Brian o nolan biography of mahatma
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Pseudonym of Irish author and civil servant Brian O'Nolan or Ó Nualláin (1911-1966), who also wrote – mainly for his 1940-1966 Irish Times newspaper column "Cruiskeen Lawn" ["The Little Overflowing Jug"] – as Myles na Gopaleen ["Myles of the Little Horses" or "Myles of the Ponies"], sometimes rendered Myles na gCopaleen.
Brian o nolan biography of mahatma
The Irish Times columns are classics of often fantastic Humour; various selections have been published [see Checklist below], the first and finest being The Best of Myles: A Selection from "Cruiskeen Lawn" (coll 1968).
His early short stories were published under various pseudonyms; it has plausibly been suggested that "Naval Control" (Winter 1932 Amazing Stories Quarterly) as by John Shamus O'Donnel was by O'Brien. The pseudonym resembles others he was known to use; and the story – a spoof tale in which a malfunctioning Robot replaces the priggish, recently deceased wife of a wid