This one-off special tells the story of the remarkable life and times of the late writer Aidan Higgins, left, with his partner, Alannah Hopkin. Perhaps best known for his 1966 novel Langrishe, Go Down, which won the James Tait Black Prize for fiction, his many works continue to mesmerise readers. Aidan was born in Celbridge, Co Kildare in 1927, and attended Clongowes Wood College, from 1942 to 1946. As we discover, his upbringing played a huge influence on the works he would go on to pen – including his autobiographies: Donkey’s Years, Dog Days and the Whole Hog.
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