Brinsley MacNamara

Brinsley MacNamara

Brinsley MacNamara (1890 - 1963) - born John Weldon - was a writer born near Delvin, County Westmeath, Ireland. He worked for the Abbey Theatre from 1909, and later as the registrar of the National Gallery of Ireland. McNamara is most famous for his first printed novel, Valley of the Squinting Windows (1918). He continued to write for many years after the publication of this controversial novel. Later works include "The Glorious Uncertainty" (1923) and "Look at the Heffernans" (1926).

McNamara married Helena Degidon, a schoolteacher, in 1920. He died in Dublin in February 1963.

Other Works

"The Clanking of Chains"

"The Various Lives of Marcus Igoe"

"Margater Gillan"

"The Mirror in the Dusk"

External links

* [http://www.pgil-eirdata.org/html/pgil_datasets/authors/Mac/MacNamara,B/life.htm Biography from Princess Grace Irish Library]


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