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- Title The Curious Case of the Mayo Librarian
- Author Pat Walsh
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 223
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mercier Press, Ireland
- Date 2009-09
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781856356152 / 1856356159
- Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 7.7 x 5 x 0.8 in (19.56 x 12.70 x 2.03 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Church and state - Ireland - Mayo (County) -, Librarians - Selection and appointment -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009455915
- Dewey Decimal Code 941.730
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2009. Cork, Mercier Press, 2009. 20 cm. 223 pages. Illustrated. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Letitia Dunbar-Harrison (4 February 1906 1994) was an Irish librarian who became the subject of a controversy over her appointment. A graduate of Trinity College Dublin, she is the subject of the 2009 book by Pat Walsh, The Curious Case of the Mayo Librarian, and a RTÉ documentary of the same name. In 1930, a vacancy for county librarian arose in County Mayo, the county with the smallest non-Catholic minority in Ireland. Dunbar-Harrison was recommended for the role by the Local Appointments Commission. The Library Committee of Mayo County Council, mostly consisting of prominent local Catholics as well as a bishop, refused to endorse the recommendation, claiming her grasp of Irish was inadequate. During the debate, it was asked "could a Protestant be trusted to hand out books to Catholics?". The County Council accordingly did not sanction her nomination. In…
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