bokomslag A Poet in the House: Patrick Kavanagh at Priory Grove
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A Poet in the House: Patrick Kavanagh at Priory Grove

Elizabeth O'Toole

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  • 192 sidor
  • 2021
Patrick Kavanagh (190467) was one of Irelands 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 A Poet in the House: Patrick Kavanagh at Priory Grove, a memoir by Elizabeth OToole, we encounter a new Patrick Kavanagh. In 1961, the poet lived with the OToole 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. Until now, no one has been aware of how close Kavanagh was to OToole and to her husband, James Davitt Bermingham OToole. Born and raised in China, Jim OToole was the author of Man Alive, a play about the inner workings of the ESB that created a storm of controversy in 1961. On the first night, Kavanagh told the audience that the press was lily-livered. This was not just a local row. One of the ESBs top executives, Jim ODonovan, was the IRA leader who negotiated a deal with the Nazis that threatened the existence of the State in 1940. Kavanaghs relationship with ODonovan and Jim OTooles escape from Germany at the outbreak of the war are here revealed for the first time. Amongst many other revelations in the book is a hitherto unknown connection between the poet and Patricia Avis, novelist wife of the poet Richard Murphy, and lover of Philip Larkin and Desmond Williams. Although Elizabeth OToole 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 along with photographs from the early sixties.
  • Författare: Elizabeth O'Toole
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781843518242
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 192
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2021-10-21
  • Förlag: The Lilliput Press Ltd