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- 1938-1983
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Grattan Dermot Freyer was born on 25 July 1915 in Cambridge, England, the second of three sons of Major Dermot Freyer (1883-1970), a writer, art collection and first Labour councillor for Cambridge Corporation and his New Zealand wife Lorna Doone McLean (
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This collection consists of notes and associated papers gathered by Grattan Freyer, from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. They form the basis for lectures given by him at the Language Centre, the Institute for Irish Studies, the Irish Humanities Centre
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The material is accessible to all bone fide researchers, and subject to the conditions of access governing the consultation of archival material at the James Hardiman Library. For a full statement of the conditions, please see: http://www.library.nuigalw
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Obituary of Grattan Freyer in "The Irish TImes" (22 June 1983)
Obituary of Grattan Freyer in "Cathair na Mairt", vol 4, no 1 (1984)
Prionsias O'Conluain, "Islands and Authors" (1983)
Peter Lamb's article 'A Kiln fired by Turf - Grattan Freyer
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22/12/2014
08/08/2025