page_title: John McGahern
hierarchical_section_title: John McGahern
caption_attribution_description: English: John McGahern attended this school in the late 1930s/early '40s. His mother taught here until her death in 1944 when John was 10 years old
context_page_description: John McGahern is regarded as one of the most important Irish writers of the latter half of the twentieth century.
  Known for the detailed dissection of Irish life found in works such as The Barracks, The Dark and Amongst Women, The Observer hailed him as "the greatest living Irish novelist" before his death in 2006 and in its obituary the Guardian described him as 'arguably the most important Irish novelist since Samuel Beckett'.
context_section_description: John McGahern (12 November 1934 – 30 March 2006) is regarded as one of the most important Irish writers of the latter half of the twentieth century.
  Known for the detailed dissection of Irish life found in works such as The Barracks, The Dark and Amongst Women, The Observer hailed him as "the greatest living Irish novelist" before his death in 2006 and in its obituary the Guardian described him as 'arguably the most important Irish novelist since Samuel Beckett'.
caption: Aughawillan School, where John's mother taught until her illness and death in 1944
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