Letters give fascinating insight into writer

UNIVERSITY College Cork (UCC) has acquired the exclusive custody of correspondence papers of the celebrated Irish writer Seán O’Faoláin.

The letters contain correspondence between O’Faoláin and solicitor Gerald Fox while the writer was undertaking research for his book, Newman’s Way, a biography of Cardinal John Henry Newman, which was published in 1952.

Correspondence continued for several years after the publication of the book.