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Why so many great Irish writers?

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  • #32
    Eliot Rosewater
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    Ahh, no bother, it was my fault really!


  • #33
    Pittens
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    Ireland's censorship was far more zealous and far-reaching than that of almost any other Western nation. It amounted to a veritable war against modern culture and ideas, and gave us the international reputation of being an insular, provincial, anti-intellectual backwater

    That depends on the definition of "Western". !942 ( this high tide of Irish book censorship) was a fairly popular time for book banning, and indeed, burning in many countries that are now considered Western.


  • #34
    Pittens
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    donegalfella wrote: »
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    All of those should be unbanned ( although I assume that the law is either not invoked, or the books mostly out of print).


  • #35
    Permabear
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