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Brian Mallon is heretofore known chiefly as a film and stage actor. He wrote and starred in a one-man show, 'Secrets of the Celtic Heart,' that was directed by Ellen Burstyn, and won a 'Best Play Dramalogue Award. He speaks Irish (Gaelic) and Welsh, and has translated a good deal of poetry from those languages.He wrote a stage musical about George M. Cohan called 'On the Square'. As an actor, he toured the British Isles, playing Richard Burton to great acclaim in Mark Jenkins’ award winning drama “Playing Burton”. Small-screen credits include “Guests of the Nation” for PBS Great Performances. On film Mallon acted in “Some Mother’s Son” with Helen Mirren, “The Informant” w. Timothy Dalton, and most notably starred as Gen. Hancock in “Gettysb ...more

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	Shane O'Neill: 'The Grand Disturber' of Elizabethan Ireland 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Brian Mallon made a comment on Robert’s review of Shane O'Neill: 'The Grand Disturber' of Elizabethan Ireland " The second edition of the book is now available and it has only 424 pages instead of 780. So I took your note seriously. "
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Brian Mallon liked Eldon.shirkley's review of As I Was Going Down Sackville Street: "An interesting book. Background knowledge of revolutionary Ireland in the early twenties is required to make sense of it all. Gogarty tries too hard to show his erudition and his ponderous prose is interspersed with tiresome name-dropping, bits of po" Read more of this review »
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