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English Professor Wins Irish Literary Award
Brian O’Broin, an associate professor of English, was awarded first prize in an Irish national literary competition, An t-Oireachtas (The Gathering), for his young adult novel, The Island of Secrets. This marks O’Broin’s second prize in the same competition, which has been held annually since 1897. He previously won in 2002 for his full-length play, The Europeans.