The Same Age as the State by Maire Cruise O'Brien (GT489)

Published 2003: First Edition / Hardcover / Very Good Condition / Illustrated throughout

Original green cloth with silver titles on the spine and original pictorial dust jacket. 352 very clean and bright pages. Slight shelf wear on dust jacket and edges consistent with age. (GT489)

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Máire Cruise O'Brien explores the republican and revolutionary connections of her family as she was growing up, the fallout of the Civil War, and life in the Irish-speaking districts of Ireland almost a century ago.

Máire spent two years studying in post-war Paris where she met Beckett and Sylvia Beech, among others. She became the first ever Irish woman diplomat, a role which took her to Spain in the time of Franco, the General Assembly of the U.N. & the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.

After her marriage to Conor Cruise O'Brien, she accompanied him to various countries including wartime Congo when Conor was U.N. representative, Ghana, where he was Chancellor of the new university, and the U.S, when he lectured in New York University.

This is the autobiography of a unique woman, spanning most of the 20th century. It is filled with famous people including revolutionaries, writers, statesmen and many more· A compelling insight into a time of great upheaval in Ireland, Europe and Africa. [Google Books]

About the Author
An established Irish language author, Máire published many highly acclaimed volumes of verse, articles, short stories and translations. She died at the age of 99 in October 2021.