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Frances Molloy
Born(1947-01-12)12 January 1947
Died28 March 1991(1991-03-28) (aged 44)

Ann Brady (née McGill;[1] wrote as Frances Molloy)[2] (12 January 1947 – 28 March 1991), was a novelist and short story writer from Northern Ireland.

Biography

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Born in 1947 in Dungiven, Northern Ireland, Ann McGill left school when she was just fifteen. She got a job working in a factory but left to become a nun. On later leaving the convent, she moved to Great Britain where she married Gerard Brady. They had two children. Adopting the pseudonym of "Frances Molloy" in her writing career, her biggest work was No Mate for the Magpie (1985). Although not a direct autobiography, it was based on Molloy's own life and experiences of growing up in Northern Ireland. The story focuses on Ann Elizabeth McClone, and is narrated by her in a Derry dialect. In 1971 Molloy and her husband moved back to Northern Ireland for two years, later settling at Lancaster, Lancashire. She died of a stroke on 28 March 1991.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Over the course of her career, Molloy wrote a play with Ruth Hooley and Nell McCafferty, and contributed short stories to various British magazines.[3][4][10][2]

Bibliography

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  • No Mate for the Magpie (1985)
  • The Last Thing
  • An Irish Fairy Tale ( 1985)
  • Women are the Scourge of the Earth ( 1989)

References and sources

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  1. ^ New Hibernia Review, vol. 21, no. 3, Autumn 2017, "No Way Out" of Ireland: Frances Molloy's No Mate for the Magpie and the Picaresque Novel, Jennifer M. Jeffers, p. 66
  2. ^ a b Molloy, Frances. "No mate for the magpie". Troubles Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Frances Molloy". Ricorso. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b Warrenpoint, K-Point Internet Solutions -; Down, County. "The Dictionary of Ulster Biography". The Dictionary of Ulster Biography. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  5. ^ Kelly, A. (2008). Twentieth-Century Irish Literature. Readers' guides to essential criticism. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-137-08318-0. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  6. ^ O'Connor, S.; Shepard, C.C. (2009). Women, Social and Cultural Change in Twentieth Century Ireland: Dissenting Voices?. EBSCO ebook academic collection. Cambridge Scholars Publisher. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-4438-0693-0. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  7. ^ Peter, C.S. (2000). Changing Ireland: Strategies in Contemporary Women's Fiction. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-230-59646-7. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  8. ^ Eagleton, M.; Parker, E. (2016). The History of British Women's Writing, 1970-Present: Volume Ten. History of British Women's Writing. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 201. ISBN 978-1-137-29481-4. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  9. ^ Deane, S.; Bourke, A.; Carpenter, A.; Williams, J. (2002). The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing. The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing. New York University Press. p. 1160. ISBN 978-0-8147-9907-9. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  10. ^ a b Norther..., Culture (1 February 2006). "Frances Molloy". Culture Northern Ireland. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
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