Caitlin Thomas memoir

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 23954E.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls006044791
  • Dates of Creation
    • [?1957]
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • 7 ff. (paginated 1-14) ; 285 x 225 mm.
      Placed in melinex sleeves and bound at NLW.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

A handwritten fragment of a memoir, [?1957], by Caitlin Thomas, entitled 'Finito (the Cuckoo) the Second Chapter'.
The manuscript contains descriptions of her visit to Ireland in May 1955, and recollections of her father, Francis Macnamara, her father-in-law, David John Thomas, and her father's friend 'Cuckoo' O'Brien (pp. 1-11), as well as a few notes and word lists (pp. 13-14). Extracts from the manuscript were published in Paul Ferris, Caitlin: The life of Caitlin Thomas (London, 1995), pp. 48, 49-50, 64-65, 168; Ferris (p. 49) suggests it was intended as part of Thomas' book Leftover Life to Kill (London, 1957).

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 23954E.

Alternative Form Available

A partial photocopy (10 pp.) of the manuscript is Austin, University of Texas, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, Dylan Thomas Collection, Box 18, folder 6.

Additional Information

Published

Subjects

Ireland