Author of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses and Finnegans Wake
The Project Arts Centre founder, who is marking his 90th birthday with a solo show, is a firm believer in the idea that art truly matters. He lives fully surrounded by it
Scholars have long maintained that WB Yeats was being fanciful when he claimed one of England’s greatest poets was in fact Irish. But a new look at the story suggests an alternative possibility
Like many unwritten masterpieces, the book was born and died in a Dublin pub
Festival acquired letter playwright wrote to friend in 1958 to apologise for feeling compelled to cancel planned run of Act without Words I
That’s Maths: It is not the appearance or typographical structure that is prized, but the concepts it embodies and the unexpected links it makes
Faber’s new editions come with excellent introductions by Colm Tóibín, Claire-Louise Bennett and Eimear McBride
New to the Parish: Nishtha Khanna moved from India to Ireland in September 2020
Put off London, the actor went instead to the US, where she spent 50 years as one of Ireland’s most prominent screen presences
The unholy mullet-moustache diptych is a sign that the emigrant experience works both ways
A midnight raid and 120 arrests were followed by a Legion of Mary procession as the church and state asserted themselves
Lexicographer was described by profiler as “in some ways, as mad as a March hare”
McBride’s style is distinctive, a wholly original exploration of what is possible with language and fiction
New to the Parish: Brian McNerney moved here from Austin, Texas, in 2024
The author on her new novel, The Glass House; her penchant for writing ‘why-done-its’; and the rawness of the teen years
Novelist’s work is packed with references to medicine, sickness and health
Plus: US multinationals lobby for docklands voting rights for staff; John Banville’s bedroom antics; and a Seanad hopeful’s Tommy Cooper impression
‘The map gives way to previous maps as the decades swop and speak to each other. A tree grows and is not chopped down. Some of the stones endure ... '
Gambling on longer runs of unfamiliar work paid off in a gratifying number of cases. But Irish theatre still isn’t as inclusive as it should be
These books will leave both adults and children feeling a little bit more festive
While Joyce, Proust and Thomas Mann dominate, the right of authors to write exactly what they are inspired to write is a central issue for Frank
At a time when Irishness in the US is sometimes used to service ‘white power’ messaging, it is imperative to uncover the recognition of past Irish ‘off-whiteness’ in Irish-American writers
The name Lucy shares its origins with the word lux, Latin for light, so it’s no coincidence her feast day coincides with the darkest time of the year
The material includes rhetorical flourishes, humour and a Joycean fictional ramble through Dublin
The Bulgarian author on the dangers of nostalgia, his 2023 Booker-winning novel Time Shelter, and Irish writers he admires
Theatre: Marty Rea and Maeve Fitzgerald star as Gabriel and Gretta Conroy in Louise Lowe’s promenade staging of the beloved Dubliners story
Featuring Marty Rea, Maeve Fitzgerald and Marie Mullen, Louise Lowe’s re-creation is taking over Newman House, on St Stephen’s Green in Dublin
Dublin 1 could become one of the most exciting neighbourhoods in Europe... if we want
The Oscar winner stars in The Room Next Door, a euthanasia drama that is Pedro Almodóvar’s first feature in English. It’s an ideal film for her to appear in
The city is a soulful playground for the kind of people who have spectacles on their nose and autumn in their hearts
Intermezzo author explains how she treats quotation marks in her writing
Unthinkable: Always treat humanity not as a means but as an end, said the philosopher Immanuel Kant
Plus: Alan Shatter seeks to protect the inheritance; a campaign for a Colm Meaney statue in Killarney; and Clare Daly’s political future
Intermezzo author reflects on Joyce, how Christianity has shaped her thinking, and her dislike of the limelight
The Reverend Psychopath: Suffer Little Children, Terror, Tears and Tragedy: The Mount Cashells and the Notorious Divorce Case of 1876, and Under the Metal Man: Sligo in Yeats
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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