There was also a strong emphasis on Irish history and culture in his home, which meant he was steeped in literature and patriotic ballads from an early age. He was named by Irish Central as one of the greatest Irish writers of all time.An Irish republican and a volunteer in the Irish Republican Army, Behan was born in Dublin into a staunchly republican family becoming a member of the IRA's youth organization Fianna Éireann at the age of fourteen. His image was used as part of the 2014 tour backdrops.īrendan Francis Aidan Behan (christened Francis Behan) ( BEE-ən Irish: Breandán Ó Beacháin 9 February 1923 – 20 March 1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and Irish Republican activist who wrote in both English and Irish. You read him and you are immediately convinced that the rest of the world is suffering a mass mental illness. I love the fact that he didn’t think that heterosexuality resolved anything at all, meaning, I assume, that he didn’t think it was enough just to be heterosexual. You can’t go wrong in choosing anything, and I love people who dodge all the gender-imperative rubbish that society torments us all with. ![]() Killmore’s.īrendan Behan gets a namecheck on it. With Mountjoy, well, the name’s so ridiculous, isn’t it? It’s a bit like calling the local maternity hospital St. It doesn’t sound like what it is, whereas they knew exactly what they were doing when they named Strangeways prison in Manchester. MORRISSEY: The name is so perverse considering what it does to people. ![]() HOT PRESS: A song on World Peace Is None Of Your Business that will definitely resonate with Irish fans is ‘ Mountjoy’. From A Piece Of His Mind - Morrissey Interview / Hotpress:
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