“Nobody writes like the Irish,” my father, a native Dubliner, says whenever we discuss literature. Naming great Irish writers of the past and present--Joyce, Yeats, Beckett, Synge, Heaney--he ...

An electronic resource showcasing the dynamism and diversity of contemporary Irish writing has been launched by University College Dublin’s School of English, Drama and Film. Our project, the Digital ...

The judges are Paul Howard, Madeleine Keane, Cyril McGrane, Sinéad McCorry and Sara Keating. The winner will be revealed ...

Weighing in at around 12 pounds and over 3000 total pages, "The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing, Volumes IV and V" (NYU Press) are dedicated to "Irish Women's Writing and Traditions" (to use the ...

An award-winning Irish author chronicled her writing process and read excerpts from her past and current work at a Georgetown University event Sept. 29. Sinéad Gleeson showcased the relevance of Irish ...

Former President Michael D. Higgins was amongst the winners celebrated at the 20th anniversary of the annual An Post Irish ...

Bill Irwin premiered On Beckett at the Irish Repertory Theatre in 2018. In the piece he explored Samuel Beckett’s writing by performing selections and offering commentary about the impact the Irish ...

Over the next month, Professor Mary Burke has planned a “Festival of Irish Women’s Writing,” consisting of weekly events in her ENGL 3122 course (Irish Literature in English since 1939). The event ...

Photo by Diogo Palhais on Unsplash. “Other Irish writers he knows about are interested in Ireland. He has tried to read them… The folktales, the myths, the faeries, the banshee…All that dusty old ...

Pádhraic Quinn, the December 2024 selection for New Irish Writing short story You were standing in the magnolia light that came through the closed kitchen window. You were holding a cup of coffee ...