Trinity College DublinFor 250 years, generations of Trinity College Dublin students have championed free debate through their involvement with the College Historical Society, or The Hist. In this arena of ambition, where opposing ideas are contested, members have pitted themselves against contemporaries, with many going on to have significant careers in Ireland and around the world. Throughout its history the Society has debated the vital issues of the day, national and

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His varied career included devising music programmes for Radio Éireann

Recently winning the inaugural John McGahern Annual Book Prize and being shortlisted for the inaugural Dalkey Literary Award for Emerging Writer

in Ireland

these pieces provide a rare glimpse inside some of the world’s most creative minds

or humourous juxtapositions

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beginning with the controversial

In 1950 he decamped to New York and taught for many years at colleges in Massachusetts

the Burren and Connemara

including The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B (1968)

the author tells a strange and moving story about the early life and war experiences of his two uncles