Brendan Behan spent more than two months with his wife on holiday in Glenties, starting in the third week of May 1960, and staying at the Highlands Hotel, where on Sunday 24 July (while hosting a seven-course dinner), the premises was raided by gardaí, with the case going to court that September and the hotelier charged with a breach of licensing laws (the raid came more than three hours after closing time). The son of Louis Joseph Walsh defended and Justice Bob O hUadaigh dismissed the case when it was explained that the event had been taking place in a private room where the resident Behan was doing "some of his literary work". Other events (documented by the "Donegal Democrat") included "Mr and Mrs Behan, the noted playwright, from Dublin" being "guest artistes" at a meeting of the Ardara and Glenties branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann shortly after taking up residence in Glenties and on Wednesday 8 June Behan was at an ICA dance, picked the winning ticket in a raffle at the interval and sang songs bilingually.