Kevin Barry
Kevin Barry
Kevin Gerard Barrywas the first Irish republican to be executed by the British since the leaders of the Easter Rising. Barry was sentenced to death for his part in an Irish Volunteers operation which resulted in the deaths of three British soldiers...
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CountryIreland
bowl super winning
Going to the Super Bowl and winning the Super Bowl. That would be it.
ball frank single
I'd give Frank the ball every single day.
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I am not surprised at the quality of Tua's next opponent; I am more embarrassed,
bad believe lost
I feel bad for the guy. I can't believe we've lost another one.
area benches knock sailing
I don't want to see more development on the waterfront. Knock it down, put some benches in there, some grass, a little area for the sailing operation. I don't want to see condos or some recreational center.
began cork future happened outside realised spoken
I think the language as spoken in Limerick and Cork has not really been written; 'City of Bohane' is a combination of the two. Bohane is a little kingdom. When I began writing it, I realised that it was in the future and that it was a place that didn't care about anything that happened outside it.
affinity almost critical felt generosity great lived special unified work worked
I have always felt a special affinity with V. S. Pritchett. He worked from the ear, primarily, as I do, and he was an all-rounder, writing short stories, novels, memoir, travelogue, critical biography. He lived to be almost 100, and he never stopped, and his work is unified by a great generosity of spirit.
directly morning rewrite rough three
Very first thing in the morning, I spew some rough genius directly on to the laptop. Then I have coffee and rewrite for three hours.
deter jews plane
I wanted to write about Jews in Montana, so I went there by plane and bus, only to discover that there are no Jews in Montana. It didn't deter me.
finished moses staggering
Frazzled and delirious, as I've just finished a new book of stories. I feel like Moses staggering down the mountainside with the tablets of stone.
book deadly funny hell
Don DeLillo's 'White Noise,' which I read when I was 19. It showed me that a book can be funny as hell and deadly serious.
'City of Bohane' has been optioned for film, and I've finished a first draft of the script.
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The fundamental human truth underpinning 'Ox Mountain Death Song' is that men so very often turn into their fathers. The way that everything gets passed down.
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In my very early days as a journalist, as a cub reporter on a local newspaper, I used to cover the district courthouse in Limerick city - all human life passed through that establishment, and my time there remains a source of inspiration.