O'Nolan, Brian (‘Flann O'Brien’) (1911–66), novelist, dramatist, and columnist, was born on 5 October 1911 at 15 Bowling Green, Strabane, Co. Tyrone. He was the third of twelve children of Michael Victor O'Nolan (or Nolan) and his wife Agnes Gormley. Both his parents were born in Omagh…