One of Ireland’s most acclaimed writers, Tuamgraney native, Edna O’Brien has died at the age of 93.
Ms O’Brien’s publisher and agent confirmed she passed away peacefully on Saturday evening after a long illness.
President Michael D Higgins is among those leading tributes to her hailing Ms O’Brien as “a superb writer possessed of moral courage to confront Irish society with realities long ignored and suppressed”.
Ms O’Brien was the author of more than 20 novels many of which were condemned and banned in Ireland at the time with themes of female sexuality deemed to be controversial.
