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- My brother Brendan (Four Square books)
- My brother Brendan (Four Square)
- Tell Dublin I miss her
- Ireland sings
- The Public World of Parable Jones
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Dominic Behan (Irish: Doiminic Ó Beacháin, 22 October 1928 – 3 August 1989) was an Irish songwriter, short story writer, novelist and playwright who wrote in both Irish and English. He was also a committed socialist and Irish Republican. Born into a literary family, Dominic Behan was one of the most influential Irish songwriters of the 20th century. Behan was born in inner-city Dublin into an educated working-class family. His father, Stephen Behan, fought for the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dominic
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Dublin
- Place of death
- Glasgow
- Sibling
- Brendan Behan
- Occupation
- playwright
- Languages spoken
- Irish
- Notable work
- Come Out, Ye Black and Tans
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- cause of death
- cancer
- date of birth
- 1928-10-22
- date of death
- 1989-08-03
- writing language
- Irish
- manner of death
- natural causes
- copyright representative
- PRS for Music
- significant person
- Ewan MacColl
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