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MAIN SOURCES

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✭ Illustrations by Dermot Flynn © Copyright Dermot Flynn. All Rights Reserved. The sixteen illustrations belong to Dermot Flynn. Reproduction in whole or part in any form or in any medium without permission from Dermot Flynn is prohibited. The artwork and designs shown on these pages in the form of digital screen or any other matter that represents these images shall not be used in any form without written consent from Dermot Flynn.

✭ The three illustrative maps — ‘Brian’s World’, ‘Donegal Settings’ and ‘Where is Ballybeg’. © Copyright Mitchell Davies. Reproduction in whole or part in any form or in any medium without permission from Mitchell Davies is prohibited.

✭ Architectural drawings of The Laurels, © Copyright Duncan McLaren — Dedalus Architecture.

✭ Set design illustrations of The Faith Healer, © Copyright John Lee Beatty

✭ Photographs of collection items and all manuscripts from National Library of Ireland are courtesy of the National Library of Ireland and copyright National Library of Ireland. National Library of Ireland Collection List No. 73 BRIAN FRIEL PAPERS. All reproduction rights are subject to the National Library’s terms and conditions. Images are used here by kind permission and not to be reproduced.

IMAGES

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✭ An Mhuc Dhubh, 1993, Foreword by Brian Friel, With kind assistance in photography and courtesy of Joseph Brennan.

✭ Book jacket images, courtesy of The Gallery Press.

✭ Brian Friel’s Birth Certificate is Crown Copyright.

✭ Brian Friel’s Residence, Omagh / CC BY-SA 2.0 and Culmore old Primary School / CC BY-SA 2.0 (Kenneth Allen)

✭ Brian Friel Theatre, Queens University. Photos by kind permission and thanks to David Grant.

✭ “Derry aerial view” by Yellow book is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

✭ Faith Healer: Set designs and photograph of Friel and cast (1979) with kind permission of John Lee Beatty, Set designer: Longacre Theatre, New York 1979 and Abbey theatre Dublin 2021 and thank you to Performing Arts Legacy Project

✭ Give Me Your Answer, Do! Poster and images of Performance courtesy of The Clarence Players and Belvoir Studio.

✭ Living Quarters, National Theatre of Northern Greece, Mr Kostas Papantoniou (photographer)

✭ Living Quarters, The Lir, Keith Dixon (photographer)

✭ Lough Anna photograph.  “File: Lough Anna – geograph.org.uk – 161737.jpg” by John Cromie is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

✭ Molly Sweeney, National Theatre of Northern Greece, Mr Tasos Thomoglou (photographer)

✭ “Omagh High Street September 1959” is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

✭ Philadelphia, Here I Come! Barnstorm Theatre, Dylan Vaughan (photographer)

✭ Postcards of Donegal, courtesy of Donegal County Council

✭ Poster and images of performances and programmes, with kind permission An Grianán Theatre, Letterkenny, County Donegal.

✭ “Sligo county” by isalella is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

✭ The Gentle Island and The Communication Cord. Poster and images of Performance courtesy of Corn Mill Theatre

✭ Tramore Beach photograph. “Tramore Beach III” by niceguysean is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

AUDIO

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✭ The Skelper. Read by Adrian Dunbar with kind permission and many thanks. Produced by Heather Larmour. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in March 2013.

✭ Crystal and Fox music: The Harvest Home, played by Jim Prendergast, in O’Connor’s Pub, Blackwater, County Wexford. Date created: 1971-09-27. UCD Digital Library

✭ Dancing at Lughnasa music: The Mason’s Apron, reel / Margaret McNiff-Locke’s Instrumental Trio: Date created: 1930-06. Irish Traditional Music Archive 277431

✭ Home Place music: Oft in the stilly night, fox trot / The County Mayo Boys: Date Created 1931-09. Irish Traditional Music Archive 277334.

✭ Wonderful Tennessee music: Down in De Cane Break, Frank Crumit, 1928. Courtesy of OldiesAl.

VIDEO

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✭ Brian Friel Summer School, Queens University, filmed by Kyle Malcolm.

✭ Dancing at Lughnasa film premiere in Glenties, Co. Donegal. 24 September 1998. Jackson Media

✭ Glenties, Co. Donegal, 1962. Tidy Towns Award original film footage.

✭ Molly Sweeney, National Theatre of Northern Greece, 2019

✭ Philadelphia, Here I Come! Dramacast. Workhouse Theatre Company and An Grianán Theatre 2021.