Guide to the Brendan Behan Manuscript
MSE/IR 1071
Collection Summary
Title: | Brendan Behan Manuscript |
Dates: | ca. 1953 |
Collection No.: | MSE/IR 1071 |
Creator: | Behan, Brendan (1923-1964) |
Extent: | 1 typescript: 10 pages. |
Language: | Collection material in English |
Repository: | University of Notre Dame. Hesburgh Libraries, Department of Special Collections. 102 Hesburgh Library, Notre Dame, IN 46556 |
Abstract: |
Selected Search Terms
Behan, Brendan, 1923-1964
Short stories
Administrative Information
Restrictions: There are no access restrictions on this collection
Preferred Citation: Brendan Behan Manuscript, Department of Special Collections, Hesburgh Libraries of Notre Dame.
Acquisition and Processing Note: Acquired at Mealy's Auction, December 2016. Finding aid by Aedín Clements.
Biographical Note
Brendan Behan (1923-1964) was born in Dublin and became involved in the IRA early in life, and was incarcerated in Hollesley Bay, Suffolk as a youth and later in Mountjoy Jail, Dublin for shooting at a Garda (police officer).
A housepainter by trade, Behan was a playwright, poet, balladmaker and novelist as well as being known as a popular storyteller and singer. He wrote and published in both Irish and English.
Among Behan's best-known works are
Scope and Content Note
The typescript is a complete short story with the title "A Coat for Confirmation". This appears to be an early draft of Behan's short story "The Confirmation Suit", first published in
Related Material
Related material: The Liam Creagh Collection on Brendan Behan, MSE/IR 1070; The Brendan Behan Ballad Collection (in process)
Container List
- A Coat for Confirmation. ca.1953
MSE/IR 1071)
Typescript, 10 pages.