Friel: the repossession man

Brian Friel’s work refused to be part of the cultural conspiracy that was demanded by partition.

Last week, the McGill summer school celebrated the 80th birthday next January of Brian Friel. Set in Glenties, Co Donegal - the imaginative hinterland of so much of Friel’s work - the unusual nature of the occasion was added to by the writer himself attending many of the lectures and performances, much to the chagrin of some ...