Tim OâBrien
Novelist Enda OâBrien is to be buried on Holy Island on Lough Derg, her family has said.
Ms OâBrien who was originally from the Tuamgraney area near Scarriff in Co Clare rose to fame when she wrote the Country Girls, a trilogy the first book of which was published in 1960. The trilogy was subsequently banned by the censor.
Speaking on the RTÃ programme Drivetime, Ms OâBrienâs nephew Michael Blake said the writer wanted to return to Ireland for âher final resting placeâ.
He said she wished for a âservice in the Church in Tuamgraney where she was christened and had communionâ.
She is âgoing to be buried on Holy Islandâ, he said.
Funeral arrangements for the writer are still being formulated Mr Blake said.
