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- [?1957] (Creation)
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7 ff. (paginated 1-14) ; 285 x 225 mm.
Placed in melinex sleeves and bound at NLW.
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A handwritten fragment of a memoir, [?1957], by Caitlin Thomas, entitled 'Finito (the Cuckoo) the Second Chapter'.
The manuscript contains descriptions of her visit to Ireland in May 1955, and recollections of her father, Francis Macnamara, her father-in-law, David John Thomas, and her father's friend 'Cuckoo' O'Brien (pp. 1-11), as well as a few notes and word lists (pp. 13-14). Extracts from the manuscript were published in Paul Ferris, Caitlin: The life of Caitlin Thomas (London, 1995), pp. 48, 49-50, 64-65, 168; Ferris (p. 49) suggests it was intended as part of Thomas' book Leftover Life to Kill (London, 1957).
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A partial photocopy (10 pp.) of the manuscript is Austin, University of Texas, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, Dylan Thomas Collection, Box 18, folder 6.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 23954E.
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- Macnamara, Francis (Subject)
- Thomas, David John, 1876-1952. (Subject)
- O'Brien, Cuckoo. (Subject)