Books banned in Ireland
From 1929 Ireland's Censorship of Publications Board banned thousands of books, often for references to sex or contraception, including novels by many leading Irish writers. Most bans were lifted after a 1967 law limited them to twelve years.
Borstal Boy
Behan's autobiographical account of his years in an English borstal after his arrest as a teenage IRA volunteer.
Why it was banned: Banned in Ireland in 1958.
Brave New World
Huxley's novel of a future World State that keeps its people content through conditioning, consumerism and a drug called soma.
Why it was banned: Banned in Ireland in 1932 by the Censorship of Publications Board.
The Country Girls
O'Brien's first novel, following two young women who leave rural Ireland for Dublin.
Why it was banned: Banned in Ireland by the Censorship of Publications Board in 1960.