Iris Murdoch

Centenary of author’s birth in Dublin is being used as an occasion to reclaim her moral vision

Maynooth conference takes in the Gibtons, Laval Nugent and Elizabeth Bowen

Unthinkable: Literature allows us capture ‘weirdness’ of life, says Matthew McKeever

Gary Browning tries to explain the mechanics of Murdoch’s ability to bewitch readers

Hart harnessed early tragedy to become a publisher, writer, poetry promoter and television producer

‘Milkman’ author has been praised for her ‘dazzingly inventive’ writing approach

As everything turns a deathly brown, it feels unpatriotic to favour any other season

Since Chaucer there has been a rich tradition of writers inspired by religious buildings

Iris Murdoch, Edna O’Brien, Marian Keyes and Eimear McBride all appear on the list

Organ donation, Liffey Swim and first sitting of the Dáil will also be marked

Film star Grace Kelly's roots prompted her to collect Irish literature, including rare editions of Joyce, Beckett and Shaw

The Women’s Podcast celebrates its 100th episode with 100 quotes by and about women in Ireland

From ‘Dress suitably, and buy a revolver’ and 'A terrible beauty' to 'We all partied'

In the final part of our series on influential books by women writers, we focus on Irish authors

The English didn’t break Irish women’s spirit. Ireland does that all by itself, writes Anthea McTeirnan, in our series on the relationship between Ireland and Britain

The Dublin-born author’s passionate, promiscuous nature is laid bare in this well-edited collection, as are her conflicted views on Ireland, ‘island of spells, provincial pigsty’