Document Type
Article
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Disciplines
General literature studies
Abstract
John McGahern’s first novel, The Barracks , was published 50 years ago, thus marking the arrival of one of Ireland’s most significant writers of the latter half of the20th century. The following year, 1964, saw the book awarded the prestigious Macauley Fellowship, which allowed McGahern to avail of a one-year sabbatical from his teaching duties in Scoil Eoin Baiste in Clontarf.
Recommended Citation
Maher, E. Fifty Years of The Barracks, Irish Times, 12th March, 2013, Dublin, Irish Times, 2013.
Publication Details
An article reproduced with the kind permission of The Irish Times Tuesday, 12th March 2013. to mark the 50th anniversary of the publishing of John McGahern's The Barracks.