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The Sperrins has been home to many literary figures, The hills and glens doubtless provided the inspiration for much of their writing. The background of these wordsmiths varies from Presbyterian minister to the wife of a Church of Ireland bishop; labourer to scholar; nationalist to unionist… but all inspired by the Sperrins muse.
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"The Weaver's Path" by Pat McErlean |
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Pat Mc Erlean has recently published a book called "The Weaver's Path", which is a collection of poems, stories and photographs of lcoal interest.
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Born in Mountfield the interests and achievements of Alice Milligan’s life were rooted in factors already bubbling in the Irish cauldron at the time of her birth in the 1860’s.
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Benedict Kiely was born in 1919 in Dromore, County Tyrone and raised in nearby Omagh.
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Brian Friel was born in Omagh, Co Tyrone in 1929, and in 1939 moved with his family to Derry.
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Although born in Dublin in 1818, Cecil Frances Alexander spent a considerable period of her life within the Strabane area.
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Although born in Dublin in 1818, Cecil Frances Alexander spent a considerable period of her life within the Strabane area.
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Dr George Sigerson, born in 1836 at Hollyhill, near Strabane.
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Felix Kearney was born in 1889 in Magherenny, near Drumquin.
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Born in the Bowling Green, Strabane in 1911, the novelist Brian O’Nolan, wrote fiction as “Flann O’Brien” and contributed a controversial weekly column, ‘Cruiskeen Lawn’, to the Irish Times, under the pseudonym ‘Myles Na Gopaleen’, leading to Benedict Kiely describing him as ‘the three headed man’.
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Jimmy Kennedy was a prolific song writer during the 1930’s and 1940’s.
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