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A Maureen O'Hara collection of books on Ireland
29 November 2016, 12:00 EST
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A Maureen O'Hara collection of books on Ireland
Comprising approximately 80 books related to Ireland, 1914-2010, mainly cloth covers lacking dust jackets, including several presentation copies, many bearing O'Hara's ownership signature, some annotated. Maureen O'Hara was born and raised in Ireland and lived there for much of her life. She remained deeply connected with Ireland and became a kind of media goodwill ambassador for her native land. This lot from her library includes Irish fiction and poetry by authors like Sean O'Casey, James Joyce, and Brendan Behan. Nonfiction subjects include Irish history, patriots, antiquities, cooking, ghosts, an English/Irish dictionary, and a facsimile of The Book of Kells. Notably, there are four books by Maurice Walsh, including Green Rushes featuring the story that inspired The Quiet Man (1952); all four Walsh books have O'Hara's ownership signature. There is also a book titled, The Quiet Man, by Patrick Purcell, which is about Ireland but unrelated to the film. Under the ownership signature in her copy of Famine by Liam O'Flaherty, O'Hara wrote, "Should be required reading for all peoples."


















