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A festival celebrating Strabane-born writer Flann O’Brien got underway in the town today.
The 8th International Flann O’Brien Conference runs until Friday.
It will a wide range of events, including panel discussions and film screenings, all of which will look at a different aspect of O’Brien’s work.
The author and journalist, whose real name was Brian Nolan, is considered a major figure in twentieth-century Irish literature.
He wrote a number of renowned books, including The Third Policeman and At Swim-Two-Birds.
The festival in his honour began this morning with a tour which included a visit to O’Brien’s childhood home in Strabane.