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Flann O'Brien

Died in 1966

Brian O'Nolan, who wrote as Flann O'Brien, was born on 5 October 1911 in Strabane, in County Tyrone. A student at University College Dublin, he entered the civil service in 1935, at the Department of Local Government, where he served as private secretary to ministers until his forced retirement in 1953. Under the name Myles na gCopaleen, he wrote a daily satirical column in the Irish Times from 1940 until his death. He died in Dublin on 1 April 1966.

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