The Irish writer Benedict Kiely has died

The Irish writer, Benedict Kiely, from Omagh, county Tyrone, has died. A well known novelist and broadcaster who was named Saoi of Aosdana in 1996 for his contribution to Irish literature. He died at the age of 87 at his home in Dublin on Feburary 9th. Among his more well knowen works were: Benedict Kiely, A Raid into Dark Corners and Other Essays (1999), Nothing Happens in Carmincross (1985), All the Way to Bantry Bay and Other Irish Journeys, Proxopera: A Tale of Modern Ireland (1977), Dogs Enjoy the Morning (1968), The Captain with the Whiskers (1960), There Was an Ancient House (1955), Land Without Stars (1946), and Countries of Contention (1945).