Life
Son of the sculptor Edward Delaney; joined the Irish Dept. of Foreign
Affairs [diplomatic corp]; Casting of Mr O’Shaughnessy (London:
Bloomsbury 1995), 368pp.; issued An Accidental Diplomat (2001).
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Works
Fiction, Casting of Mr O’Shaughnessy (London: Bloomsbury
1995), 368pp.,and Do. [rep. edn.] (Dublin: New Island Books 2002),
[500pp.]
Autobiography, An Accidental Diplomat: My Years in the Irish Foreign Service 1987-1995 (New Island Books 2001), 408, ill. [8pp. b&w photos]
Miscellaneous, review of Frank Ronan, Home (Sceptre/Lir 2002), in Sunday Independent (7 April 2002), Living, p.20; review of Jonathan Safran, Everything is Illuminated (Hamish Hamilton), in The Irish Times/Weekend (6 July 2002).
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Criticism
Marianne Hartigan, interview with Eamon Delaney, Books Ireland (May
1995), pp.113-14.
John Dunne, ‘Sacred Cows’, review of The Casting Mr O’Shaughnessy (1995) [inter al.], in Books Ireland (Sept. 1995), p.217 [infra].
Rüdiger Imhof, review of The Casting of Mr Shaughnessy (1995), 363pp., in Linen Hall Review (Winter 1995-96) [q.p.]
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Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco)