Irish art during the period both mirrored and shaped events in the political sphere
Sean O Faolain
An ‘enabling force’ for later Irish language women writers
‘I never know how things are going to turn out until they are finished’, says 94-year-old artist
Best known for her productions at the Abbey, the Waterford playwright also wrote for radio, and there’s a mystery surrounding the origins of unpublished work under a pseudonym
Her themes include clerical intrigue, women’s role in society, power, faith and sexuality
When the long-established RIC proved not up to the task of crushing the IRA, the British government made the fateful and fatal decision to draft in the Black and Tans and Auxiliaries
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