Ultan Quigley
Ultan Quigley is a fictional character to whom are attributed four articles published by The Irish Times in 2008 and some more in 2009. The character is described as an Irish poet, playwright and social philosopher born 1956.
The fictional details
According to the fictional articles, Quigley was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College Dublin. A controversial figure, he has always been regarded as a maverick in literary circles and has often found himself involved in feuds with fellow writers. Now resident in Wicklow, he occasionally writes newspaper columns and is currently finishing a grand narrative poem entitled Poisoning our Own Wells.
The invented books of the Ultan Quigley character
- Squatting over the Grave (1986)
- Winter Came in July (1990)
- No Tigers for the Downtrodden (1999)
Of course, searches of online bookstores or even the Internet in general confirms that these do not exist.
External links
Articles attributed to Quigley
- March 8th 08: This time I was crying for all of us
- March 15th 08: I would join my comrades at Parnell Square
- July 12th 08: To be a middle-aged man in Ireland today is to be voiceless
- July 19th 08: In the Garda station, I contemplated the irony of my situation