Sean O’Casey: counter-revolutionary

Sean O’Casey: counter-revolutionary: As I write this I’m listening to Diarmuid Ferriter on Raidio Uladh/Radio Ulster, talking about Sean O’Casey’s The Plough and the Stars. It stirs memories in me. I first discovered Sean O’Casey in 1964 – two years before the fiftieth anniversary of the Easter Rising. I was studying in UCD for my Master’s in English, …