The real Ginger Man and Dublin’s secret kingdom of alcohol and lawless camaraderie
To mark JP Donleavy’s 100th birthday, Grogan’s pub is unveiling a rare photograph of Gainor Crist, who inspired his most famous work
Brendan Behan
The Irish Proust: A fascinating search for a creature that may not be mythical after all
Clues to its existence abound, from the works of Bowen to Behan
No reservation: John Mulqueen on a Dublin restaurant that set the standard for fine dining
It was once dubbed one of Europe’s best by Vogue magazine
Bilingual Brendan Behan and the bards of Glasnevin
As the celebrated Dublin writer’s anniversary falls within Seachtain na Gaeilge, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire salutes his work in the Irish language
Whenever I return from the seemingly eternal wintry waterfall outside, I refuse to shower again
In a Word ... Shower
Brendan Behan’s family ‘extremely proud’ as plaque is unveiled outside his childhood home in Dublin
Plaque unveiled outside playwright’s former childhood home in a part of Dublin that inspired many of his ‘great characters’
Nicola Pierce: ‘I started to write Great Irish Wives without any idea I would be a widow by the time it went to print’
The author on losing her husband, writing two books about the Titanic, and her love of Jo March
The Houses of Guinness: Hotbeds of scandal, from Ashford Castle to ‘Heartbreak House’
A tome of architectural brilliance, uncomfortable historical truths and a complicated legacy of power and philanthropy
Dublin Gothic at the Abbey review: Prepare for some archly provocative character assassination
Barbara Bergin’s huge, complex new play takes aim at some Irish heroes as it covers a century of life in the capital
Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton’s silver tea service up for sale
London auction house says it would be wonderful if an Irish institution acquired the Kilkea native’s silverware
For Irish women writers, James Joyce was never a shadow but a light
Many Irish women writers have engaged with Joyce - both challenging and building on his legacy in their fiction. In studying them, I was also studying myself
Dedicated to the one I hate: Frank McNally on how a book inscription came back to haunt Patrick Kavanagh
Signed first American edition of Tarry Flynn is dedicated to ‘poet and painter’ Brendan Behan
Greek composer and politician Mikis Theodorakis transcended borders of the mind
This year marks the centenary of the composer, who wrote scores for Zorba the Greek, Z and Serpico and became a national icon
Ballet Go Backwards – Frank McNally on Patrick Kavanagh’s short-lived career as a dance librettist
This strange incident came about because of another surprising phenomenon little remembered today
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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