New Irish albums reviewed and rated: Miriam Ingram, Paahto & the Bull, Really Good Time, Shakalak, Macdara Yeates
August 2026 releases include Mariana Trench, The 123, Affirmations, Kulture Bikki and Mudlark Ballads
National Library of Ireland
Forty Shades of Black? Frank McNally on our new agricultural crop, sun-harvesting
This dramatic change in the landscape around Dublin had somehow passed me by
Doing time: Colm Keena reflects on how he has spent much of his career in lovely buildings
A felicitous aspect of a reporter’s work is the amount of time spent in the rooms and corridors of Ireland’s architectural treasures
Pat Donlon obituary: First woman director of a national institution, librarian and academic
Leading light in culture who broke into male bastions and shattered negative stereotypes of feminist professionals
Pat Donlon, first female director of a national institution in Ireland, dies aged 83
Former National Library of Ireland chief ‘spearheaded’ a number of projects during her time in post, daughter says
Women’s role in boycotts: ‘No woman in Ballinrobe would dream of washing him a cravat’
It’s not immediately obvious how boycotting a campy, polyglot song-contest like the Eurovision could be politically impactful, but boycotting has long history
Mount Juliet jewel heist, Malahide murders: The ‘eventful’ weekend of 1926 Irish census
The Irish person who garnered perhaps the most international attention 100 years ago does not appear in the independent Irish State’s first census at all
National Library, National Museum and Imma struggle to pay pension costs
Situation impacting institutions’ capacity to deliver programmes
Playwright Seán O’Casey’s daughter: ‘He never seemed old to me... he was quite adventurous’
Seán O’Casey’s daughter Shivaun, a living link to one of our most famous playwrights, has written a memoir that includes previously unpublished letters from her father
Monumental misstep: Frank McNally on the ‘tragedy’ of a great Irish sculptor, John Hughes
What should have been the peak of the sculptor’s career was doomed to coincide with what the Chinese call interesting times
‘When you’re the eldest daughter, particularly in Ireland, it definitely defines you’
National Library of Ireland director Dr Audrey Whitty on ancestral connections, Samuel Beckett’s ‘fail better’ advice and the appeal of getting older
Lynne Parker: The Abbey does so much. But Ireland needs a national theatre for the 21st century
The future of Irish theatre looks bleak. It’s time to overhaul the way the sector works – including where the money goes, says Rough Magic’s artistic director
Unlocking Ireland’s cookbook archive: ‘Some of the things they were eating are just plain weird’
Keepers of the National Library of Ireland’s special collections have assembled a fascinating gastronomic collection through their shared love of food
The 100 Archive: ‘The Irish design diaspora is truly global, yet their work is rarely recognised as Irish’
Irish Design Week 2024: Leading designers created the 100 Archive website to chart the past, present and future of the creative work that’s all around us
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Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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