Life
d. 1970; son of Francis and Hanna; Professor of French at TCD and Irish
Senator; his funeral address delivered by Sean O’Faolain (‘You
won, Owen, you won!’); regarded as his chief influence by Conor Cruise
O’Brien, his cousin; a tribute appears in Hubert Butler, Escape
from the Anthill (1985).
Works
Conor Cruise O'Brien, ‘My Time at Trinity College’, The Recorder: Journal of the
Irish American Historical Society, 13, 1 (Spring 2000), pp.7-37.
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Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco)