In the Weekend supplement of December 30th, under the heading "Celebration of the best in Irish writing", Ar Scaradh Gabhail by Proinsias O Drisceoil was incorrectly included in the category of memoir. The book is an academic study of ethnic and political identity in the diaries of the 19th century scribe and diarist, Amhlaoibh O Suilleabhain.
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