About Patrick Boyle
Lived 1905 – 1982 (aged 76–77). Patrick Boyle was an Irish writer.
Patrick Boyle (11 April 1905–7 February 1982) was an Irish novelist.
Boyle was born in 1905 in Ballymoney, County Antrim. He worked for the Ulster Bank in County Donegal and Wexford. He began writing when he was in his forties. His first collection of short stories, At Night All Cats are Grey, was published in 1966. He also wrote a novel, Like Any Other Man, published in the same year. These two books were followed by two more collections of stories, All Looks Yellow to the Jaundiced Eye (1969), and A View from Calvary (1976). He was a member of the Irish Academy of Letters. He died in 1982.
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Who was Patrick Boyle?
Irish writer
When was Patrick Boyle born?
Patrick Boyle was born in 1905 in Ballymoney.
When did Patrick Boyle die?
Patrick Boyle died in 1982.
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Patrick Boyle was a writer.
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Patrick Boyle was Irish.
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· DBpedia: Patrick Boyle (writer)
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