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Born May 30, 1955 (age 69) • Ireland
Notable Works “Brooklyn” • “House of Names” • “The Blackwater Lightship” • “The Master” • “The South” • “The Testament of Mary”

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Oliver Goldsmith, oil painting from the studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
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George Moore, 1908.
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William Trevor
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