Life
1908-1986 [err. O’Shea]; b. Co. Westmeath, son of RIC man; raised in Athlone, Rathfriland, Newry and other places; joined Northern Ireland Civil Service and became one of two Catholics to attain the rank of Permanent Secretary.
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References
Frank Ormsby, ed., Northern Windows, An Anthology Of Ulster Autobiography (Belfast: Blackstaff 1987), contains extract
from Voices and the Sound of Drums (Belfast: Blackstaff 1981) (pp.120-33)
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