Fit to print – Brian Maye on pioneering publisher James Duffy

An Irishman’s Diary

Hacked Off – Frank McNally on the trail of Hackball, King of the Beggars

An Irishman’s Diary

Mean, Green Grass of Home – Frank McNally on the greatest of all Irish curses

‘May the grass grow before your door’

First Family – Frank McNally on the surprising origins of Ireland’s original soap opera, The Kennedys of Castleross

An Irishman’s Diary

David and Goliath, piracy and censorship: the history of Irish publishing

The vibrant Irish publishing industry has weathered many storms over the centuries

Battery Park Famine memorial sparks pangs of modern recognition

New York Letter: Reconstructed Mayo cottage links to Ground Zero as icon of atrocity

Clashes of Culture – An Irishman’s Diary on Dostoevsky in Kavanagh Country and Casement meeting Conrad

Wild deeds, rough justice – An Irishman’s Diary about the Wildgoose Lodge massacre and its aftermath

A friend who realised his destiny in full

A gift and the fulfilment of its promise is a rare thing, but Seamus Heaney achieved it

A grand coalition?

Brian Earls a diplomat who studied rural poor

Scholar explored link between oral culture of the poor and Irish literature in 19th century