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When Behan received the gun he fired two shots at police and escaped the scene but was later arrested (10 April 1942). ” [17] He was put on trial for conspiracy to murder and the attempted murder of two Garda detectives, Behan was found guilty and sentenced to 14 years imprisonment.
Dec 11, 2013 · A SENTENCE of fourteen years’ imprisonment was imposed on a youth named Brendan Behan, 70 Kildare road, Crumlin, Dublin , by the Special Criminal Court, sitting in Collins Barracks, Dublin,...
Oct 5, 2023 · But behind the caricature, Brendan Behan was one of the finest literary figures Ireland ever produced — only to die tragically of alcoholism at barely 40. An exhibition to mark the centenary of his birth in 1923 — and give a more nuanced insight into Behan — has already attracted 300,000 visitors.
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Nov 12, 2013 · Stage. Being Behan: death by celebrity and alcohol. Adrian Dunbar, who takes the lead role in a play about the twilight of Brendan Behan’s life, thinks the time is right to resuscitate...
Behan's sentence in Dublin in 1942 for attempted murder, a crime 'committed in connection with his adherence to the IRA which persisted in spite of an undertaking only six months pre viously that he would not engage in further IRA activities' also stuck in the collective memory
May 17, 2014 · Behan in the USA is a frequently funny but ultimately tragic story, in which the author runs his finger along the timeline of the writer's descent, from the joyful and brilliantly witty...
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The latter, a play Behan wrote in Irish and later translated into English, deals with the execution of an IRA prisoner by the British and the death of an English hostage taken by the IRA in...
