Aughawillan School, where John's mother taught until her illness and death in 1944 File:The Barracks.jpg|right|thumb|The Barracks, in Cootehall, where McGahern lived from the age of 10 The grave of McGahern and his mother Susan John McGahern (12 November 1934 – 30 March 2006) was an Irish writer and novelist. He is regarded as one of the most important writers of the latter half of the twentieth century. Wikipedia