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Art Imitating Life Imitating Death: An exploration of Guests of the Nation by Frank O'Connor

Art Imitating Life Imitating Death: An exploration of Guests of the Nation by Frank O'Connor

Creedon, Cónal

Paperback

Irish History

ISBN10: 1739918061
ISBN13: 9781739918064
Publisher: Irishtown Press
Published: Aug 19 2022
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In 2003, Cónal Creedon was commissioned by RTÉ to adapt Guests of the Nation for radio as part of the Frank O'Connor Centenary Celebrations.
Seduced by a narrative so deeply rooted in a culture, history and landscape so familiar to me, I was captivated by this wartime parable.
So began his personal journey to the soul of O'Connor's story. It was a voyage of discovery that led him on a circuitous route to the death of Major Compton-Smith during the Irish War of Independence.

In 2012, Creedon was invited by descendants of the Donoughmore IRA to visit the safe-house where Major Compton-Smith had been held. It occurred to him that Compton-Smith's final days may have been the inspiration for O'Connor's fiction. Creedon's recollections of that day have been published in several articles.

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