‘Fighting is better than loneliness…’ Borstal Boy Hellraising comes in many forms. To those that have been alive over the last two to four decades, the pop music star or television celebrity spouting ...
Brendan Behan was born in Dublin on 9 February 1923. He grew up speaking English but became fluent in Gaelic in prison. His father, painter by trade, was also an Irish republican. The Behan household ...