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Interesting quandary about the Brian O'Nolan page. I know/knew people who dealt with him directly. They can describe things that are directly relevant to the biography - but are unlikely to go on the record - a few are in fact profiled in Wikipedia.

One of the problems with O'Nolan is that he really was a phenomenally nasty and obnoxious when drunk, for all his talent. Some of the events have a direct bearing on his career (drunkenly stealing the publisher of the Irish Times false leg (a result of a wound in Mesopotamia)) - the fact that his civil service colleagues loathed him (he really was quite horrible while drunk).... behaviour towards potential publishers....infamously cutting a friend - a judge and drinking companion - when he recused himself from hearing his drunk driving case (lots of Wikipedia entries around this judge...)

It's a little tricky because none of the people who know this "stuff" will go on the record and some have died, others are in their 70s-90s. It's a pity because it would be good to have it in Wikipedia - to go beyond the same sort of thing that can be found in other works.

Any ideas?