NEWSOFTHEIRISH – Film, Art & Lit: Links to daily newspaper articles about Ireland & the Irish

'Striped Pyjamas' voted No 1 book of the decade: Irish Independent, March 15, 2010
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Through the Square Window by Sinéad Morrissey: The Guardian, March 13, 2010
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Interview – Seamus Heaney, poet: The Scotsman, March 14, 2010

The Sun-Fish by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin: The Guardian, February 6, 2010
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Friel's account of household dramatics: The Irish Times, February 11, 1958 (by Brian Friel)

Review – An Irish Country Girl, by Patrick Taylor: Toronto Globe and Mail, February 5, 2010
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Poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy on the new language of unlove: The Sunday Times, February 8, 2010

Patrick McCabe's The Holy City

The Holy City by Patrick McCabe: The Observer, February 8, 2010

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Rovers and Ramblers: Washington Post, May 10, 2009
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Faber to publish O'Brien's memoirs: The Irish Times, February 4, 2010

Mastery from the Mulcahys: Irish Echo, July 10, 2009
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Is this really such a golden age for Irish writing?: Irish Independent, January 9, 2010

An exclusive short story by Colm Tóibín: Financial Times, January 1, 2010 (by Colm Tóibín)

Truth rings false as Johnston fails to reveal any secrets: Sunday Business Post, January 3, 2010
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'Too Much Money – A Novel' by Dominick Dunne: Orlando Sentinel, December 14, 2009

'Too Much Money,' by Dominick Dunne: San Francisco Chronicle, December 13, 2009
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Core selves go missing in high-tech celeb world: The Irish Times, January 15, 2010
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Both India, Ireland have made English our own language, says Irish author: Indian Express, January 22, 2010

Irish Writer's Detective Is Tough Guy: Southern Pines Pilot, January 20, 2010
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Marian Keyes did a service to others by sharing her depressive illness. Suffering can be richly productive of beauty, insight and redemption.: Irish Independent, January 16, 2010

No matter what they say. . . Gately was a talented writer: Irish Independent, January 16, 2010

Colm Tóibín rejects grand gestures but still makes a big impression: The Times

Author Marian Keyes has fans across the world and a husband who adores her. So why is she so depressed she can't eat, sleep or write a word?: Daily Mail, January 7, 2010

Snow is general, 'The Dead' perfect: Sunday Independent, January 10, 2010 (by Joseph O'Connor)

Secret of a love affair that united Behan and Hemingway as family: Sunday Independent, January 10, 2010

Marian Keyes – A darker side to chick-lit: The Independent, January 9, 2009

Fans boost Marian in depression battle: Evening Herald, January 6, 2010

Irish American of the Year: Irish Echo, January 6, 2010

Colm Tóibín wins Costa prize to at last take first major book award: Guardian.co.uk, January 4, 2010

Marian Keyes says her crippling depression is a living hell: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, January 5, 2010

Home isn't always where the heart is: The Observer, April 12, 2009
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Enniscorthy to honour native son Tóibín: The Irish Times, December 31, 2009

Jenifer Johnston's Truth or Fiction

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Titles of the Times (by Colum McCann): New York Times, December 27, 2009

Whatever happened to Jamie O'Neill?: Sunday Independent, December 6, 2009

PS, UK loves Irish chick-lit: The Sunday Times, December 20, 2009

Beckett letters fail to sell despite 'significant interest': The Irish Times, December 18, 2009

Seamus Heaney – voice of a generation: Belfast Telegraph, April 14, 2009

Up Front – Joseph O'Neill: New York Times, April 3, 2009
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William Trevor's The Collected Stories

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Marian Keyes' The Brightest Star in the Sky: A Novel

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Stuart Neville's The Ghosts of Belfast / The Twelve

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Frank McCourt

Alyn Glynn's Winterland

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John McGahern in his place: The Times, December 2, 2009

My long distance love affair: Irish Echo, July 10, 2009
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Colum McCann's Let the Great World Spin

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As The Man Says – Omagh's forgotten writer: Ulster Herald, April 23, 2009

Eoin Colfer's And Another Thing: The Sixth Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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Banville vows to avoid sex: The Irish Times, November 21, 2009

Made in Ireland: Sunday Herald, April 25, 2009
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Tóibín and Murphy on Costa book shortlists: The Irish Times, November 25, 2009

Irish poets penning Indian verse: BBC, November 17, 2009

William Trevor's Love and Summer

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Dennis O'Driscoll's Stepping Stones: Interviews with Seamus Heaney

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Bram Stoker's little brown book to make a killing at auction: The Times, October 28, 2009

Writing Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha: The Guardian, August 29, 2009 (by Roddy Doyle)
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McGahern — sage of the nation: Irish Independent, October 17, 2009
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Poet's rare journals expected to fetch thousands: Irish News, October 15, 2009

Joyce estate settles copyright dispute with US academic: The Irish Times, October 1, 2009

Heaney's Beowulf – Sophisticated people with a love of words: The Observer, September 27, 2009
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Byron in Love: Christian Science Monitor, June 17, 2009
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But Always Meeting Ourselves: New York Times, June 15, 2009 (by Colum McCann)

Forgotten Authors No. 38 – Bram Stoker: Independent on Sunday, September 20, 2009

The Bronx poet who was an elastic paddy: The Irish Times, September 26, 2009

Jim Carroll's brilliant light goes out suddenly: The Irish Times, September 17, 2009

'Basketball Diaries' writer Jim Carroll's wild Irish-American life: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, September 17, 2009

Remember Jim Carroll for his music as well as his literature: Guardian.co.uk, September 16, 2009

No Tóibín, no Trevor? Yes, it's time for more Booker controversy: The Observer, September 13, 2009

Digging Up Memories of Seamus: California Chronicle, April 13, 2009

The Return Journey – Queen Maeve and the warm fuzzies: Sunday Tribune, August 30, 2009
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Celebrity Author And Hartford Native Dominick Dunne Dies At Age 83: Hartford Courant, August 27, 2009

Irish-American writers to honor William Kennedy: Irish Echo, July 29, 2009

Losing the Booker? It's all good: The Observer, August 2, 2009

New McCourt book may yet appear from beyond grave: Sunday Tribune, August 9, 2009

Still writing after all these years: The Irish Times, May 9, 2009

Classics corner – The Riddle of the Sands: The Observer, June 7, 2009

Hymn to everyday life: The Guardian, July 18, 2009

A life of rhyme: The Observer, July 19, 2009

Jealous husband said he wrote O'Brien bestsellers: The Sunday Times, July 19, 2009

'Gravely ill' McCourt may have just weeks to live: Irish Independent, July 14, 2009

Ranelagh via New York: Irish Independent, June 20, 2009
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The Yeats brotherhood: The Irish Times, June 13, 2009
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Yeats was really a hippie, says Geldof: Irish Independent, June 20, 2009

An Irish Country Village by Patrick Taylor: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, February 18, 2009
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Poet was 'determined to grasp once again love' before his death: The Irish Times, June 19, 2009

Troubles novel written on mobile phone: The Observer, June 15, 2009

Declan Kiberd's Ulysses and Us: The Art of Everyday Living

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'Galway Bay' depicts Irish immigrant experience: Chicago Tribune, May 16, 2009
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An Irishman's Diary—W.F. Marshall, "The Bard of Tyrone": The Irish Times, January 27, 2009

A writer in the driving seat: The Irish Times, April 29, 2009

Irish Cottage Becomes Authors' Home: New York Times, April 29, 2009

A Celebrated Princeton Poet Organizes a Festival of His Peers: New York Times, April 19, 2009

Poem of the week – Lament for the Poets: 1916: Guardian.co.uk, April 6, 2009

New documentary on Seamus Heaney: Derry Journal, April 7, 2009

The Pleasant Light of Day, By Philip Ó Ceallaigh: The Independent, April 6, 2009
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Heaney wins top literary award: BBC, March 18, 2009

Ciaran Carson's translation of The Tain

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'Agenda'—a transatlantic feast of poetry that matters: The Independent, February 13, 2009

Where everybody knows your EKG: Boston Globe, March 2, 2009
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Irish playwright Conor McPherson chases away the demons: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 22, 2009

Christy Nolan: New York Times, February 26, 2009

Whitbread winner Christopher Nolan dies: The Independent, February 21, 2009

Hugh Leonard, 82, Dies; Wrote Broadway's 'Da': New York Times, February 13, 2009

Hugh Leonard: The Guardian, February 13, 2009

Belfast art set to collide with quantum physics: The Observer, January 11, 2009

Healing Body and Spirit in the Emerald Isle: Washington Post, February 11, 2009

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The road to immortality: Irish Times, January 28, 2009

Maeve Binchy . . . a wonderful place to visit: Guelph Mercury, December 27, 2008

Alphie's turn—The third McCourt brother: Los Angeles Times, December 20, 2008
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Behind the Green Veil: Wall Street Journal, January 2, 2009
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Roddy Doyle's school pupil secures book deal: Daily Telegraph, December 19, 2008

Old school still hopes for Nobel hat-trick as playwright turns 80: Irish News, January 9, 2009

Romanticized Irish tale welcome this time of year: Chicago Sun-Times, December 26, 2008

Celebrating an Irish Country Christmas: Vancouver Province, December 21, 2008

Sebastian Barry—In search of the last turkey in Ireland: The Independent, December 21, 2008

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Seamus Heaney country: The Times, December 24, 2008

Profile Shane MacGowan – The Fairytale goes on: Sunday Tribune, December 21, 2008

Northern Ireland writer's internet fiction earns New York book deal: Belfast Telegraph, December 19, 2008

Glenn Patterson's Once Upon a Hill: Love in Troubled Times

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William M. Murphy, Biographer of W. B. Yeats's Family, Is Dead at 92: New York Times, October 8, 2008

A culture for contemplation: Irish Times, November 1, 2008
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'To set the darkness echoing': The Guardian, November 8, 2008

His Irish Eyes Are Shining on America Now: New York Times, October 12, 2008

A working-class hero: Irish Echo, October 15, 2008

Nights Beneath the Nation: The Guardian, September 27, 2008
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The Worst of Times?: Irish Voice/IrishAbroad.com, September 18, 2008
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A peek inside Belfast 'hood: Chicago Tribune, September 3, 2008

The journeys we make: The Guardian, August 30, 2008
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Theater Festival Presents New Voices From a New Ireland: New York Times, August 31, 2008

He is a greatly admired figure and, unusually in Ireland, I haven't met anyone who doesn't like him: The Guardian, September 12, 2008

The Two Mr. Banvilles: Washington Post, July 28, 2008

Irish novelist returns to action mode: Philadelphia Inquirer, August 3, 2008
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Company finds fitting 'Scenes' for its Irish ways: Chicago Sun Times, August 22, 2008

Yeats Meets the Digital Age, Full of Passionate Intensity: New York Times, July 19, 2008

Irish Wit Infuses Poetry: Hartford Courant, August 3, 2008

Novel of life after the Troubles is cult hit: The Observer, May 25, 2008
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An Irish Homecoming: Washington Post, August 3, 2008
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What makes Toibin tick?: Irish Independent, May 10, 2008
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Razor-sharp satire on Northern life: Sunday Business Post, June 8, 2008
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Hard-boiled in Dublin: The Guardian, April 26, 2008
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Enright wins fiction award: Irish Examiner, May 29, 2008

Monaghan maverick: Sunday Business Post, June 8, 2008

For All We Know by Ciaran Carson: Sunday Times, April 20, 2008

Fine tale of ancient truths, blood ties: Philadelphia Inquirer, May 25, 2008
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Extolling the virtues of Moore's lasting legacy: Sunday Business Post, May 18, 2008
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Ireland's past is another country: The Observer, April 27, 2008
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Cecelia Ahern—Nepotism, escapism and Catholic guilt: Independent on Sunday, April 13, 2008

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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New Dubliners New York Times, April 20, 2008

First Chapter—'The Journey Home': New York Times, April 20, 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

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

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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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

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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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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

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An Irish Frame of Mind: Wall Street Journal, June 15
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Joseph O'Connor's Redemption Falls

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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 Translation—Brian 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 drama—Ballad 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 Muldoon—rattle 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

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The reason behind rhyme: The Observer, November 19, 2006

Word Freak: New York Times, November 19, 2006

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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 Interfaces—Glenn 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 matters—real 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

T�ib�n 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 MacLaverty—The 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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McGahern—harmonising 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 Profile—A 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 Passage—We 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 McCourt—It'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 Word—Frank McCourt: MSNBC, November 21, 2005

Passed/Failed—An 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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