Tribute To Nuala O'Faolain To Be Held On June 24th

Friends and fellow Irish writers of Nuala O'Faolain, who died in Dublin on May 9, will gather to pay tribute to one of Ireland's best-loved writers at The New York Public Library on Tuesday, June 24 at 7pm.

Internationally known for her searing memoir, 'Are You Somebody', as well as her acclaimed first novel, 'My Dream of You', O'Faolain was widely respected in Ireland as an award-winning television producer, journalist, and columnist for The Irish Times before her memoir caused a sensation on its publication in 1999. Her unblinking, unsentimental description of an impoverished Irish childhood that struck a cord with readers world-wide became a New York Times bestseller.

Frank McCourt, Paul Muldoon, Fintan O'Toole, Polly Devlin, Julie Grau, Sheridan Hay, John Low-Beer, and others will honor Nuala O'Faolain's life with reminiscence, traditional music, and readings from her work.

There will also be a special live musical performance by vocalist Susan McKeown, guitarist Eamon O'Leary, fiddler Dana Lyn, and piper Ivan Goff.