Titles seized by the Censorship of Publications Board
a guardian of public and Catholic morals
in the Irish Free State and its successor from 1948)
The Republic of Ireland,
which aimed to ensure that any book infected by sex,
blasphemy or other corruptions
did not see the Southern Irish light of day.
It was not entirely successful.
from liberal Belfast, UK (with few bookshops)
to oppressive Dublin, with many.
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Ian Fleming, Edna O’Brien, Brendan Behan, JP Donleavy, Oscar Wilde, DH Lawrence, JD Salinger, John Updike, Iris Murdoch, F Scott Fitzgerald....are just a handful of authors whose books were not available.
Forbidden books were also smuggled by boat and air from England - even from France. Some customs officials were less zealous than others.
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