George Moore: Quick Facts

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Born	February 24, 1852 • Ireland
Died	January 21, 1933 (aged 80) • London • England
Notable Works	“A Modern Lover” • “A Mummer’s Wife” • “Confessions of a Young Man” • “Esther Waters” • “Hail and Farewell” • “Reminiscences of the Impressionist Painters” • “The Brook Kerith” • “The Lake” • “The Untilled Field”

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George Moore, 1908.

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Maeve Binchy

Maeve Binchy

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Edna O'Brien

Edna O’Brien

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Brendan Behan

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Sean O’Faolain

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Elizabeth Bowen

Elizabeth Bowen

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John McGahern

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Liam O’Flaherty

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Michael Banim

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James Joyce wearing a dark suit, light tie, round glasses, and a hat, looking to the side outdoors in Zurich, Switzerland.

James Joyce

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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

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Colm Toibin stands in a narrow cobblestone alleyway in Mantova, Italy, wearing a gray jacket and black shirt with his hands in his pockets.

Colm Tóibín

Irish author

John Banville

John Banville

Irish writer

Portrait of Bram Stoker seated in a chair, wearing a dark suit and vest, with a trimmed beard and mustache, facing slightly to his left against a plain background.

Bram Stoker

Irish writer

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William Trevor

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Frank O’Connor

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Julia O’Faolain

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Charles James Lever

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James Plunkett

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Caroline Blackwood

Irish journalist and novelist