Legacy edit
Bryan MacMahon left a strong legacy behind him after he died on the 13th of February 1998. Bryan spent most of his life in his home town of Listowel which is where he set up and began the running of many practices which still go on today. MacMahon's translation of the irish story Peig to english has had a massive impact on our Irish culture. His translation and autobiography of Peig sayers has made this true story much more accessible to Ireland's communities [1]. To this day Bryan's Peig translation is taught in schools around Ireland. MacMahon was the founder of listowel writing week in 1970. [2] Some Of McMahon's most famous books include: The Master, Tallystick and other stories, Pasty-o and his wonderful pets, The story man, Children of the rainbow and The Lion Tamer and other stories.[3] These books vary in style from children's books to shorts stories The most recent book that he wrote was The Master whch was written by MacMahon in 1992 just before he died. The Master is a biography that McMahon wrote about his life, his experiences as being a teacher and how it was for him having been involved in all the different communities within Ireland through his interests in story writing and play scripts. It i the story "off his life in his own words". [4] McMahon began Listowel Drama group for the Listowel community to participate in short story and play writing. MacMahon wrote plays himself. He wrote many plays including The song of the Anvil,[5] The Honey Spike and The bugle in the blood.
MacMahon was awarded the American Fund recipient in 1993 [6]
Byan was the founder of listowel Drama group in 1946. [7] Macmahon is also known to have written plays. One of his most famous being his play The Honey Spike whos rolls were acted by travellers. The Honey Spike was produced by the Abbey theater in 1961. It won many international awards and currently is still being produced at Irish Drama Festivals.[8] McMah The Travelling community and their ways of living is represented in his play The Honey spike and some of his short stories. The Shelta Language was spoken by the irish travelling communities and Bryan was one of the few who spoke it.[5]
- ^ Peig, Sayers. "Peig: The Autobiography of Peig Sayers of The Great Blasket Islands". Semantic Scholar. Syracuse University Press. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ MacMahon, Bryan. "Bryan MacMahon-Man of Listowel". Listowel writers week. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ Good, Reads. "Books by Bryan Mac Mahon". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ Aidens, Online books. "aidens online book". aidensonlinebooks.com. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ Times, The Irish (14 February 1998). "Listowel poet and writer Bryan MacMahon dies at 88". The Irish Times. The Irish Times. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ Times, The Irish (16 February 1998). "Writing of Bryan MacMahon put social irony in sharp focus". The Irish Times. The Irish Times. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ MacMahon, Bryan. "Bryan MacMahon". Kerry writers museum. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ Honey, Spike. "Playography Ireland". The Irish Theatre institute. Retrieved 16 November 2020.