Osclaíodh leabhair chomhbhróin d’Edna O’Brien, nach maireann, sa Chlár

Clare County Council has opened an online Book of Condolence in memory of the late author Edna O’Brien.

Cathaoirleach of Clare County Council, Cllr Alan O’Callaghan, is inviting members of the public to sign the book and join people from all over Clare and Ireland in marking Edna’s legacy as “a novelist who skilfully centered women’s experiences in her writing, earning her plaudits as a literary genius and one of the most influential figures in Irish literature.”

“We are proud that Edna lived among us and drew on her experiences of growing up in rural East Clare, and that this shaped her perspective and influenced her writing,” add

D’oscail Comhairle Contae an Chláir Leabhar Comhbhrón ar líne i gcuimhne ar an údar Edna O’Brien nach maireann.

Tá Cathaoirleach Chomhairle Contae an Chláir, an Comhairleoir Alan O’Callaghan, ag tabhairt cuireadh don phobal an leabhar a shíniú agus teacht le chéile le daoine ó ar fud an Chláir agus na hÉireann chun oidhreacht Edna a mharcáil mar “úrscéalaí a dhírigh taithí na mban go sciliúil ina cuid scríbhneoireachta, rud a thuill sí. moladh mar fhear liteartha agus duine de na daoine is mó tionchair i litríocht na Gaeilge.”

“Táimid bródúil gur chónaigh Edna inár measc agus gur bhain sí leas as a cuid taithí ar fhás aníos i dtuaithe Oirthear an Chláir, agus gur mhúnlaigh sé seo a dearcadh agus go raibh tionchar aige ar a cuid scríbhneoireachta,” a dúirt an Comhairleoir O’Callaghan.

Osclaíodh leabhair chomhbhróin freisin in Inis agus i Leabharlann Edna O’Brien sa Scairbh, a athainmníodh in ómós don údar Éireannach iomráiteach i mí Bealtaine na bliana seo.

Mar dhuine de na húdair is fearr in Éirinn, d’éag an dúchas ó Thuaim Gréine ar 27 Iúil i Londain ag 93 bliain d’aois.

Ba mhian léi é a adhlacadh ar an Oileán Naofa ar Loch Deirgeirt, áit a bhfuil lonnaíocht mhainistreach ársa fós in úsáid mar reilig agus inar cuireadh a máthair chun sosa, ach tá socruithe foirmeálta le haghaidh an adhlactha fós le deimhniú.

Dúirt Príomhfheidhmeannach Chomhairle Contae an Chláir, Pat Dowling: “Tugaim cuireadh do dhaoine an Leabhar Comhbhrón ar líne a shíniú agus a n-ainmneacha a chur leis an iliomad ómós a thug daoine ar fud na tíre agus ar fud an domhain ar Edna O’Brien.”

Tugtar cuireadh don phobal an Leabhar Comhbhrón a shíniú ar líne, nó go fisiciúil ag oifig Chomhairle Contae an Chláir in Inis, nó ag Leabharlann Edna Uí Bhriain sa Scairbh.

ed Cllr O’Callaghan.

Books of condolence have also been opened in Ennis and at the Edna O'Brien Library in Scariff, which was renamed in honour of the seminal Irish author in May this year.

Universally hailed as one of Ireland's finest authors, the Tuamgraney native passed away on July 27 in London at the age of 93.

It was her wish was to be buried on Holy Island on Lough Derg, where an ancient monastic settlement is still in use as a burial ground and where her mother was laid to rest, however formal arrangements for the burial are still to be confirmed.

Chief Executive of Clare County Council, Pat Dowling, said: “I invite people to sign the online Book of Condolence and add their names to the many tributes paid to Edna O’Brien by people around the country and all over the world.”

Members of the public are invited to sign the Book of Condolence online, or physically at the office of Clare County Council in Ennis, or at the Edna O'Brien Library in Scariff.