Eimar O'Duffy (Author of King Goshawk and the Birds)

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Eimar O'Duffy

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It can sometimes seem that Eimar O鈥橠uffy (1893-1935) is most remembered for being a forgotten writer. John Hogan begins his slim 1972 biography of O鈥橠uffy with the line 鈥淓imar Ultan O鈥橠uffy is virtually a forgotten writer鈥�, then quotes Vivian Mercier鈥檚 1946 essay on O鈥橠uffy: 鈥淭he late Eimar O鈥橠uffy . . . was simply ignored.鈥�

O'Duffy, of Anglo-Irish stock, became a captain in the Irish Volunteers and was sent by Eoin MacNeill, along with Bulmer Hobson, to stop the 1916 insurrection in Belfast. He wrote a wide variety of books and plays, but it is the Cuanduine trilogy that is his great achievement. King Goshawk and the Birds is the first part of the trilogy and is an important landmark in the Irish comic novel tradition.

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Eimar O'Duffy鈥檚 books

Average rating: 3.92 · 83 ratings · 26 reviews · 17 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	King Goshawk and the Birds 4.44 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1926 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bird Cage: A Golden Age Murder Mystery really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1932 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret Enemy: A Golden Age Murder Mystery 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1932 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spacious Adventures of the Man in the Street 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1928 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wasted Island really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Asses in Clover (Cuanduine, #3) by Eimar O'Duffy, Frances Hutchinson (Foreword) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1933 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lion and the Fox liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bricriu's Feast: A Comedy in Three Acts, with an Epilogue it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1919 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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