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Sat 08 Aug 2007A voice of critical importanceLiterary Criticism:Gerald Dawe has been a force for literary good in various parts of Irish university and cultural life since he became a lecturer in English at University College Galway in 1976.Since 1988 he has been a lecturer in English and drama at Trinity College Dublin, where - with Brendan Kennelly - he has run the hugely successful graduate creative-writing programme at the Oscar Wilde Centre since 1997.