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Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops.

Brendan Behan

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Brendan Behan
Age: 41 †
Born: 1923
Born: February 9
Died: 1964
Died: March 20
Journalist
Poet
Songwriter
Writer
Dublin city
Brendan Francis Aidan Behan
May
Bishops
Sons
Bless
Sister
Son

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