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FILM:
'He has made people think about violence ... the violence he portrays is a very true picture of modern urban Ireland': The Guardian, April 25, 2008
Civil War drama unites the Irish army of film fans: Sunday Independent, February 24, 2008
A Despairing Comedy: San Francisco Chronicle, February 10, 2008
Films, books alike carry Ireland's load: Boston Globe, March 14, 2008
Book it — 'Irish Hoops' goes from page to screen: Los Angeles Times, March 14, 2008
Classic films with the Troubles in mind: The Independent, March 14, 2008
The best -- and worst -- real Irish films ever: Irish Independent, March 1, 2008
Irish films imitate life: Southwest Observer, February 29, 2008
Oscars joy for Hansard and Irglová: RTE, February 25, 2008
Life Imitating Film: New York Times, February 24, 2008
Daniel Day-Lewis and the act of being: Los Angeles Times, February 25, 2008
Daniel Day-Lewis aims for perfection: Daily Telegraph, February 22, 2008
Hansard rolls with Oscars 'dream': BBC, February 21, 2008
Ferrell wins classy college award: BBC, January 24, 2008
The king of uncool: Sunday Business Post, February 17, 2008
Film has hopes for Bafta glory: BBC, January 17, 2008
N. Ireland films show diverse views of life: Daily Yomiuri, February 1, 2008
TV Preview — A patient Gabriel Byrne gets the 'Treatment' from HBO: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 28, 2008
'Banished' Day-Lewis is glad to have the look of the Irish: Sunday Independent, January 6, 2008
Flanagan withdraws from Alliance pre-Oscar bash: Irish Echo, January 16, 2008
The News Letter's role in returning the ring: The News Letter, December 14, 2007
He can act too: Los Angeles Times, January 17, 2008
Teen actor shows skill beyond her years: Boston Globe, January 12, 2008
Leonardo in another man in the mask role: Sunday Life, December 23, 2007
Storm as rising Irish star is claimed by UK in movie awards: Irish Independent, January 10, 2008
Neeson reveals Paisley influence: BBC, December 5, 2007
Trips 'home' to Ireland brought prince and tragic Grace closer: Sunday Independent, December 2, 2007
DiCaprio epic to put Irish film industry back in the picture: Irish Independent, November 20, 2007
The luvvie some find hard to love: The Observer, November 18, 2007
'Kings' gets US boost: Derry Journal, November 23, 2007
Connolly film to be shot in Gdansk: BBC, November 19, 2007
Rhys Meyers escapes with caution over ruckus: Irish Independent, December 6, 2007
Jordan's words of comfort as star grieves for his mother: Irish Independent, November 24, 2007
Rhys Meyers the feel-good story of the year: Boston Herald, November 23, 2007
For Jonathan Rhys Meyers, it's time to grow up: Los Angeles Times, November 18, 2007
Rhys Meyers arrested in Ireland: BBC, November 19, 2007
On The 'Road' With Terry George: Hamptons.com, November 2, 2007
'Black Irish' a small Southie tale with a big heart: Boston Globe, October 26, 2007
Paddies' painthe film that captures lonely lives of men who built Britain: Irish Examiner, September 27, 2007
Irish film selected for Oscars: BBC, September 12, 2007
'Troubles honed my dark side' says Potter: The News Letter, July 24, 2007
Island with no cinema gets ready for global screen test: The Times, July 6, 2007
Look back on anger: The Times, June 7, 2007
Corks are popped as Galway TV production firm awarded Emmy: June 16, 2007
A world of troubles sparked his film: Boston Globe, June 17, 2007
TG4 uses Cold Case gaelgeoir for latest ad: Sunday Business Post, March 18, 2007 see the ad here.
Star feels legacy of worker's champion: BBC, May 5, 2007
Northern Ireland Set for Local Sesame Street Adaptation: WorldScreen.com, May 2, 2007
Star Trek predicts a united Ireland: BBC, April 13, 2007
The Wind That Shakes The Barley
- Director Ken Loach and the Troubles He's Seen: Washington Post, April 1, 2007
- How the 'Wind' of War Ignited Ireland's Troubles: Washington Post, April 6, 2007
- History, Bloody History: New York Times, March 16, 2007
- The fighting Irish: The Newark Star Ledger, March 16, 2007
- Making Films That Afflict the Comfortable'A Chat With Director Ken Loach: TheWildGeese.com, March 15, 2007 Part II
- 'The Wind That Shakes the Barley' Poses Questions That Haunt Us Still: TheWildGeese.com, March 14, 2007
- A young Irish actor revisits his country's bloody past: Newark Star Ledger, March 11, 2007
- Taking Sides: New Yorker, March 19, 2007
- Cillian Murphymore to offer than pale blue eyes: Los Angeles Times, March 11, 2007
- A St. Patrick's Day Push for 'Wind That Shakes the Barley': TheWildGeese.com, November 28, 2006
- Ken Loach's film continues to inflate historical debate: Village Magazine, November 9, 2006
- The Wind That Shakes the Barley: The Blanket
- Ken Loach's film lifts the lid on a pain we've tabooed: Irish Independent, July 3, 2006
- It's the Marxism that shakes 'the Barley': Sunday Independent, July 2, 2006
- Going against the grain: The Sunday Times, June 18, 2006
- IRA gunman who was there as the wind shook the barley: The Independent, June 24, 2006
- The locals who shook the movie industry: Irish Independent, June 24, 2006
- Powerful but never preachy: Daily Telegraph, June 23, 2006
- Another cry for freedom: The Observer, June 25, 2006
- The Wind that Shakes the Barley: The Independent, June 23, 2006
- Hate Britain? Of course I don't: Daily Telegraph, June 16, 2006
- Legitimacy issue at heart of political movie: (from the Irish News, June 15, 2006)
- How the personal became political: The New Statesman, June 19, 2006
- Film aims to teach the world about our troubled history: Sunday Business Post, May 28, 2006
- Ken LoachCinema's own Red Ken: The Independent, June 14, 2006
- Loach brings a lost world to life but loses the plot: Sunday Independent, June 11, 2006
- Loach is right to take anti-imperialist stand: Daily Ireland, June 7, 2006
- Shaking more than barley: June 1, 2006, Village Magazine
- The making of the green lures firms, workers to Emerald Isle: Newark Star-Ledger, June 4, 2006
- Birth of a Nation: Irish Voice/IrishAbroad.com, June 2, 2006
- 1920s Irish saga takes top honors: Chicago Tribune, May 29, 2006
- Why does Ken Loach loathe his country so much?: Daily Mail, May 30, 2006
- Loach rebuts 'anti-British' claim: BBC, May 30, 2006
- Loach's IRA film beats odds to take Palme D'Or at Cannes: Daily Telegraph, May 29, 2006
- Loach scoops the Palme d'Or at Cannes with Irish-made film: The Irish Times, May 29, 2006
- Loach's film gets it right: Sunday Business Post, May 21, 2006
Jimmy McGovern—The whole bloody truth: Independent on Sunday, April 15, 2007
The Irish crime wave rolls in: The Times, March 31, 2007
All Neill for an acting king: Irish Independent, March 28, 2007
In This Corner, a Leftist, Riling the Right Again: New York Times, March 4, 2007
It's Sodom and Begorrah at the inaugural Father Ted festival: Daily Telegraph, February 26, 2007
'Father Ted' fans invade as fight for real Craggy Island is settled: The Independent, February 24, 2007
Why the great Peter O'Toole is an Irishman in all but his place of birth: Sunday Independent, February 4, 2007
Acting Irish in Hollywood: Irish Democrat, December 29, 2006
O'Toole's claims of Irish roots are blarney: Sunday Independent, January 28, 2007
Not Ready To Ride Into The Sunset: Hartford Courant, January 21, 2007
Battle of Craggy Island leaves two Irish isles unsmiling in row over home of Father Ted: The Guardian, January 22, 2007
Dark side of the Celtic Tiger exposed by Boorman: The Independent, November 23, 2006
The Departed: The Guardian, October 6, 2006
West side stories: The Guardian, September 23, 2006
Mayne huge challenge to Hollywood: The News Letter, June 19, 2006
The right accents: Los Angeles Times, September 3, 2006
Hollywood's Irish stew: Sunday Times, July 16, 2006
Our MychalNew film looks at the Fr. Judge beyond 9/11: Irish Echo, April 19, 2006
Gabriel Byrne, Not Brooding Over His Image: Washington Post, May 7, 2006
No blarney, Irish film fest hits Beverly: Chicago Tribune, March 3, 2006
The forgotten plight of Irish travellers is a surprise film hit: The Independent, February 18, 2006
For Cillian Murphy, A Transformative Year: Washington Post, December 23, 2006
James BraddockThe Real 'Cinderella' Story: TheWildGeese.com, December 23, 2005
Murphy's lawFrom transvestite to dad: Chicago Tribune, December 26, 2005
Now, Ireland beckons Bollywood: Times of India, December 24, 2005
A Man Hidden By His Own Illusions: Hartford Courant, December 9, 2005
Byrne's passions: Irish Echo, December 16, 2005
Derry Man Secures 9/11 Role: Derry Journal, June 24, 2005
Market is growing for Irish movies: Irish Echo, April 15, 2005
The Boys and Girl From County Clare
- An Ireland of Pubs and Pranks: New York Times, March 11, 2005
- A predictable ride through 'County Clare': Boston Globe, March 11, 2005
- 'Clare' entwines blarney, pathos: Chicago Tribune, March 11, 2005
- Corrs songbird takes flight on big screen: Boston Herald, March 12, 2005
- When Irish guys are smiting: New York Newsday, March 11, 2005
- Clare brothers behaving badly: Irish Echo, March 4, 2005
'America'; Irish director Jim Sheridan struggled 10 years with raw emotions and memories to craft a movie that brought him home again: Dallas Fort Worth Star-Telegram, January 4, 2004
The dark stuff: The Guardian, November 24, 2003
Magic beyond the blarney: Toronto Globe & Mail, November 26, 2003
Charming Illegal Aliens Facing Family Upheaval: New York Times, November 26, 2003 (registration required)
'In America' director a walking, rambling narrative: Chicago Tribune, November 23, 2003 (registration required)
'In America' release to guarantee maximum exposure: Irish Echo, November 19, 2003 Read review
ART:
Major Irish art for auction in London: Ireland.com, April 13, 2008
Peat bog a metaphor for lasting Irish culture: Grand Rapids Press, November 11, 2007
Raymond Piper: The Guardian, October 27, 2007
An Irish Artist's Time-Twisting Storytelling: Washington Post, June 16, 2007
Dublin no-go flats attract the art gang: The Observer, April 1, 2007
Contemporary 'Tides' reflects Northern Irish culture: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 21, 2007
Getting it right: Irish Echo, February 28, 2007
Politics, resilience drive exhibit by Northern Irish artists: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, February 25, 2007
The Great Book of Ireland rivals The Book of Kells: San Francisco Sentinel, December 1, 2005
From Ginger Man to White Stag in a splash of paint: Irish Independent, February 10, 2006
Dublin Design: Poised to Break Out: New York Times, January 5, 2006
Observe the sons of ...: Irish Independent, November 26, 2005
Cathedral changes spark unholy row: Irish Independent, September 1, 2005
Hibernian ChronicleO'Brien brings Kong to life: Irish Echo, December 16, 2005 Edward T. O'Donnell
Official election artist's brush with authority: The Observer, April 10, 2005
Vintage Irish cream: The Observer, April 3, 2005
Artist to tow iceberg from Arctic to Belfast: The Guardian, March 29, 2005
Power-forward march!: Toronto Star, March 13, 2005
Exhibition reveals London's admirable Irish: The Guardian, March 9, 2005
Indomitable Irishry: The Guardian, February 26, 2005
The Irish-Aussie eyes were smiling: Sydney Morning Herald, August 28, 2004
Politically charged installation proves that art is in the ideas: New Orleans Times-Picayune, March 26, 2004
Center displays rare copy of 'Book of Kells': Arizona Republic, March 20, 3004
Documented Irish: Irish Echo, November 5, 2003
Anglophile Getty had interest in Irish arts, Sunday Independent, April 20, 2003 (registration required)
Artist's portrait of his lover tops Irish Sale: The Scotsman, March 31, 2003
From Irish Art Hero to Cliché and Back to Favor: New York Times, March 6, 2003
Belfast artist's work on display: Belfast Telegraph, February 19, 2003
Empowered by Painting: New York Newsday, November 26, 2002
Polishing the image of a new monument: Philadelphia Inquirer, October 20, 2002
A Mansion Attracts Art Lovers; Thieves Love It, Too: New York Times, October 9, 2002
"Star Spangled Colour: Marty Walsh": Absolute Arts.com, July 3, 2002
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LITERATURE:
The Irish Bard: Washington Post, April 20, 2008
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Ireland's past is another country: The Observer, April 27, 2008
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Dislocated lives unravelled in Enright's sweet 16: Sunday Independent, April 27, 2008
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Causing a commotion: The Guardian, April 19, 2008
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Bard of Erin—the Life of Thomas Moore by Ronan Kelly: The Times, April 25, 2008
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Edna O'Brien's The Light of Evening
- Holy days: The Guardian, April 12, 2008
- Edna O'Brien's latest offering has made it to the stage in full, flaming glory: The Independent, April 10, 2008
- Ties, Irish and otherwise, that bind mothers and daughters: Washington Times, January 21, 2007
- Prodigal Daughter: Washington Post, October 15, 2006
- New novel is 'imaginary' life, not autobiography, O'Brien says: Philadelphia Inquirer, October 15, 2006
- Mother and child reunion?: New York Daily News, October 9, 2006
- New novel is 'imaginary' life, not autobiography, O'Brien says: Philadelphia Inquirer, October 15, 2006
- Deja vu in Dublin and New York: The Observer, October 15, 2006
- Home-away dynamic frays relationship: Cleveland Plain-Dealer, October 15, 2006
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New Dubliners New York Times, April 20, 2008
First Chapter—‘The Journey Home’: New York Times, April 20, 2008
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David Park's The Truth Commissioner
- The truth hurts: The Observer, March 30, 2008
- The Informer: New York Times, March 30, 2008
- And the truth shall set them free: Toronto Star, April 6, 2008
- Searching for the truth after the Troubles: Sunday Business Post, February 10, 2008
- Two new novels deal with the legacy of the Troubles Four sides of the truth: Sunday Tribune, March 2, 2008
- The Truth Commissioner, By David Park: The Independent, February 29, 2008
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'I was amazed how quickly my whole life turned black': The Observer, April 13, 2008
Sweet blackbird inspires poetry: Sunday Independent, March 23, 2008
Brimming Jug: City Paper, March 12, 2008
Back chat, funny cracks (by John Updike): New Yorker, February 11, 2008
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Enda O'Brien Returns To Her 'Youth': San Francisco Chronicle, February 24, 2008
Siren's call: The Guardian, December 15, 2007
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Brendan and me: The Times, January 12, 2008
'Tipperary' Covers A Long Way: Tampa Tribune, January 20, 2008
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Roddy Doyle's The Deportees
- Ireland Is Another Country: New York Sun, January 29, 2008
- Irish Times: Washington Post, January 26, 2008
- Doyle's stories see new face of Dublin: San Francisco Chronicle, January 2, 2008
- Roddy Doyle's 'The Deportees': Austin American-Statesman, January 13, 2008
- The Changing Face Of Ireland: Hartford Courant, January 20, 2008
- White Irish Need Not Apply: New York Times, January 20, 2008
- Ireland with egg on its face: Christian Science Monitor, January 15, 2008
- The changing faces of modern Ireland: Montreal Gazette, September 29, 2007
- Doyle stories look at the 'new Irish': Sunday Business Post, September 23, 2007
- The Deportees, By Roddy Doyle: Independent on Sunday, September 16, 2007
- Surely that's taboo. Not to Roddy Doyle...: The Observer, September 23, 2007
- The Deportees: The Times, September 1, 2007
- New fiction by Roddy Doyle: Belfast Telegraph, August 27, 2007
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Conor McPherson's The Seafarer
New award for Seamus Heaney: Sunday Journal, December 23, 2007
Young 'Irish lass' Cecilia Ahern off and running in USA: USA Today, January 2, 2008
'P.S., I Love You' author on her own hopeful journey: Los Angeles Times, December 30, 2007
William Trevor's Cheating at Canasta
- Truth infuses stories of 'Cheating': Chicago Tribune, November 29, 2007
- Irish Eyes, Unsmiling: Washington Post, December 24, 2007
- In Time, a Glimmer of Light in Disappointed Lives: New York Times, November 23, 2007
- The melancholy but just-right art of William Trevor: Baltimore Sun, October 28, 2007
- 'Cheating at Canasta' and 'like you'd understand, anyway': Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 4, 2007
- Small gems from William Trevor: Christian Science Monitor, October 23, 2007
- 'Cheating at Canasta' by William Trevor: Los Angeles Times, October 21, 2007
- Steely, unflinching stories from Trevor: San Francisco, October 16, 2007
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Poet laureate hails province's prizewinners: The Observer, December 2, 2007
'I'd have worn a studded collar, if mum had let me': Belfast Telegraph, November 26, 2007
In From the Cold: New York Times, December 16, 2007
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Ciaran Carson's translation of The Tain
- Translator's nightmare, this 'Táin' is a dream: Los Angeles Times, December 12, 2007
- Courage's brutal core: The Guardian, October 27, 2007
- Poetic portrayal of a fighting hero: Sunday Business Post, November 4, 2007
- The Tain, translated by Ciaran Carson: The Times, October 26, 2007
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The Leader Interview—Frank McCourt: Limierick Leader, November 14, 2007
The controversialist: The Guardian, October 27, 2007
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'Loyal Women' caught in holy war: Los Angeles Times, November 2, 2007
Anne Enright's The Gathering
His peace in poetry: Boston Globe, November 19, 2007
Memo to Yeats—Ireland Has Changed: New York Times, November 18, 2007
A Night in November—Smug and pointless: The Telegraph, October 24, 2007
Anne Enright Wins Man Booker Prize: New York Times, October 17, 2007
The Troubles Aren't Dead; They're Not Even Past: New York Times, September 18, 2007
'Rock' Doesn't Roll: New York Post, September 20, 2007
What's New in the Old Country?: New York Times, September 16, 2007
The Color of Blood by Declan Hughes: Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 12, 2007
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One for Sorrow, Two for Joy: Philadephia Inquirer, September 16, 2007
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Two new books with killer destinations: Washington Post, September 9, 2007
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The Deportees: The Times, September 1, 2007
New fiction by Roddy Doyle: Belfast Telegraph, August 27, 2007
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I don't know how the Dickens I did it: Daily Telegraph, August 29, 2007
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Ghosts of Ireland past
and present: The Guardian, August 4, 2007
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First Person—Irish twice removed: Sunday Business Post, August 6, 2007
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Love and loveliness infuse tale of Irish family: Chicago Tribune, August 2, 2007
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Eavan Boland's Irish Writers on Writing
An Irish Frame of Mind: Wall Street Journal, June 15
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Joseph O'Connor's Redemption Falls
- O'Connor's voices challenge the reader: Sunday Business Post, May 13, 2007
- A great American: The Observer, May 27, 2007
- A bit of history repeating itself: Sunday Tribune, May 13, 2007
- Joseph O'ConnorThe bestselling author talks about his new novel: The Independent, April 27, 2007
- The optimistic socialist: Sunday Business Post, May 6, 2007
- Stars and swipes: The Guardian, May 5, 2007
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Reclusive novelist Cormac McCarthy appears on Oprah Winfrey show: Chicago Tribune, June 7, 2007
I Predict a Riot: Sunday Times, May 13, 2007
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An island anthology: Irish Echo, May 18, 2007
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May we never forget the Innocent Dead: Sunday Independent, May 6, 2007
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Fairy tales from Ireland: Los Angeles Times, April 30, 2007
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'Falls' an ambitious cliffhanger: Chicago Tribune, May 3, 2007
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Leisurely Pace, Quirky Characters Mark 'Cripple of Inishmaan': Washington Post, May 3, 2007
Gerry Meets...Frank McCourt: Belfast Telegraph, April 26, 2007
Ulster poetry speaks with rhyme and reason: Washington Times, April 12, 2007
Thursday Interview—Family secrets: Ulster Herald, April 26, 2007
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From Ireland, poems of war, love and tenderness: Los Angeles Times, April 18, 2007
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In divided Irish village, lives intersect with joy and sorrow: Boston Globe, April 18, 2007
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McGahern is recalled at New York talk: Irish Independent, April 6, 2007
Children as chattel: Irish Echo, March 30, 2007
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Going Great Guns in Belfast: Washington Post, March 26, 2007
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Tales of pain and place, and their variations: Chicago Tribune, March 19, 2007
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Keeping the terrible secrets of war: Edmonton Journal, March 25, 2007
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Fairy tales from Ireland: Los Angeles Times, March 13, 2007
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Exploring poetry's 'lesser space': Boston Globe, March 11, 2007
Gold's at the end of this Irish rainbow: Buffalo News, March 11, 2007
A savory Irish stew of crime and passion: New York Newsday, March 11, 2007
Forgotten heroes: Irish Echo, March 9, 2007
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Terrorists Down on the Farm: New York Times, March 10, 2007
Crime fiction with an Irish brogue: San Francisco Chronicle, March 4, 2007
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Little undertakes a big investigation of iconic Troubles-based theatre: Belfast Telegraph, February 24, 2007
Time of Troubles: New York Times, February 25, 2007
Parallel lives amid tumultuous times: Christian Science Monitor, February 20, 2007 (review by Yvonne Zipp)
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Feuding top chefs twist the knife over 'English' insult: Sunday Independent, February 18, 2007
The tragic case of Conan Doyle: Scotland on Sunday, February 18, 2007
Benedict Kiely, 87; explored effects of Ireland's partition in numerous works: Los Angeles Times, February 13, 2007
Inside a Belfast prison: San Francisco Chronicle, February 4, 2007
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Issuing a Passport to Theater's Irish Realm: Washington Post, February 4, 2007
Found in TranslationBrian Friel's Irish Soul: New York Observer, February 5, 2007
Eloquent Tongues but Anguished Irish Hearts: New York Times, January 27, 2007
Words fail when you're mapping Ireland: New York Post, January 26, 2007
Beauty, and an ugly intrusion: Boston Globe, February 1, 2007
A Credit To A Grand Tradition: Hartford Courant, January 28, 2007
Small towns and the divided families within: Miami Herald, January 21, 2007
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Celtic dramaBallad of an Irish playboy: The Independent, January 25, 2007
Of Mothers and Sons, and a father long gone: Toronto Globe and Mail, March 8, 2007
'Mothers and Sons' by Colm Toibin: Pittsburgh Post Gazette, January 21, 2007
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Very Irish, and very political, but play offers universal appeal: Ottawa Citizen, January 15, 2007
Paul Muldoonrattle and hum of a great poet: Irish Independent, January 6, 2007
Doyle pays a visit to an old and now sober friend: Buffalo News, January 14, 2007
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Creatures of the Earth, by John McGahern: The Independent, December 15, 2006
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Ireland's laureate of Christmas: The Spectator, December 16, 2006
Life-enhancing tale against the odds: Belfast Telegraph, December 14, 2006
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MacLaverty, MacLaverty, there's no one like MacLaverty: Toronto Globe and Mail, December 9, 2006
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Ireland's past, Africa's present: Montreal Gazette, December 9, 2006
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More than a few laughs in 'Couple of Blaguards': Chicago Tribune, November 24, 2006
Paul Muldoon
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Could 'Angela's Ashes' author have too much of a good thing?: Chicago Tribune, November 19, 2006
Filling in blanks on the Irish famine: Toronto Star, November 18, 2006
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Winterwood by Patrick McCabe
- First Chapter'Winterwood': New York Times, March 4, 2007
- Macabre McCabe: Sunday Business Post, November 26, 2006
- The horror behind the blarney: The Observer, November 19, 2006
- Irish ambiguities: Sunday Telegraph, November 19, 2006
- Winterwood by Patrick McCabe: The Independent, November 13, 2006
- Winterwood by Patrick McCabe: Independent on Sunday, November 12, 2006
- The man from the mountains: The Guardian, November 4, 2006
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Paul Muldoon's poems and essays pulse with emotional and intellectual vigor: Chicago Tribune, October 8, 2006
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Children of the republic: The Guardian, September 9, 2006
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Author auctions novel route to immortality: The Observer, October 1, 2006
'Law of Dreams' an Irish tragedy heavy on dread: Chicago Tribune, September 28, 2006
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Adulthood thrust upon teen during Irish Potato Famine: San Francisco Chronicle, September 10, 2006
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Awful author addicted to alliteration achieves acclaim again: Daily Telegraph, September 18, 2006
US debut of long-lost play by O'Casey: Daily Telegraph, September 15, 2006
Sean O'Casey's lost play resurfaces after 80 years: The Guardian, September 12, 2006
Sectarian InterfacesGlenn Patterson's That Which Was: The Blanket, September 6, 2006
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'Human beings are animals': September 13, 2006
Irish Theater Collection Finds a Home: New York Times, September 9, 2006
With new play, Breslin keeps focuson what mattersreal people: Boston Globe, July 12, 2006
Soul of a Protestant: Sunday Independent, July 23, 2006
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Talk With Seamus Heaney: New York Times, December 2, 1979
The ogre of betrayal: The Guardian, July 29, 2006
CS Lewis letter tells tales of Narnia: BBC, June 14, 2006
On this canceled Bloomsday, life imitates art: Boston Globe, June 16, 2006
Shaw's Yank redemption: Irish Echo, June 16, 2006
'A calculating, control freak,' claims the first wife of late author John McGahern: Sunday Independent, May 28, 2006
Tóibín wins biggest literary purse: The Guardian, July 14, 2006
District & Circle by Seamus Heaney
- Heaney's new poems touch on the past: Christian Science Monitor, August 8, 2006
- Wild Irish: New York Times, July 16, 2006
- A Poetic Circumnavigation Of Language, Life: Hartford Courant, June 14, 2006
- Age ripens Heaney's ardent poetry: San Francisco Chronicle, May 28, 2006
- Heaney's return to earth a winner: Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 28, 2006
- Seamus Heaney melds mystic and mythic in verse: Philadelphia Inquirer, June 11, 2006
- A poet circumnavigates his world with words: Philadelphia Inquirer, June 11, 2006
- Age ripens Heaney's ardent poetry: May 28, 2006
- The bog man cometh (again): Independent on Sunday, April 9, 2006
- District And Circle: Scotland on Sunday, April 9, 2006
- Arms around the world: The Observer, April 2, 2006
- Stephen Burt reviews District and Circle by Seamus Heaney: TowerPoetry.org, April 2006
- A nation’s pact of silence: The Tablet, May 27, 2006
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Conor McPherson Is Back With New Play, 'Shining City,' at Biltmore: New York Times, May 14, 2006
Interesting ideas behind tortuous prose: Daily Ireland, June 5, 2006
Bernard MacLavertyThe gentle art of truth-telling: The Independent, June 2, 2006
Bloody Good Farce: The Gory 'Inishmore': Washington Post, May 31, 2006
'A Fine Place to Daydream': New York Times, April 9, 2006
The Land of Sod and Ale: New York Times, April 9, 2006
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Triumph for Banville, but McGahern misses out: Irish Independent, March 2, 2006
Darkest comedy of Ireland and terrorism: Philadelphia Inquirer, February 27, 2006
It's an Irish Spring on Broadway: Newsweek, May 29, 2006
Tonys boost Irish plays on Broadway: Sunday Business Post, May 21, 2006
A happy haunting for Irish playwright: Newark Star Ledger, May 7, 2006
McDonagh's grisly `Lieutenant' puts terrorism in its place: Hartford Courant, May 4, 2006
He's still the cat's meow: New York Newsday, May 4, 2006
Buckets of Blood Means It's Curtains: Washington Post, April 13, 2006
breakfast with . . . Neil Jordan: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 17, 2006
Scenes from the life of Sam: The Guardian, February 26, 2006
A Matter of Happenstance: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, December 11, 2005
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Beckett, Master of the Bleak, Gets a Birthday Bash in Dublin: New York Times, April 15, 2006
Sam Beckett's schooldays: Daily Telegraph, April 13, 2006
At Beckett's Centenary, His American Discoverer Looks Back: New York Times, April 13, 2006
Beckett the Difficult, Beckett the Brash, Beckett the Prolific: April 13, 2006
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McGahernharmonising with a damaged culture: Village Magazine, April 6, 2006
The mother lode: Los Angeles Times, April 11, 2006
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The Abbey Theater's Fiach Mac Conghail Takes a Cue From Yeats: New York Times, March 25, 2006
Farewell to rural Ireland's voice: The Observer, April 2, 2006
Talking with John McGahern Irish Novelist and Memoirist: New York Newsday, April 2, 2006
Flann O'Brien: Sunday Times, April 2, 2006
John McGahern: Daily Telegraph, March 31, 2006
Archbishop had him fired over 'obscene' book: Irish Independent, March 31, 2006
J. P. Donleavy Approaches 80, Anything but Gingerly: New York Times, February 11, 2006
A man amuck: Boston Globe, February 19, 2006
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'Mai': The Emerald Isle Now: Washington Post, March 17, 2006
Leaping Over Hurdles and Words in Ireland: New York Times, March 15, 2006
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Unlikely Abbey will ever stage McDonagh play: Sunday Independent, March 12, 2006
"Burning Bridget Cleary"The witching hour in 19th-century Ireland: Seattle Times, March 10, 2006
Shadow play: The Guardian, March 8, 2006
A novelist of ideas: March 4, 2006
'Inishmore' Is Savage Satire: Washington Post, February 27, 2006
Oh, so bloody violent ... and it's a comedy, too: New York Newsday, March 1, 2006
Martin's big splash in the Big Apple: Irish Independent, March 1, 2006
Terrorism Meets Absurdism in a Rural Village in Ireland: New York Times, February 28, 2006
US hit TV series sparks new interest in Flann O'Brien's cult novel: Irish Independent, February 18, 2006
Of jazz, booze and thievery: Houston Chronicle, December 23, 2004
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Nick Laird's Utterly Monkey
- Nick Laird's 'Utterly Monkey' is a rollicking debut with slow patches: Chicago Tribune, March 3, 2006
- Fighting Irish: New York Times, February 19, 2006
- The green shows in this first novel: Philadelphia Inquirer, January 25, 2006
- Trouble drops by Danny's posh home: Miami Herald, January 31, 2006
- A Debut Novel Serves Up an Irish Stew in London: New York Times, January 6, 2006
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Page Turner: A Longford woman's redemption: Irish Echo, August 19, 2005
The Queen of Crooks: New York Times, January 8, 2006
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Our native sense of show: The Guardian, July 25, 2005
Elizabeth Bowen's 'Heart' Doesn't Miss a Beat: Washington Post, August 27, 2005
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Nasty, Brutish and Long: J. M. Synge, All at Once: New York Times, August 28, 2005
John McGahern's Memoir
- A man lit by serene acceptance: Boston Globe, April 16, 2006
- Safe in Her Shadow: New York Times, February 26, 2006
- Writer recalls a boy, country coming of age: Boston Globe, March 14, 2006
- First memoir is powerful tale of dark Ireland: Cleveland Plain-Dealer, March 14, 2006
- Dreamy days of mother blurred by memories of a raging father: San Francisco Chronicle, February 12, 2006
- The promise: The Guardian, August 27, 2005
- Memoir by John McGahern: The Sunday Times, September 11, 2005
- Memories from the shadows of the past: September 23, 2005
- 'I'm not a hero... I'm just a clerk': Irish Independent, August 27, 2005
- A family touched with madness: The Observer, August 28, 2005
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Powerful, feisty, successful ... maybe that's why the lady can't get a date: The Observer, November 6, 2005
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The long road home: The Guardian, November 26, 2005
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Delving into the man behind Narnia is also an adventure: Houston Chronicle, December 9, 2005
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His prose and style reflect an unmatched passion: Boston Globe, December 10, 2005
Echo ProfileA necessary woman: Irish Echo, November 18, 2005
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If you didn't find Narnia in your own wardrobe ...: The Observer, December 4, 2005
Narrow Booker victory for Banville: Daily Telegraph, October 11, 2005
Banville wins Booker Prize and £50,000 for 'The Sea': Irish Times, October 11, 2005
Booking PassageWe Irish & Americans by Thomas Lynch: The Independent, August 19, 2005
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Frank McCourt's Teacher Man:
- On hallowed turf: The Observer, November 26, 2006 (by Frank McCourt)
- Frank McCourtIt's the truth and nothing but: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 5, 2006
- McCourt eases into good life: Rocky Mountain News, February 11, 2006
- 'Teacher Man' McCourt looks back on school life: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, March 6, 2006
- 'Teacher Man': New York Times, December 4, 2005 (extract)
- What curriculum?: The Observer, December 4, 2005
- Frank McCourt learns as much as he teaches in America: San Francisco Chroncile, December 11, 2005
- Before Memoirs, He Wrote A's, B's, C's, D's and F's: New York Times, November 16, 2005
- The Last WordFrank McCourt: MSNBC, November 21, 2005
Passed/FailedAn education in the life of Frank McCourt, author: The Independent, December 1, 2005
Many lessons to teach, more to learn: Los Angeles Times, November 11, 2005
Many lessons in McCourt's self-conscious 'Teacher' ring false: Buffalo News, November 27, 2005
Class Act: Washington Post, November 13, 2005
A Storyteller Who Honed His Stories: New York Times, November 15, 2005
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'The nearest thing we have to genius': The Guardian, November 9, 2005
Bateman's fast self-pity: Toronto Star, August 7, 2005
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Tales from the confessional: The Guardian, July 2, 2005
Playwright digs into native soil: San Jose Mercury News, June 19, 2005
Angry man in the Van: The Guardian, May 28, 2005
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'I can't think of anything else I would rather have done': The Guardian, May 31, 2005
Fairies, farting fire Irish author's imagination: Boston Globe, May 30, 2005
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Back into battle: The Guardian, May 23, 2005
Home truths: Sunday Life, May 22, 2005
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Page Turner Order from a higher power: Irish Echo, May 6, 2005
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Playwright follows 'great comic tradition': Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 18, 2005
The former people: The Guardian, May 7, 2005
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A green American tries settling in Ireland: Boston Globe, March 17, 2005
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Tale of Irish ex-cop in America turns into a spell-binding read: Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 10, 2005
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Irish plays are written by women, too: New York Newsday, March 13, 2005
Ireland by Frank Delaney
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Growing up in the Hudson Valley, author Maura D. Shaw heard of the struggles the Irish had against the English at her family's kitchen table countless times.: Troy Record, March 11, 2005
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An Accidental Author: Irish Echo, March 11, 2005
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The godmother of Irish literature speaks: Daily Ireland, March 10, 2005
Plumbing the convoluted Irish soul: Boston Globe, March 6, 205
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Irish soldier, trapped by conflicting loyalties: Baltimore Sun, February 27, 2005
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An Irishman in love: Glasgow Herald, February 7, 2005
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A Playwright Stakes Out New Ground Beyond Her Own World: New York Times, February 26, 2005
'Elizabeth Bowen'A Fan's Notes: New York Times, February 20, 2005
She plumbed her Irish life for New Yorker tales: Philadelphia Inquirer, February 20, 2005
The literary crowd recalls a gift to American letters: Irish Echo, February 11, 2005
A sweeping saga of 'Ireland' that's mostly blarney: Los Angeles Times, February 15, 2005
A strong cast fails to redeem Friel's new play: Irish Independent, February 3, 2005
Wee play, long journey: Irish Echo, February 4, 2005
Brendan Kennelly The poetry confessor: The Independent, February 4, 2005
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A City Poet's Long Road Home: Irish Voice, January 28, 2005
Scots Irish Used in Discrimination Case: Irish Voice, January 28, 2005
Ulster Scots poised for a return to US: Belfast Telegraph, January 25, 2005
Belfast Blues
When Irish eyes aren't smiling: Toronto Globe and Mail, January 14, 2005
Heaven Lies About Us, by Eugene McCabe: The Independent, January 7, 2005 ...BUY Eugene McCabe's Heaven Lies About Us
A chill in the heart: Daily Telegraph, January 9, 2005 ...BUY Niall William's Only Say the Word
Crisp writing, unforgettable character jazz up 'Oh, Play That Thing': Boston Globe, January 5, 2005
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A Hero and His Heroin: Washington Post, December 20, 2004
Irish spells for Harry Potter: BBC, December 16, 2004
A song short story by Colm Tóibín: The Guardian, December 18, 2004 ...BUY Colm Tóibín's The Master
The writing game, in Gothic style: Boston Globe, December 12, 2004 ...BUY Neil Jordan's Shade
Brass and brogue: New York Newsday, November 30, 2004 ...BUY Roddy Doyle's Oh, Play That Thing
Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre is becoming an international player: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 3, 2004
Roddy Doyle: Westchester Journal News, November 28, 2004
The Abbey controversy rolls along: Chicago Sun-Times, November 25, 2004
Irish rebel on crime road in America: Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 21, 2004 ...BUY Roddy Doyle's Oh, Play That Thing
A sweeping look back at America through Irish eyes: Milwaukee Journel Sentinel, November 14, 2004
Rocky Mountain News: Adventures put into 'Play': November 5, 2004
'Tis a grand tale of Irish history McCourt spins in latest work: Boston Herald, November 6, 2004 ...BUY Malachy McCourt's History of Ireland
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From jeers to cheers: Boston Globe, October 31, 2004
Heaney digs for beauty, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 25, 2004
Edna O'Brien put the ire in Ireland: Chicago Tribune, October 28, 2004 (reg. required)
Yuk of the Irish: Washington Post, October 11, 2004 ...BUY Paul Murray's An Evening of Long Goodbyes
Terrific tales by a master of the form: Newark Star-Ledger, October 3, 2004 ...BUY William Trevor's A Bit on the Side
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Michael Donaghy: Daily Telegraph, October 1, 2004
Liverpool honours Irish literary giant: Irish Post, September 21, 2004
BBC documentary films Irish identity: Notre Dame Observer, September 15, 2004
Wildean farce at Dublin theatre: The Guardian, September 15, 2004
Ireland: a novel by Frank Delaney: The Independent, September 10, 2004
The alternative tradition, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, September 9, 2004
'Sexy Dublin? It's a con': The Guardian, September 6, 2004
Spellbound by the tell-tale heart of Emerald Isle's imagination: The Scotsman, August 29, 2004
The bard of Belfast: The Guardian, August 11, 2004
He likes us! He really, really likes us!: Toronto Globe and Mail, July 21, 2004
Irish Cultural Activist Elizabeth Solterer Dies: Washington Post, July 21, 2004
The Irish Love for Writers Goes Beyond a Pint and a Peat Fire: New York Times, June 26, 2004 (reg. required)
The portrait of a genius: San Francisco Chronicle, June 27, 2004
The Master by Colm Toibin (excerpt): Denver Post, June 13, 2004
Marian Keyes: The stroppier, the better: The Independent, June 4, 2004
Ireland lays itself bare, revealing humanity: Denver Post, May 23, 2004
'Agenda': an Irish celebration: The Independent, May 28, 2004
The Irish-American Dream: Irish Echo, May 12, 2004
Author's second act is first-rate tale: Chicago Sun-Times, May 10, 2004
Editor's Choice | 'This' or 'that'? The answer may be atop Mount Brandon: Philadelphia Inquirer, May 9, 2004
Power Couple: Nantucket Island Inquirer, May 14, 2004
'Heaven Lies' the endurance of Ireland's agonies: Baltimore Sun, May 4, 2004 (registra |