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It is not the literal past, the 'facts' of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language.

Brian Friel

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Brian Friel
Age: 86 †
Born: 1929
Born: January 9
Died: 2015
Died: October 2
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Bernard Patrick Friel
Brian Patrick Friel
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