Life
1869-1932; b. Co. Mayo; his play, The Spancel of Death, due to
be performed by Abbey at Easter 1916, but cancelled. Pantomine, Finn
Varra Maa, criticised as patriotic, also the first panto based on
Irish legend.; Spancel (a strip of human flesh) deals with witch-craft
and superstition in West of Ireland. DIW
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References
Belfast Public Library holds Finn Vara Maa (1917); Aonach
Tailteann and the Tailteann Games (n.d.).
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