy New Year to all our followers! We are delighted to welcome you all back to what we hope will be another year of riveting blog posts. So to kick off 2020 let's learn about... Catherine A Murphy was an American academic based a Merrimack College in Massachusetts. Prominent among her academic work was the … Continue reading The Catherine A. Murphy Papers

Mary Lavin: An insight into the creative process

November 28, 2019December 11, 2019Leave a comment

The writer Mary Lavin (1912-1996) was born in East Walpole, Massachusetts to Irish parents Thomas and Nora Lavin, and moved to Ireland as a child. Her first short story was written on the reverse of a draft of her PhD thesis on Virginia Woolf, and she went on to become a prolific and celebrated author, … Continue reading Mary Lavin: An insight into the creative process

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