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Secret Histories,
Hidden Lives
The Kate O'Brien
Centenary Weekend
Limerick
City Gallery of Art,
Pery Square, Limerick
St. Michael's Church,
Pery Square,
Limerick
21, 22, 23 February
1997
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Kate O'Brien
Kate O'Brien was born into a prosperous Limerick family in 1897.
She began her writing career in 1926 and Without
My Cloak, a novel written in 1930, was her first best seller.
Other works include The Ante Room, That Lady,
The Land of Spices and The Last of Summer.
Although frequently returning to Limerick, the inspiration for much
of her work, Kate O'Brien spent the latter part of her life in England.
She died in 1974.
The Kate O'Brien Centenary Weekend 1997
In 1984 Arlen House held a seminar in Limerick to mark the tenth
anniversary of Kate O'Brien's death, Arising from the success of this
event, the Kate O'Brien Committee was formed and it was decided to
hold an annual literary weekend in Limerick in honour of the city's
most famous deceased author.
The theme of the thirteenth Kate O'Brien Centenary Weekend is Secret
Histories, Hidden Lives.
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