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Passion and
Partisanship
The Kate O'Brien Weekend

The Georgian House
& Gardens
No. 2 Pery Square

Limerick City Gallery,
Pery Square

St. Michael's Church,
Pery Square

25, 26 & 27 February 2005

 

The Kate O'Brien Weekend Archives - 2005
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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 Weekend 2005

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 twenty first Kate O'Brien Weekend is Passion and Partisanship.