Tuamgraney actor Frank Blake pinpointed as a rising star for 2022
TUAMGRANEY actor Frank Blake has been earmarked as a star to watch in 2022.
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Edna O’Brien’s archive acquired by National Library of Ireland
*Edna O’Brien. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod An archive belonging to Tuamgraney’s Edna O’Brien has been acquired by the National Library of Ireland.
France’s highest cultural honour awarded to Edna O’Brien
Tuamgraney born Edna O’Brien has been awarded the highest cultural honour in France.
Edna O’Brien honoured for continuing to move mountains politically & lyrically in writing
Tuamgraney’s Edna O’Brien has been honoured with a coveted award which is regarded as the precursor to the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Edna O’Brien made a Dame of the British Empire
TUAMGRANEY writer Edna O’Brien has been appointed a dame of the British Empire. Yesterday she was made Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire – the second-highest rank in Britain’s honour system. The 88 year old memoirist, playwright, poet and short story writer has lived in London since the 1950’s. As …