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From: The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature
Date: 20000101
Author:ROBERT WELCH
Molloy, M[ichael] J[oseph]
(1917–1994), playwright and farmer; born Milltown, Co. Galway, educated St Jarlath's College, Tuam. Preparations for the priesthood at St Columba's College, Derry, were terminated by ill-health. His enthusiasm for drama stemmed from a childhood visit to the Abbey , where his first work, The Old Road , was produced in 1943. The play involves a romantic plot, eccentric characters, and colourful language—all elements which recall the works of J. M. Synge , whom he greatly admired. It focuses on the inevitability of emigration in the ...Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.
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