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Brendan Hamill (writer)

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After finishing school, he worked for several years in England. He recalled: "A lot of my time was spent between the bookshops at Tottenham Court Road and Charing Cross at lunchtimes."
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After he graduated he subsequently worked for several years as a teacher in Kilcullen, County Kildare and later in Belfast.
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He has published two poetry chapbooks - the first Emigrant Brother and the second Alameda Park.
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His poetry has been published in a wide range of newspapers and magazines including
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Children of the Troubles: Our Lives in the Crossfire of Northern Ireland
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He spoke at the launch of ‘The Literature of the Troubles Project’.
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His critical work has been published in various magazines including
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He was very enthusiastic about promoting the work of the poet
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He then returned to Northern Ireland to study for a degree in
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Letter to America: poems on the 30 year war in N. Ireland
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Falls Road
Belfast
Belfast City Cemetery
Michael McLaverty
Seamus Heaney
English
University of Ulster
Walter Allen
Gerald Dawe
Brian Keenan
Coleraine Cluster
Pete Hamill
Belfast Telegraph
Irish Times
Irish Press
BBC
RTÉ
Fortnight
Padraic Fiacc
Padraic Fiacc
"Emigrant Brother"
ISBN
978-0-671-53738-8
"Literary geniuses side by side"
"Literary geniuses side by side"
"OBIT: Whiterock writer Brendan Hamill's tribute to famed American cousin Pete"
"Brendan Hamill books"
"Children of the Troubles"

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