Eugene Derwent

Life
1900-? [pseud. of Rev Eugene MacDermott]; b. Gort, Co. Galway; author of The Hebrew Notion of Sacrifice (q.d.); The Bread We Fought For (q.d.); In the Shadow of an Irish Mountain (q.d.); The Welcome of the Glen (1951). stories. IF2

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References
Desmond Clarke, Ireland in Fiction [Pt II] (Cork: Royal Carbery 1985) lists The Welcome of the Glen [short stories such as ‘Clerical Transfer’, ‘Sick Call’, ‘Doctor’s Prescription’ dealing with life of the clergy and medical profession furing the period of the Rising and the ‘Tan’ War; Catholic viewpoint.

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