A01=Brian Friel
Author_Brian Friel
Brian Friel
Category=DD
Colin Barrett
Dancing at Lughnasa
Dark Lies The Island
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Foe Coetzee
The History Boys
Translation
Product details
- ISBN 9780571117420
- Weight: 93g
- Dimensions: 126 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 27 Apr 1981
- Publisher: Faber & Faber
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The action takes place in late August 1833 at a hedge-school in the townland of Baile Beag, an Irish-speaking community in County Donegal. In a nearby field camps a recently arrived detachment of the Royal Engineers, making the first Ordnance Survey. For the purposes of cartography, the local Gaelic place names have to be recorded and rendered into English.
In examining the effects of this operation on the lives of a small group, Brian Friel skilfully reveals the far-reaching personal and cultural effects of an action which is at first sight purely administrative.
Brian Friel was born in Omagh, County Tyrone, in 1929. His plays include Philadelphia, Here I Come!, Translations, Faith Healer, Making History and Dancing at Lughnasa.
