The scrutiny of the censor was confined to the English language. But works in Irish, the other language of the state, were also censored by editors, bureaucrats and catholic reactionaries. No language was allowed to explore scandalous ‘sex feelings’.
S3 Bonus Thick Thighs: O’Brien, ‘At Swim Two Birds’ (1939)
O’Brien was that rare thing: an Irish writer who was never banned in Ireland. A book that was less a plot and more a conspiracy confused the filthy-minded censors.
