1945 in Ireland - Arts and Literature

Arts and Literature

  • J. Sheridan Le Fanu's Green Tea and Other Ghost Stories is published posthumously in the United States.
  • E. J. Moeran's Cello Concerto incorporates fragments of Irish music.

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