The Death of JG Farrell

The Booker prize-winning author drowned off the south-west coast of Ireland in 1979. Hear from those who knew him, and an eyewitness account of his death.

The two-time Booker prize-winning author drowned off the south-west coast of Ireland in 1979. Vincent Dowd has been speaking to people who knew him, and to Pauline Foley who was the last person to see him alive.

Photo: The road in front of Farrell's home in West Cork, leading down to the sea where he drowned. Credit: BBC.