Brian O'Nolan, who under the pseudonym Flann O'Brien wrote At Swim Two Birds, died in Dublin on this day in 1966. A civil servant by profession, O'Nolan was widely known throughout Dublin as a character and satirist. Writing as O'Brien, he published The Third Policeman, The Dalkey Archive and At Swim Two Birds, which, though not as widely appreciated in O'Nolan's day, has come … [Read more...] about April 1, 1966