tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31875695.post4715071011941426715..comments2024-02-07T21:24:37.121-08:00Comments on Blogtrotter: John L. Murphy / "FionnchĂș"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616876266772470719noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31875695.post-50230170869105746602007-08-08T21:32:00.000-07:002007-08-08T21:32:00.000-07:00Yes I have. Note "considered" the doldrums is in t...Yes I have. Note "considered" the doldrums is in the context of those drinking at McDaid's. It's not my own judgment of an era when Francis Stuart, Flann O'Brien whatever he wrote as, Patrick Kavanagh, Liam O'Flatherty in both languages, Frank O'Connor, Sean O Faolain, Mary Lavin, or The Bell are contributed much to Irish intellectual life, albeit much of it from exile.John L. Murphy / "FionnchĂș"https://www.blogger.com/profile/16616876266772470719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31875695.post-31934594297076234442007-07-10T02:59:00.000-07:002007-07-10T02:59:00.000-07:00"the whole drinking and intellectual climate of 19..."the whole drinking and intellectual climate of 1945-55, considered the doldrums of Irish creative life"<BR/><BR/>From your review of 'Remembering how we stood'. "The doldrums of Irish creative life", wow! Have you read any of the Irish poetry or other literature from that time?<BR/><BR/>MikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com