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
Patrick Kavanagh
Growing up a communist in Troubles-era Belfast: We were treated more like ‘comrades’ than children
Poet Sinéad Morrissey’s elegiac memoir describes growing up in Troubles-era Belfast with communist parents
Joseph O’Connor on Anthony Cronin: ‘Tension between content and style is where his wonderful energy arises’
Dead as Doornails ‘hugely important as a picture of its times, of the desolate condition of Irish writers and artists and the society around them’
New Green Fool by Alan Cunningham: A book of quiet beauty that circles Irishness without trying to possess it
At the book’s core is an ongoing dialogue with Patrick Kavanagh’s The Green Fool
A Passage to Innocence – Frank McNally on an anthology of old school routes remembered
Routes described range geographically from Caherdavin to China
Fighting Farney – Frank McNally on the battle for his hometown’s ‘western front’
Carrickmacross's lopsided pub distribution seems to be indirect effect of a deeper division
A Monaghan farmhouse transformed into a luxury getaway with a pool and hot-tub in the ruins
A refurbished century-old farmhouse and barn near Castleblayney was a labour of love for the owners, and is now available for getaways
How Patrick Kavanagh’s immortal poem On Raglan Road was lost and then found
The unrequited love for a much younger woman that inspired the poem was more complex than public memory allows
Irish Times diarist’s new memoir gives the everyday grind ‘new lease of life’
Frank McNally’s new book, Not Making Hay, launched by presidential candidate Heather Humphreys
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
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
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
Bloomsday was a sporadic, boozy and ill-mannered affair before becoming an annual event in 1994
In 1954 Flann O’Brien, Patrick Kavanagh and Anthony Cronin embarked on a drunken pilgrimage including public urination on Sandymount Strand
Michael Kane: Artist who left more than a legacy of extraordinary paintings
One of a group who founded the ground-breaking Project Arts Centre
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