Later Years
Ben visited Omagh in 2001. This was marked by the unveiling of a plaque outside his childhood home on Gallows Hill by Omagh's Plain Speaking Community Arts group. In an interview at that time, when asked about censorship, Ben remarked with a typical quip: "If you weren't banned, it meant you were no bloody good."
In September every year in Omagh, an event called The Benedict Kiely Literary Weekend is held to celebrate the author's many achievements.
In 2005, Ben married his partner of over 40 year, Frances Daly.
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Famous quotes containing the word years:
“We know that the nature of genius is to provide idiots with ideas twenty years later.”
—Louis Aragon (1897–1982)
“In a few years there will be only five kings in the world—the King of England and the four kings in a pack of cards.”
—Farouk I (1920–1965)