Brian Friel to be buried today in his beloved Glenties
Playwright Brian Friel will be buried today in Glenties, the town he chose as the setting for his best known and most loved works.
The 86-year-old highly acclaimed writer died on Friday aged 86.
His funeral, which will not include a church service, will take place from his home in Greencastle at 12.30 pm for burial in Glenties cemetery at 3 pm.
Friel’s three best known works, “Dancing at Lughnasa,” “Philadelphia, Here I Come” and “Translations” were all set in a fictional town called Ballybeg.
However, Ballybeg was in reality the town of Glenties, his mother’s hometown.
Friel’s mother, Mary McLoone was a native of Glenties where she worked in the town’s Post Office.
RTE showed the film ‘Dancing At Lughnasa’ as a tribute to the writer on Friday night.
