Movie review – 'Kisses': Los Angeles Times, July 16, 2010

'Perrier' is no Irish mob hit: Boston Herald, July 9, 2010

Penn's €30m movie gets Irish funding: Sunday Independent, July 11, 2010

Murphy's Law – Cillian Murphy Talks About Inception: New York Observer, July 13, 2010

Gleeson teams up with son for movie: Evening Herald, July 12, 2010

IAW&A to honor Dennehy for life's work: Irish Echo, July 9, 2010

'Ondine' a hypnotic Irish fish story: Santa Cruz Sentinel, June 18, 2010

TV show re-builds the Titanic: The News Letter, June 1, 2010

Actor Nesbitt made Chancellor: UTV Internet, June 8, 2010

Pop Slinger: The Sun, April 28, 2010

Anjelica's heavenly voice: The Irish Times, June 2, 2010

The world loves Zonad, despite Ireland's rejection: The Sunday Times, May 23, 2010

Forty Foot film causing quite a splash across movie world: Evening Herald, June 3, 2010

Ireland finds its place on Noir map: Irish Echo, June 2, 2010

Colin Farrell rekindles his career with intimate work and a simpler life: New York Post, May 30, 2010

Neil Jordan's Possible World of the Impossible: New York Times, May 30, 2010

Dundalk woman behind success of new Sex and the City film: Dundalk Democrat, May 26, 2010

Nazi banners help transform Belfast into 1930s Berlin: The News Letter, May 25, 2010

Relative Values – John Boorman and his son, Charley: The Sunday Times, May 23, 2010

The Secret of Kells

• 'Kells' paints illuminating tale: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 21, 2010
• The Secret of Kells scoops top prize at British Animation Awards: Evening Herald, April 9, 2010
• The 'Riffs Interview – 'Secret of Kells' filmmaker Tomm Moore: WashingtonPost.com, April 2, 2010
• Ancient book inspires classic animation of 'The Secret of Kells': Los Angeles Times, March 31, 2010
• The secrets of Brendan Gleeson's success: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, March 18, 2010
• 'Secret' will draw you in: Boston Herald, March 19, 2010
• Outside the Abbey's Fortified Walls, a World of Fairy Girls and Beasts: New York Times, March 5, 2010
• A visual feast — just add Celt: New York Post, March 5, 2010
• The Secret of Kells hopes for Oscar glory: The Sunday Times, November 15, 2009
• Film Review – The Secret of Kells: Sunday Tribune, March 8, 2009
• The Secret of Kells: The Irish Times, March 6, 2009
• Conor McPherson's a natural at the supernatural: Los Angeles Times, March 25, 2010

Why Nazi symbols should have no place in Belfast: Belfast Telegraph, May 15, 2010

Sarah Bolger to star in vampire movie The Moth Diaries: The Sunday Times, May 16, 2010

Gleeson 'chuffed' after Best Actor nomination: Irish Independent, May 11, 2010

Leap Year provides unexpected windfall for investors: Sunday Business Post, May 9, 2010

Aidan Quinn embraces Chicago-Irish heritage: Chicago Tribune, April 30, 2010

Cherrybomb

• "The journalists are waiting for you to do something controversial, like the typical child star" says Rupert Grint: The Independent, April 22, 2010
• Cherrybomb: The Observer, April 26, 2010

Liam's tragedy inspired me in new role: Evening Herald, April 22, 2010

Volcano no match for Tribeca Film Festival producers: New York Post, April 23, 2010

The Eclipse

• 'The Eclipse' brings Ciarán Hinds home: Detroit Free Press, April 24, 2010
• 'Eclipse' – 'Shining' example: Boston Herald, April 16, 2010
• Interview with Irish playwright, filmmaker Conor McPherson: Washington Post, April 11, 2010
• Irish actor, director join forces for 'Eclipse': San Francisco Chronicle, April 9, 2010
• The Eclipse: Boston Globe, April 16, 2010
  
• Movie Review – Erin go boo! in 'The Eclipse': Washington Post, April 9, 2010
• The Eclipse – The haunted house of love: National Post, April 8, 2010

O'Hara doesn't need Oscar to shine: Irish Echo, April 7, 2010 (Editorial)

Art imitates life as Penn signs up for tax-exempt role: The Sunday Times, March 28, 2010

Conor McPherson among seven elected to Aosdána: The Irish Times, April 17, 2010

Farrell reveals anger at bullying of gay brother: Irish Examiner, April 9, 2010

Grace Kelly – a graceful masterclass in allure: Daily Telegraph, April 9, 2010

'Is this the band then? Betcha U2 are sh*ttin' themselves': Sunday Tribune, April 4, 2010
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'Not such a fishy tale', says Farrell: BBC, March 5, 2010

Gangster movie starts filming in Derry: Derry Journal, March 29, 2010

'Honoured' actor Byrne aims to build artistic bridges: The Irish Times, March 17, 2010

Irish language version of "The Office" set to air: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, March 30, 2010

Michael Fassbender caught up in 'assault' sequel: The Sunday Times, March 28, 2010

Henry Smart, The Quiet Man and the Last Roundup: The Irish Times, March 26 2010

Oscar for art of possible goes to . . . Ballyfermot: The Irish Times, March 9, 2010

Glenn Close to shoot film in Ireland – as a man: The Sunday Times, March 21, 2010

Terry Wogan – I'm cooler than Colin Farrell: Daily Telegraph, March 20, 2010

Gabriel Byrne named Ireland's first cultural ambassador: The Irish Times, March 17, 2010

Colin Farrell on fatherhood, giving up alcohol and his new love: Daily Mail, March 8, 2010

Cillian Murphy, actor: The Scotsman, March 16, 2010

The Man who wants to kill Bono: Belfast Telegraph, March 8, 2010

Tale of a crusader who took on the Irish criminal sharks 'On the Waterfront': The Irish Times, February 3, 2010
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Ondine: The Observer, March 7, 2010

We need to get animated about our talented cartoon studios: Irish Independent, March 8, 2010

The Carlow teacher who wanted George Clooney to quieten down: Irish Independent, March 6, 2010

Irish in Hollywood: Variety, March 4, 2010

Mel Gibson to be awarded freedom of town in County Meath: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, March 3, 2010

An Indie Takes on Animation's Big Boys: New York Times, March 3, 2010

Dublin's 'Avatar' artist is bigger than Colin Farrell: Irish Independent, February 27, 2010

Colin Farrell – hellraiser? I'm raising Henry: The Times, February 26, 2010

Angelina Jolie to be Patricia Cornwell's star doctor, thanks to Irish movie writer: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, February 23, 2010

Lovely Saoirse puts her name on everyone's lips (Feb 21): Sunday Independent, February 21, 2010

BAFTA-winning animator now looks to Oscars: Irish Independent, February 23, 2010

Hollywood returns to Cong for romantic comedy about making of 'The Quiet Man': The Irish Times, February 17, 2010

Sheridan believes film could lead to fugitive's arrest: Irish Independent, February 15, 2010

'The Secret of Kells' – the little animated film that could: LATimes.com, February 10, 2010

'From Paris With Love' – Jonathan Rhys Meyers revels in his role: Los Angeles Times, February 4, 2010

Sorry Saoirse missed out, but let her be a teenager a while: Evening Herald, February 4, 2010

Saoirse Ronan's father protective of his little girl: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, February 5, 2010

A woman approached us on the street. 'So that's the new girlfriend, is it?': Sunday Independent, January 24, 2010

Saoirse Ronan – A name to reckon with: The Guardian, January 23, 2010

Better late: Boston Globe, January 24, 2010

Belfast goes back in time for new U2 movie: BBC, January 24, 2010

Director's personal tragedy at heart of a family affair: Sunday Independent, January 24, 2010

Gabriel Byrne – Girls in miniskirts led me away from the priesthood: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, January 19, 2010

Why we'll be seeing a lot more of Colin and baby here at home: Evening Herald, January 13, 2010

Farrell sex scene too long, says Neil Jordan: The Sunday Times, January 17, 2010

Sisters in Cinema: New York Times, January 17, 2010

The Hollywood interview... Director Jim Sheridan: Evening Herald, January 15, 2010

Jane Lynch, star of 'Glee,' recalls her tough Irish upbringing: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, January 9, 2010

It's a fair cop Gleeson can't say no to son in family film: Irish Independent, January 15, 2010

Teen angel: Boston Globe, January 10, 2010

Dublin draws line at Killing Bono: The Sunday Times, January 3, 2010

US stardom's fine but I miss a blazing fire on home turf: Evening Herald, January 4, 2010

'Killing Bono' shooting to begin: BBC, December 28, 2009

'Dad hoped I'd be a doctor but I just don't like blood': California Chronicle, December 23, 2009

Another award for Donegal-based movie: Donegal News, December 11, 2009

Revealed ... secrets of the Irish Brando movie that collapsed after just 10 days: Evening Herald, December 12, 2009

Mother courage – How Fiona Shaw became the leading actress of her generation: The Independent, December 18, 2009

Toronto critics pick Hunger, Inglourious Basterds as top films: CBC, December 16, 2009

Susan Sarandon tips Saoirse Ronan for an Oscar nomination: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, December 14, 2009

Robert Pattinson smitten by Irish 'Lovely Bones' star Saoirse Ronan: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, December 10, 2009

Neil Jordan sues accountant over €750,000 ISTC losses: The Sunday Times, December 6, 2009

Fiona Shaw – 'I have enormous sadness in me': The Times, December 10, 2009

Brothers – Fine acting hampered by stilted rewrite: Toronto Star, December 5, 2009

Cheadle joins Gleeson for new Irish cop movie: Evening Herald, November 5, 2009

Marriage to Jonathan Rhys Meyers 'would be lovely', says Reena Hammer: Sunday Telegraph, November 22, 2009

The Hollywood interview... Bill Murray: Evening Herald, Novmeber 6, 2009

Things are still 'Swell' for Marketa Irglova and Glen Hansard: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, November 14, 2009

A lasting legacy (Maureen O'Hara): Irish Echo, November 4, 2009

Interview – John Cusack, actor: The Scotsman, November 10, 2009

'In Treatment' star Gabriel Byrne reveals childhood abuse: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, May 6, 2009

Pretty Village, Gloomy Boy: New York Times, November 13, 2009

'Turning Green': Los Angeles Times, November 7, 2009

Fighting them on the beaches, and on the boreens: Sunday Tribune, November 8, 2009

Tudor wrap: Bray People, October 28, 2009

Actor Farrell reportedly a dad for second time: Irish Independent, October 21, 2009

Local hurls in episode of top US TV drama: Belfast Media, October 19, 2009

Records show Hollywood heartthrob Neeson was a star performer in track and field events: Sunday Life, October 18, 2009

Is Gabriel Byrne a suitable case for treatment?: The Guardian, October 18, 2009

James Nesbitt – 'I've always felt I was 17': The Times, June 13, 2009

Michael Moore talks 'Capitalism' and how Irish background shapes his views: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, September 30, 2009

'Acting is a mystery': The Irish Times, September 26, 2009

Horror homage: Irish Echo, August 19, 2009

Flash Forward – from Cavan to Los Angeles: Irish Echo, September 30, 2009

'Five Minutes of Heaven' role hits home for James Nesbitt: Boston Globe, September 30, 2009

Frank Deasy – film and television writer: The Times, September 22, 2009

Hunger

• In 'Hunger,' an examination of the body politic: Irish Echo, March 11, 2009
• 'Hunger' hits pit of stomach: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 10, 2009
• Movie Review – 'Hunger': Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 21, 2009
• Hunger: Rolling Stone, March 19, 2009
• 'Hunger' too artsy for its own good | 2 ½ stars: Kansas City Star, May 14, 2009
• Hunger – A look at hell and the hunger for freedom: Boston Globe, March 27, 2009
• The High Cost of Dignity—Recalling the Troubles in Stark Detail: New York Times
• 'Hunger' pains – IRA prisoner Bobby Sands inspired McQueen's feature film debut: Boston Herald, March 24, 2009
• How to starve yourself to death: Salon.com, March 18, 2009
• History Through an Unblinking Lens: New York Times, March 7, 2009
• Bobby Sands' Hunger: AmericaMagazine.org, December 16, 2008
• A great right hook of a role: The Guardian, October 31, 2008
• Hunger shocks in order to be heard: Canada.com, October 2, 2008
• The art of suffering: Sydney Morning Herald, November 7, 2008
• Hunger provides plenty of food for thought: Sunday Independent, November 2, 2008
• In Bruges and Hunger are indie film contenders: The Guardian, October 29, 2008
• Sympathy for the terrorist: The Australian, November 1, 2008
• Michael Fassbender—on playing Bobby Sands in Hunger: Daily Telegraph, October 18, 2008
• McQueen and country: The Observer, October 12, 2008
• Steve McQueen's Hunger—featuring one of cinema's greatest ever scenes: The Times, October 9, 2008
• Bobby Sands as Symbol: October 1, 2008
• A British Artist Plumbs the Politics of Hunger: New York Sun, September 26, 2008
• His film will be controversial – so what?: Toronto Globe and Mail, September 8, 2008
• Hunger: The Guardian, May 16, 2008
• A harrowing tale of 'Hunger': Andersonstown News, June 2, 2008

Knockout martial arts movie to be filmed in Ireland: The Sunday Times, September 13, 2009

Emmys – Irish actor Brendan Gleeson wins alongside Mad Men and 30 Rock: The Sunday Times

Cillian Murphy says even megastars aren't treated like royalty in Ireland: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, September 12, 2009

Neeson takes out US citizenship: The Irish Times, August 28, 2009

Films view the 'Troubles' through different lenses: Irish Echo, September 2, 2009

The Casanova from Castleknock: Irish Independent, August 29, 2009

Farrell set to be dad again and is 'ready to commit': Sunday Independent, August 23, 2009

Ryan's Daughter mystery: Sunday Tribune, August 23, 2009

'Dead Men' helps Jim Sturgess move across the universe from cute to crafty: Boston Herald, August 19, 2009

Return of Ryan's daughter: Independent on Sunday, August 2, 2009

Liam Neeson returns to red carpet after death of Natasha Richardson: Daily Telegraph, August 12, 2009

Me, Daniel and our very normal life in Wicklow: Irish Independent, July 9, 2009

'Quiet Man' myths examined in new book: The Irish Times, June 12, 2009
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DeLorean movie won't be dull: Belfast Telegraph, June 15, 2006 (Editorial)

No problems for Huston as Michael D shares the limelight at film fleadh: The Irish Times, July 8, 2009

Festival to celebrate 'Galway girl' Huston: Irish Independent, June 29, 2009

Neeson ready to transform into Abraham Lincoln: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, July 3, 2009

British Sea Power rescores 1934 film 'Man of Aran': LATimes.com, June 9, 2009

No worries for Tudors star on the town with latest squeeze: Sunday Independent, June 21, 2009

Tudors star Jonathan Rhys Myers arrested after 'attacking and threatening to kill staff at Paris Airport': Daily Mail, June 26, 2009

Terminator girl recalls happy days with father in Ireland: Sunday Independent, June 7, 2009

Neeson Named Co-Chair of Major Irish Group: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, June 4, 2009

Father Jack actor reveals mass on back of lorry tested his faith: The Sunday Times, June 7, 2009

Daniel Day-Lewis granted freedom of Co Wicklow for achievements in film: The Irish Times, April 28, 2009

Myers – I'm no hellraiser: Irish Examiner, May 9, 2009

Filming of Easter Rising production to begin in September: The Irish Times, May 4, 2009

On set – Best: His Mother's Son: Sunday Telegraph, April 26, 2009

Ciarán Hinds voted best actor at film festival in New York: The Irish Times

Ties with Hollywood beginning to pay off: The News Letter, April 22, 2009

Fifty Dead Men Walking

• Fifty Dead Men Walking: The Times, April 9, 2009
• Fifty Dead Men Walking: The Irish Times, April 10, 2009

Neeson to return in Titans movie: BBC, April 10, 2009

Universal to shoot feature film in Belfast: The Irish Times, April 10, 2009

Portrait of the artist – Ciarán Hinds: The Guardian, March 31, 2009

Rhys Meyers rises again as reign man in 'The Tudors': New York Daily News, April 4, 2009

Profile: Gabriel Byrne – Analyse this: Sunday Tribune, March 15, 2009

Film got it wrong, says actor who played Dev: Sunday Independent, March 29, 2009

The greatest Rory ever told—Gallagher biopic set for big screen: Sunday Tribune, March 1, 2009

Tax fix brings Hollywood back to Ireland: The Sunday Times, March 1, 2009

Chicago Irish Film Festival – Irish films don't deal in 'Hollywood endings': Chicago Tribune, February 27, 2009

Rhys Myers urged to get help after 'no-show': Irish Examiner, February 21, 2009

Survival's the game: Los Angeles Times, January 11, 2009

Time and place—Stephen Rea: Sunday Times, January 11, 2009

Fassbender secures top IFTA acting honour for hard-hitting 'Hunger' role: Sunady Independent, February 15, 2009

Did I say that? Mickey Rourke, actor, 56: The Observer, February 15, 2009

New York opening for Dublin film that waited five years to be rescued: Sunday Times, January 4, 2009

A Bow to Kenneth Branagh: The Times, February 4, 2009

Mickey Rourke—The bruiser is back: The Independent, January 3, 2009

TV Spy Series Star Brought Complex Programming to U.S.: Washington Post, January 15, 2009

'How About You'—Binchy story adapted to film: San Francisco Chronicle, January 8, 2009

What Katie Did: Sunday Tribune, December 7, 2008

Actor recovering after fall in castle: Irish Times, December 29, 2008

Indie Irish 'Eden'—Portrait of a marriage: San Francisco, Chronicle, November 28, 2008

Dervla Kirwan—whirling Dervla: Daily Telegraph, December 16, 2008

In praise of ... Kenneth Branagh: The Guardian, December 9, 2008

Peter O'Toole is the last Lothario: The Times, December 6, 2008

TV Notes: 'Life on Mars' good for O'Mara: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 10, 2008

Views of Ireland, old and new: Boston Globe, November 9, 2008

Profile—Brenda Fricker, the star who makes Home Alone true: Sunday Times, November 2, 2008

The Branagh enigma: The Independent, October 31, 2008

Begorrah! Irish Cops, Yet Again: New York Times, October 24, 2008

Raised from the dead—Hammer returns with horror set in Irish village: The Independent, October 25, 2008

Time cop: Irish Echo, October 15, 2008

Irish American Daniel Cassidy dead at 65: San Francisco Chronicle, October 15, 2008

Stephen Rea—straight from the horse's mouth: The Times, August 30, 2008

Woody Allen reveals Irish ambitions: Glasgow Herald, August 18, 2008

Neeson gets ready for Presidential role: Ballymena Times, September 16, 2008

Liam Neeson – an Irishman in New York: The Independent

'Sunday' actor jailed for coup attempt: Derry Journal, July 8, 2008

Actor Neeson honoured at NY fundraiser: Irish Independent, May 10, 2008

Mary Stuart reigns again—in Ireland: The Observer, April 27, 2008

From The Emerald Isle: The Moscow Times, May 23, 2008

Irish in Cannes: Irish Voice/IrishAbroad.com, May 15, 2008

Strong Irish element at Cannes Film Festival: Sunday Business Post, May 11, 2008

'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' pain—the 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 Murphy—more 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 Loach—Cinema'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 Mychal—New 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 Braddock—The Real 'Cinderella' Story: TheWildGeese.com, December 23, 2005

• 'Breakfast' is too much of a good thing: Hartford Courant, January 13, 2006
• Ireland transformed into a fantasy world: The State, January 6, 2006
• Breakfast On Pluto: The Guardian, January 13, 2006

Murphy's law—From 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
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In Ireland, Making Art From the Rubble: New York Times

'Fair deal for the arts' demand in Northern Ireland: Guardian.co.uk, January 14, 2011

Michael Flatley taps into his artistic side and makes €5,600: The Irish Times

Paintings of historic royal visit go under the hammer: The Irish Times

Yeats painting bought for £250 in 1940s fetches a record €1m: Irish Independent

Artists help build strong links between Ireland and America: Belfast Media

Yeats masterpiece set to fetch up to €800,000: Irish Examiner

How American Artist Robert Henri Found Himself Again in Ireland: BigThink.com

Ian Cumberland's hard-living image in frame for top art prize: Belfast Telegraph, April 15, 2011

Dublin's independent arts scene is a silver lining in the recession-hit city: The Guardian, November 23, 2010

US bank funds restoration: The Irish Times, January 15, 2011

Art of Northern Ireland: The Epoch Times, November 30, 2010

An intimate gift of post-war American art: The Irish Times, September 27, 2010

Adopted son but Hill's Irish roots run deep: Sunday Independent, September 12, 2010
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Synge's photography exposed at last: Irish Independent, October 14, 2010

Shaw's pictures tell a whole new story: Irish Independent, September 8, 2010

Immigrants' story at Villanova show – A look at the Irish life in England: Philadelphia Inquirer, September 3, 2010

Chips off the old Irish block: The Irish Times, July 17, 2010
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Politics and the painter: The Irish Times, May 1, 2010

Five Minutes With – Beaufort artist Hank Herring: The Island Packet, July 9, 2010

Stars rising in the north: The Sunday Times, June 20, 2010

Manhattan maestro – Conor's work goes on tour: Western People, June 9, 2010

A painter's disillusionment: Irish Echo, May 19, 2010

O'Doherty's US art gifted to state: The Sunday Times, May 2, 2010

Conan Doyle's lost 'afterlife' painting found: The Sunday Times, April 25, 2010

Dermot Desmond is all art really: The Sunday Times, January 3, 2010

Jack Pakenham's Troubles paintings: BBC, April 14, 2010

Surface where inside and outside meet: The Irish Times, March 24, 2010

Artist inspired by surveillance: BBC, March 23, 2010

Through Irish Eyes, America as Evildoer: New York Times, March 14, 2010

Dublin artist reveals 30-year Tube work one day at a time: The Sunday Times, February 14, 2010

My hero Jack Yeats by Colm Tóibín: The Guardian, February 6, 2010

Ireland's emergence through art: Sunday Business Post, February 14, 2010

Sculpting a life from statues: The Irish Times, January 2, 2010
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The big book of Ballagh: The Irish Times, January 23, 2010

The artist as a young man: The Irish Times, April 7, 2009

Tributes paid to renowned sculptor: Irish Independent, September 24, 2009

Barry Flanagan: Daily Telegraph, September 15, 2009

Rowan's found a niche: Irish Independent, May 25 2009

National Gallery pays €400,000 for McCormack portrait: Irish Independent, May 9, 2009

A portrait of lonely, toiling London-Irish migrants: The Irish Times, March 17, 2009

World-famous artist a son of the Shankill: Ulster News Letter, December 6, 2008

'Riders to the Sea': Financial Times, November 29, 2008

Druid Theatre—A countryman's call: Los Angeles Times, October 14, 2008

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 Chronicle—O'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

Back to top

€10 Yeats coin launched: Irish Examiner

Elizabeth Bowen's strange last novel: Guardian.co.uk

Beckett's hideout: The Irish Times

Edna O'Brien's Saints and Sinners

• Monuments to truth: Irish Examiner, January 29, 2011
• Our great teller of the short story: The Irish Times, February 12, 2011
• Book Review – 'Saints and Sinners': Washington Times, July 8, 2011
• Edna O'Brien's Elemental Fiction: New York Times, May 15, 2011
• 'Saints and Sinners': New York Times, May 15, 2011
• When Irish eyes aren't smiling: Boston Globe, May 22, 2011
• Saints and Sinners: Financial Times, February 5, 2011
• "Saints and Sinners," a new collection of stories by Edna O'Brien: Washington Post, May 26, 2011
• Saints and Sinners by Edna O'Brien – review: The Guardian, March 5, 2011
• Edna O'Brien – 'A writer's imaginative life commences in childhood': The Observer, February 6, 2011

Revealed ... Jane Austen's Irish roots: Evening Herald

Heaney shares his lifetime's library with the nation: Irish Examiner

Book review – 'Stolen Souls,' top-notch Irish crime fiction: Los Angeles Times

Interview Author and poet Geraldine Mitchell: Mayo News, January 25, 2011

Heaney's insightful gift that just keeps on giving: Irish Independent

Maggie O'Farrell's The Hand That First Held Mine

• The Irish hand that first held Maggie's: The Irish Times, January 24, 2011
• World of Maggie O'Farrell, author: Daily Telegraph, February 25, 2011
• The hand that rocks the cradle: Sunday Tribune, May 9, 2010
• The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell: The Observer, April 25, 2010
• A life less ordinary – Maggie O'Farrell's diaries have provided the author with plenty of inspiration: Independent on Sunday, April 25, 2010

The Grim Good Cheer of the Irish: New York Times (by John Banville)

Anne Enright's The Forgotten Waltz

• The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright: Toronto Star, May 28, 2011
• Anne Enright in conversation – The Forgotten Waltz and life after the Booker: MontrealGazette.com
• Anne Enright's 'The Forgotten Waltz': Washington Post
• Anne Enright turns her sharp wit to love, marriage and betrayal: Ottawa Citizen
• An Unrepentant Adulterer: New York Times
• Unflinching observer: Irish Echo
• No romance in this tale of adultery: Montreal Gazette, June 25, 2011
• The Forgotten Waltz: Financial Times, April 22, 2011
• Dancing into the light: The Irish Times, April 23, 2011

Brian Keenan – A journey beyond imagination: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com

Restored tomb of Oscar Wilde unveiled in Paris: RTE

Nora Roberts – The woman who rewrote the rules of romantic fiction: The Observer

Crime master: Irish Echo

American Sci-Fi Author Anne McCaffrey Dies: MyFoxLA.com

Leading lights of book world to celebrate City of Literature: Sunday Independent, March 6, 2011

Review – On Canaan's Side: Macleans

Heaney receives lifetime award for literary work: Irish Examiner

Why writer Nuala O'Faolain decided to give famous interview about her fatal cancer: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com

Novelist Emma Donoghue honored by Irish ambassador in Washington: Washington Post
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Is 'Strumpet City' the great Irish novel?: The Irish Times

Emma Donoghue's Room

• Fritzl case novel is tipped for €100,000 book prize: Irish Independent
• Donoghue scoops top award as Binchy is honoured: Irish Independent, November 26, 2010
• Donoghue on Orange shortlist for novel 'Room': The Irish Times, April 13, 2011
• 'Room' wins Novel of the Year award: The Irish Times, November 26, 2010
• Emma Donoghue 'not remotely sad' about Booker miss: Toronto Globe and Mail, October 13, 2010
• In Donoghue's 'Room,' A Child's World Of His Own: NPR.org, September 27, 2010
• Unlocking a mother's love [by Emma Donoghue]: Sunday Tribune, September 19, 2010
• Emma Donoghue has plenty of "Room": Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, September 18, 2010
• Much-anticipated tale of captivity delivers: Boston Globe, September 15, 2010
• Emma Donoghue on Booker short list: Toronto Star, September 8, 2010
• Emma Donoghue delighted by Booker nom: Toronto Globe and Mail, September 8, 2010
• Small Talk - Emma Donoghue: Financial Times, September 6, 2010
• Once upon a life – Emma Donoghue: The Observer, September 5, 2010
• Emma Donoghue's restrained novel about two captives illuminates the power of parental love: Toronto Globe and Mail, September 4, 2010
• Will Man Booker furnish Emma Donoghue's Room?: Toronto Star, September 6, 2010

Colm Tóibín's The Empty Family

• Landscapes of loneliness [Colm Tóibín]: Boston Globe, January 2, 2011
• Book review – 'The Empty Family' by Colm Tóibín: Los Angeles Times, March 20, 2011
• 'The Empty Family,' by Colm Tóibín – review: San Francisco Chronicle, January 7, 2011
• The Empty Family by Colm Tóibín – Review: The Guardian, October 9, 2010
• Once upon a life – Colm Tóibín: The Observer, October 10, 2010
• Colm Tóibín's hard-won wisdom: The Irish Times, September 25, 2010
• Stories From an Irish Master: New York Times, January 14, 2011
• Book review – The Empty Family, by Colm Toibin: Scotland on Sunday, September 26, 2010
• The Empty Family by Colm Tóibín: The Observer, October 3, 2010
• The Empty Family by Colm Tóibín – review: Sunday Telegraph, October 10, 2010
• Colm Toibin moves out of the darkness: The Herald, October 4, 2010
• In the shadow of the giants: Irish Examiner, September 25, 2010
• Gay sex and more sex – toibin shocks it to us: Irish Independent, September 25, 2010

The dark side of Day: Irish Examiner, February 5, 2011
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Author inks fantasy deal for his zombie novel series: Irish Independent

Titanic Goes Down a Storm in Tipperary Libraries: Tipperary Star
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Irish Writers Take Manhattan: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com

Insight into Beckett's creative soul: Sunday Business Post

Strange — it's Irish writers who pen the Great American Novels: Irish Independent

Still hot at 80 — the age-defying Edna O'Brien: Irish Independent

Trinity celebrates Flann O'Brien centenary: The Irish Times

Tortured Irish history lesson: London Free Press
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Maeve Binchy – Me and my money: Daily Mail

Interview – Cecilia Ahern, author: The Scotsman

Galway Bay by Mary Pat Kelly: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, February 25, 2009

Flann O'Brien – lovable literary genius: Guardian.co.uk

Pete Hamill feted by Green-Wood Cemetery: Brooklyn Courier

Oscar was not the brightest star in the Wilde dynasty – his father was: Irish Examiner

Playboy wonder: Financial Times

The Castrato and His Wife by Helen Berry – review: Daily Telegraph

How baking helped author Marian rise above depression: Evening Herald

Flann O'Brien – our unluckiest genius: The Irish Times

Sebastian Barry's On Canaan's Side

• Book review – 'On Canaan's Side,' by Sebastian Barry: Washington Post
• On Canaan's Side by Sebastian Barry – review: Daily Telegraph, July 27, 2011
• On Canaan's Side by Sebastian Barry – review: Guardian.co.uk
• On Canaan's Side by Sebastian Barry – review: Daily Telegraph, August 6, 2011
• On Canaan's Side: Financial Times
• On Canaan's Side, By Sebastian Barry: The Independent
• Sebastian Barry – Troubles in the family: Independent on Sunday

Quirke stars in death of Irish tycoon: Erie Times-News
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Irish author Glenn Meade enjoys time at his Knoxville home: KnoxNews.com

Reissue of valuable record of Anglo Irish attitudes to Irish independence: Irish Examiner, May 28, 2011

Revisiting Yeats in a time of upheaval: Guelph Mercury

McGahern's rare oul' times in the city: Irish Independent

Anne Enright's Granta Book of the Irish Short Story

• 'The Irish Short Story' – A book review: Newark Star-Ledger, April 18, 2011
• The Granta Book of the Irish Short Story: Financial Times, December 11, 2010

• The Granta Book of the Irish Short Story, Edited by Anne Enright: Belfast Telegraph, December 3, 2010
• What makes a great short story?: The Irish Times, December 4, 2010
• The Irish short story [by Anne Enright]: The Guardian, November 6, 2010

'Artemis Fowl' author Eoin Colfer's 'Plugged' isn't for kids: Los Angeles Times
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Northern Ireland's peacetime collusion: GlobalPost.com, December 29, 2010
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Roddy Doyle is back and he's playing the generation game: Irish Independent
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The 30-year secret of the actress, the literary giant and the Guinness brothers: Daily Telegraph

Civil War-era novel greatly anticipated: Irish Examiner, August 1, 2011

Quirke series is more about Ireland than character or plot: Palm Beach Post
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Benjamin Black's Elegy for April

• Banville's dark side to the fore: Irish Independent
• Banville Blacks out to relieve 'boredom': Sunday Independent
• John Banville on the birth of his dark twin, Benjamin Black: The Guardian
• The name's Black, Benjamin Black: The Irish Times, October 16, 2010

Londonderry-born writer wins 2010 Costa Novel Award: BBC, January 4, 2011

Words Alone – Yeats And His Inheritances, By RF Foster: The Independent, July 1, 2011

Celebration of life of First World War poet Francis Ledwidge at Slane Castle: Sunday Independent

Me and Mine – A Warm-hearted Memoir of a London Irish Family by Anna May Mangan – review: Guardian.co.uk, August 5, 2011

Music to the ears of Yeats fans but an unfortunate neglect of Munster: Irish Examiner, June 4, 2011

Dermot Healy – 'I try to stay out of it and let the reader take over': The Observer, April 3, 2011

McCourt museum opens its doors: Irish Examiner, July 15, 2011

Pete Hamill's Tabloid City

• Tabloid greats wrote about ordinary 'ruck' of life: Irish Echo, July 8, 2017
• A conversation with Pete Hamill: Newark Star-Ledger, May 29, 2011
• Pete Hamill Revisits The Newsroom In 'Tabloid City': NPR.org, May 5, 2011

Boyne's shattered world of love, war and honour: Irish Examiner, July 11, 2011

Love in the trenches of WWI: Irish Independent, May 28, 2011
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George Bernard Shaw photographs uncover man behind myth: Guardian.co.uk, July 5, 2011

Patrick McCabe's The Stray Sod

• Small town soul: Sunday Business Post, October 24, 2010
• Back to the ould sod: Irish Examiner, October 18, 2010
• McCabe's Jagger edge: Sunday Independent, October 17, 20101
• Small town, big picture: The Irish Times, October 2, 2010
• The Stray Sod Country by Patrick McCabe – review: The Guardian, October 30, 2010
• The Stray Sod Country by Patrick McCabe – review: Daily Telegraph, October 11, 2010

Roddy Doyle's Bullfighting

• Doyle's modern Irish men face more than mild midlife crises: Palm Beach Post, July 5, 2011
• Doyle's troubled characters have become ghosts in their own lives: Irish Examiner, May 9, 2011
• Bullfighting, By Roddy Doyle: The Independent, April 1, 2011
• Doyle's troubled characters have become ghosts in their own lives: Irish Examiner, April 30, 2011
• Bullfighting, by Roddy Doyle: Toronto Globe and Mail, April 16, 2011
• Roddy Doyle – A life in writing: The Guardian, April 18, 2011
• Bullfighting – Roddy Doyle – review: The Observer, April 17, 2011

Joseph O'Connor's Ghost Light

• Book review – 'Ghost Light' by Joseph O'Connor: Los Angeles Times, March 12, 2011
• Joseph O'Connor on Ghost Light: Daily Telegraph, March 4, 2011
• Dramatic Revival: New York Times, February 4, 2011
• Once upon a life – Joseph O'Connor: The Observer, October 8, 2010
• Ghost Light by Joseph O'Connor – review: Daily Telegraph, July 24, 2010
• Ghost Light by Joseph O'Connor – review: Daily Telegraph, June 15, 2010
• Ghost Light, By Joseph O'Connor: Independent on Sunday, June 20, 2010
• Ghost Light, By Joseph O'Connor: The Independent, June 25, 2010
• Ghost Light by Joseph O'Connor: The Guardian, June 19, 2010
• Joseph O'Connor – 'It was a voice that opened worlds': The Guardian, June 5, 2010

Death defined Irish novelist Josephine Hart's life and how she chose to live: Belfast Telegraph, June 20, 2011

Wilde about Paris memorial: The Irish Times, July 2, 2011

'I decided to write the great Irish novel but couldn't. I wasn't messed-up enough': The Irish Times, June 16, 2011

Once upon a life – John Banville: The Observer, June 19, 2011

The trials of Constance Wilde: The Irish Times, June 18, 2011
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Irish writer wins €100,000 Impac literary prize: The Irish Times, June 16, 2011

Josephine Hart's last message – 'Without reading I would have found life less bearable': London Evening Standard, June 4, 2011

In praise of ... the Irish Writers' Centre: The Guardian, May 2, 2011

Review of Books (including A Third Life: Sculptures for God, Country and Notre Dame): Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, March 10, 2011

Poet Seamus Heaney degree 'a rare distinction': Belfast Telegraph, May 11, 2011

Graphic novel brings 'Cromwell curse' to life: Irish Independent, December 10, 2010
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Neil Jordan's Mistaken

• Neil, an artist of many identities: Irish Examiner, January 11, 2011
• 'Brought up a Catholic but I've no scars': Irish Independent, January 8, 2011
• Mistaken's identity formed by different Dublins: Sunday Business Post, January 9, 2011
• Neil Jordan, great Irish novelist: The Irish Times, December 27, 2010
• Neil's rare oul' times: Irish Independent, January 8, 2011
• Interview – Neil Jordan, director: The Scotsman, January 11, 2011

Bitches and huzzies – Jonathan Swift's flirting style revealed: Belfast Telegraph, January 28, 2011

Novelist puzzled at row sparked by 'Irish Times' review of latest book: The Irish Times, April 2, 2011
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A Hundred Doors by Michael Longley – review: The Observer, March 20, 2011
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Oh yes, minister – how Bertie played key role in Burley's political bonkbuster: Sunday Independent, April 10, 2011

Irish people the real mystery: London (ONT) Free Press, January 22, 2011
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Chronicling the agony of the Irish during the Great War: Sunday Independent, May 8, 2011
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TP Flanagan – Artist and teacher whose work inspired Seamus Heaney: The Independent, April 19, 2011

Review – The City of Bohane by Kevin Barry: Sunday Independent, May 1, 2011

Welcome to Kevin Barry's wild, wild west of Ireland: Glasgow Herald, April 4, 2010
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Success story as Irish mum lands €684,000 book deal: Belfast Telegraph, April 20, 2011

Yeats's gift of book to 'first lover' goes under hammer: The Irish Times, April 18, 2011

National anthem of nowhere: The Irish Times, October 15, 2010

Eoin Colfer – 'If Rowling was the Beatles, I was the Rolling Stones': Independent on Sunday, April 10, 2011

Seamus Heaney's Human Chain

• Heaney shortlisted for Canadian poetry prize: The Irish Times, April 7, 2010
• The soil and soul of Seamus Heaney: Financial Times, October 18, 2010
• Human Chain by Seamus Heaney: Guardian.co.uk, January 24, 2011
• The soil and soul of Seamus Heaney: Financial Times, October 16, 2010
• Review – Seamus Heaney's new collection Human Chain: Belfast Telegraph, September 3, 2010
• Master of memory: Irish Examiner, September 4, 2010
• Ply the Pen: New York Times, September 25, 2010
• Seamus Heaney Returns to Old Haunts in 'Human Chain': Harvard Crimson, October 19, 2010
• Seamus Heaney wins £10,000 Forward Prize: BBC, October 6, 2010
• Seamus Heaney – 'I live in panic over the next poem': BBC, September 23, 2010
• Shared Homeland, Different Worldview: New York Times, September 17, 2010
• Seamus Heaney's book of resurrections: The Irish Times, August 28, 2010
• Human Chain by Seamus Heaney: The Guardian, August 21, 2010 (by Colm Tóibín)

McCourt museum damaged in burglary: Irish Examiner, March 29, 2011

William Trevor's Love and Summer

• Built to Last [ William Trevor Selected Stories]: New York Times, November 26, 2010
• Author's style is perfect; prose is spare: Galveston Daily News, September 26, 2010
• William Trevor breathes emotion into stagnant small Irish town: Dallas Morning News, November 1, 2009
• 'Love and Summer,' by William Trevor: San Francisco Chronicle, October 19, 2009
• Love and Summer by William Trevor: The Observer, August 30, 2009
• William Trevor – A sculptor of words: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, September 28, 2009
• 'Love and Summer' – Elegant tale of time arrested: Washington Times, September 20, 2009
• Love and Summer, by William Trevor: NationalPost.com, September 25, 2009
• Summer love – In his new novel, William Trevor, once a sculptor, expertly chisels out the story hidden in marble: Boston Globe, September 19, 2009
• Love and Summer by William Trevor: review: Daily Telegraph, September 14, 2009
• Love and Summer, By William Trevor: The Independent, September 5, 2009
• 'Love and Summer – A Novel' by William Trevor: Los Angeles Times, August 30, 2009
• William Trevor's new novel is, as always, note perfect: Toronto Star, August 30, 2009
• An indisputable masterpiece: The Spectator, August 26, 2009
• Love and Summer by William Trevor – review: Daily Telegraph, August 29, 2009
• Love and Summer, By William Trevor: Independent on Sunday, August 23, 2009
• William Trevor – the keen-eyed chronicler: The Observer, August 2, 2009

Eoin McNamee's Orchid Blue

• Orchid Blue: Financial Times, December 13, 2010
• Orchid Blue, By Eoin McNamee: The Independent, January 11, 2011
• Orchid Blue – Review: Irish Examiner, November 20, 2010

Novelist Egan sets the bar high: Irish Echo, September 29, 2010
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Clinton leads tributes to McCourt at NY event: Irish Examiner, March 11, 2011

'Sands' set stage for spy novel genre: Washington Post, February 4, 2011

The Commitments Roddy Doyle's suprise blast – 'They're not a band, that was all just acting': Mail on Sunday, February 27, 2011

Val McDermid – why Irish crime fiction is all the rage: Daily Telegraph, March 8, 2011

Top novelist Marian battling depression: Evening Herald, February 23, 2011

Roddy Doyle to inspire parade: IrishTimes.com, February 23, 2011

McCourt museum to feature on US TV: Irish Examiner, March 4, 2011

Author brings Ireland to Bytown: Ottawa Citizen, January 10, 2011
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Nothing compares to you, Joe tells his sister Sinead: Irish Independent, February 16, 2011

Why Joyce, the 'bohemian aesthete', was also a political controversialist: The Irish Times, January 22, 2011

Toddler helps translate Jonathan Swift love letters: BBC, January 29, 2011

Port novelist finds passion in writing: Newburyport Dáily News, February 14, 2011
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Stuart Neville's Collusion

• Crime Fiction – Terror, crime and gore galore: Sunday Tribune, September 5, 2010
• N. Ireland 'peace' proves deadly in Neville suspense novel: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 20, 2010
• Lennon takes the lead: The Irish Times, August 14, 2010

Gentle Genius, Forgotten Poet: RTE, January 11, 2011

Stamford author to discuss historical thrillers, other works at Ferguson Library: Greenwich Time, January 14, 2011
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Walking Papers by Thomas Lynch: The Guardian, September 18, 2010
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Paul Murray's Skippy Dies

• 'Skippy Dies,' by Paul Murray – review: San Francisco Chronicle, December 13, 2010
• Irish hormones rage in tragicomic tale: Miami Herald, December 5, 2010
• Extract – Skippy Dies by Paul Murray: Guardian.co.uk, August 6, 2010
• Skippy Dies by Paul Murray: The Observer, February 28, 2010

The Penguin Book of Irish Poetry

• Seamus Heaney revisits County Derry: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 7, 2010
• MISSING – Have you seen these poets?: The Irish Times, October 26, 2010
• The Penguin Book of Irish Poetry: Financial Times, October 22, 2010
• Republic of rhyme: Irish Examiner, October 18, 2010

Claire Keegan – 'Short stories are limited. I'm cornered into writing what I can': The Observer, September 5, 2010
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Going, going, Gonne – written proof of Yeats's affair sells for €17,000: Irish Independent, December 15, 2010

Paul Muldoon's Maggot

• The human condition: Irish Examiner, December 11, 2010
• Poet Muldoon Mesmerizes with 'Maggot': Harvard Crimson, September 20, 2010
• Shared Homeland, Different Worldview: New York Times, September 17, 2010

Banville's Black is a dark delight: Sunday Business Post, November 21, 2010
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Philip Larkin – World-famous poet that Belfast forgot: Belfast Telegraph, November 27, 2010

On War by George Bernard Shaw: The Observer, September 19, 2010

Novelist's cosmopolitan family history reads like an intriguing novel: Seattle Times, October 7, 2010
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Maeve Binchy's Minding Frankie

• Review – Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy: Irish Independent, October 23, 2010
• Maeve Binchy to get lifetime achievement award: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, Novembe 2, 2010
• Maeve Binchy – The writer talks about her family: The Guardian, November 13, 2010

Catherine Taylor's first novel choice – review [The House of Slamming Doors]: The Guardian, October 30, 2010
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November 15th,1923 [Yeats Nobel win]: The Irish Times, November 15, 2010

Irish eyes, unsmiling: Tulsa World, October 31, 2010
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Renowned Moy poet back home: Tyrone Times, September 21, 2010

A delicate mix of love affairs and modern politics: Irish Independent, August 14, 2010
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Joseph O'Neill's family memoir, "Blood-Dark Track," reviewed by Marie Arana: Washington Post, October 12, 2010
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Mario Vargas Llosa's El Sueno del Celta

• Nobel winner Mario Vargas Llosa finds perfect protagonist in Roger Casement: Guardian.co.uk, October 18, 2010

• Nobel winner's latest novel based on Irish nationalist Casement: Irish Examiner, October 8, 2010
• Peru's Mario Vargas Llosa to launch new novel: LivinginPeru.com, August 31, 2010

'I have had a really nice life and I think my books reflect that' [Eoin Colfer]: The Irish Times, July 21, 2010

Fans going Wilde for literary rarities: Irish Independent, September 28, 2010

He lived fast and died young, but how good a writer was Behan?: The Irish Times, July 17, 2010

Poet forced to pulp book after row with her family: The Independent, September 28, 2010

Poet who talked in his letters: Irish Examiner, August 14, 2010

Northern light scours Irish myths: Sunday Independent, June 13, 2010
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Exclusive extract from new Cathy Kelly romance Homecoming: Melbourne Herald Sun, September 3, 2010
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The Villager who's the toast of the town . . .: Irish Independent, July 21, 2010

A new chapter (novelist Frances Kay): Sunday Business Post, July 18, 2010

Jane Urquhart's Sanctuary Line

Sanctuary Line – Jane Urquhart nails another novel: Toronto Star, September 4, 2010

No shelter from the storm: Toronto Globe and Mail, September 4, 2010
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Ray Bradbury, 90, is still chasing Martians: Minneapolis Star Tribune, September 6, 2010

Colm Tóibín's Brooklyn

• Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín: The Guardian, August 21, 2010
• Brooklyn, By Colm Tóibín: The Independent, March 12, 2010
• Brooklyn: Financial Times, March 16, 2010
• Colm Toibin's 'chicklit' novel makes him No 1: Irish Independent, May 23, 2009
• Brooklyn, By Colm Tóibín: Independent on Sunday, May 10, 2009
• No place like Colm: Sunday Independent, May 3, 2009
• Brooklyn by Colm Toibin: The Sunday Times, April 19, 2009
• In 'Brooklyn,' Love Is Lost Over The Atlantic: NPR.org, May 3, 2009
• Author, author – Two thousand moments: The Guardian, May 2, 2009 (by Colm Tóibín)
• So Far Away from Home: Washington Post, May 24, 2009
• 'Brooklyn,' by Colm Tóibín: San Francisco Chronicle, June 14, 2009
• 'Brooklyn' by Colm Toibin: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 5, 2009
• Brooklyn – Atlantic crossing: Sunday Tribune, May 10, 2009
• No Place Like Home: Washington Post, May 24, 2009
• The Reluctant Emigrant: New York Times, May 1, 2009
• You can take the man out of Ireland...: The Observer, April 26, 2009
• Home is where the heart is: The Spectator, May 6, 2009
• His Irish Diaspora: New York Times, April 29, 2009
• First person – Colm Tóibín—author, 53, Wexford: Sunday Business Post, May 10, 2009
• Novel that could touch soul of the nation: The Irish Times, May 8, 2009
• 'Brooklyn' by Colm Tóibín: Los Angeles Times, May 3, 2009
• The Origins of a Novel: Washington Post, May 6, 2009 (by Colm Toibin)
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How Norman Mailer helped me deliver: Sunday Business Post, August 1, 2010
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Language uniting, dividing: Philadelphia Inquirer, July 13, 2010
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A quest for perfection: Sunday Independent, December 13, 2009

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No greater prize than John B's call: Sunday Independent, May 23, 2010

Locals dig deep to identify neighbours in racy novel: Irish Independent, August 16, 2010

Literature key to Dublin's economic renewal – Mayor: The Irish Times, February 25, 2010

Tana French's new mystery, "Faithful Place," reviewed by Maureen Corrigan: Washington Post
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Not another golf story: Kingston Daily Freeman, August 5, 2010
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Not another golf story: Kingston Daily Freeman, August 5, 2010

Book Of A Lifetime – Selected Poems, By W B Yeats: The Independent, July 23, 2010

Death bed photo of Yeats goes on show: Irish Independent, August 9, 2010

'City of Lost Girls' – A hard-boiled detective story with a romantic touch: Philadelphia Inquirer, July 25, 2010
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Poet Heaney pays tribute to his West Belfast mentor: Belfast Media, August 2, 2010

A singular man – J P Donleavy on his fascinating life since The Ginger Man: The Independent, August 5, 2010

In his first novel, 'Five Days Apart,' Chris Binchy writes of young Dubliners and their yearnings: Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 7, 2010
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Revenue red tape scuppers new-home dreams of thriller novelist's daughter: Sunday Independent, July 18, 2010

Secrets and ties: The Guardian, May 25, 2009

Kennedy's fiction strikes chord with critics: Irish Echo, July 21, 2010
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France to honour Irish poet with Chevalier award: The Irish Times, July 16, 2010

Sebastian Barry's Secret Scripture

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Wilde's portrait of subtle control: The Irish Times, April 10, 2010

Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes to be translated into Irish by Limerick writers: Limerick Leader, July 10, 2010

If there is to be a genre of Celtic Tiger fiction, 'Capital Sins' will be the foundation stone: Irish Independent, July 1, 2010
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An incurable condition: The Irish Times, June 12, 2010
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Roddy Doyle's The Dead Republic

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• The Dead Republic, By Roddy Doyle: The Independent, April 16, 2010
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• Roddy opens his door: Sunday Independent, April 25, 2010
• The unquiet man: Boston Globe, May 23, 2010
• Book review – 'The Dead Republic' by Roddy Doyle: Los Angeles Times, May 12, 2010
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• 'The Dead Republic' concludes the saga of Irish revolutionary Henry Smart: Seattle Times, May 2, 2010
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• Unconvincing finale to Doyle's Smart trilogy: Sunday Business Post, April 11, 2010
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Collected Poems (Heaney): The Guardian, June 13, 2009

John Banville's The Infinities

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• The Infinities: Financial Times, October 5, 2009
• To be mortal: The Spectator, September 4, 2009
• The Infinities by John Banville: The Sunday Times, September 13, 2009
• The Infinities by John Banville: The Guardian, September 26, 2009
• Small Talk – John Banville: Financial Times, September 12, 2009
• The Infinities, By John Banville: The Independent, September 11, 2009
• Banville's bolt from the Blue: Irish Independent, August 29, 2009
• With Banville, what you see is not always what you get: Sunday Independent, September 6, 2009
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Queen honours Longley and McCoy in Birthday Awards list: BBC, June 12, 2010

Can Irish authors turn the page?: The Sunday Times, February 28, 2010

Seamus Heaney new collection of poetry: BBC, June 25, 2010
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Selected Letters of Louis MacNeice: Financial Times, June 25, 2010
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Colfer's new novel on murder most Fowl: The Sunday Times, June 20, 2010

Gowngate – Cecelia's snub of Irish fashion sparks dressing-down from a top designer: Sunday Independent, June 20, 2010

• Running before he could write: Sunday Independent, June 20, 2010
• An Irishman's Diary – writer Michael Collins: The Irish Times, May 12, 2010
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  Ulysses phone app cleared after Apple backs down: The Irish Times, June 15, 2010

  Memories of a stolen child: Irish Independent, June 5, 2010
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  Edna O'Brien's The Light of Evening

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  • Edna O'Brien laments her 'punishing' marriage: The Sunday Times, February 21, 2010
  • 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
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  Deirdre Madden's Molly Fox's Birthday

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  Madden's new book is quietly devastating: Minneapolis Star Tribune, May 29, 2010

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  J G Farrell's Troubles

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  • Lost and found – why JG Farrell's Troubles deserved its belated Booker win hands-down: Guardian.co.uk, May 21, 2010
  • J G Farrell wins Booker prize for 1970, 30 year after his death: The Times
  • Troubles that last: The Irish Times, May 17, 2010
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  Remembering Ireland's Forgotten great novelist: Irish Independent, May 8, 2010

  Joseph O'Neill's Netherland

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  • In praise of ... Joseph O'Neill's Netherland: The Guardian (Editorial), June 8, 2009
  • Profile – Joseph O'Neill: The Sunday Times, May 31, 2009
  • Top prize for Irish novel loved by Obama: Irish Independent, May 28, 2009
  • 'Netherland' by Joseph O'Neill wins €15,000 Kerry Group fiction prize: The Irish Times
  • Netherland by Joseph O'Neill: The Sunday Times, January 25, 2009
  • A near-perfect slice of sporting life: The Guardian, January 31, 2009
  • Profile—Joseph O'Neill: Sunday Times, August 3, 2008
  • Joseph O'Neill—The man who bowled over New York: Daily Telegraph, August 3, 2008
  • An Irishman's 'great American novel' early favourite to win Booker prize: Irish Times, July 30, 2008
  • Joseph O'Neill has the inside edge in his new novel Netherland: Sunday Times, June 1, 2008
  • He's got something to declare: The Observer, June 1, 2008
  • It's a whole new ball game: Financial Times, July 12, 2008
  • Post 9/11, a New York of Gatsby-Size Dreams and Loss: New York Times, May 16, 2008
  • Cricket as a cure-all: Irish Voice/IrishAbroad.com, June 19, 2008
  • First Chapter—'Netherland': New York Times, May 15, 2008
  • Howzat?: The Guardian, June 14, 2008
  • The Ashes: New York Times, May 18, 2008
  • America hails cricket fan's novel that met 9/11 challenge: The Observer, May 25, 2008
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  Toibin condemns M3 in Co Meath: Belfast Telegraph, June 4, 2010

  Memorial Day in Ireland an opportunity to remember author John McGahern: Springfield Republican, May 30, 2010

  Jilted City by Patrick McGuinness: The Guardian, May 29, 2010
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  Ashes of "inaccurate" memoir still burning in Limerick: Limerick Leader, May 21, 2010

  Saga of Frank McCourt's ashes has another chapter or two left in it: Limerick Leader, May 19, 2010

  Bree O'Mara's Home Affairs

  • Scatter ashes of air victim Bree in Ireland begs sister: Evening Herald, May 19, 2010
  • Brigid 'was Irish through and through': Irish Independent, May 14, 2010
  • Promising Irish Author Killed In Libyan Plane Crash: Clare Herald, May 13, 2010
  • Bree O'Mara – author: The Times, May 14, 2010
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  Patricia Falvey's Yellow House

  • Homecoming launch of Newry author's debut novel: The Cross Examiner, May 11, 2010
  • Ireland's troubles stir up romance: Cape Cod Times, March 7, 2010
  • Book review – 'The Yellow House' by Patricia Falvey: Dallas Morning News, February 14, 2010
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  Ulysses and much more: The Irish Times, April 24, 2010

  Writer Jordan named in hall of fame: Belfast Telegraph, April 20, 2010

  Siobhan Dowd's Solace of the Road

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  Go online and take the opportunity to undo one of the greatest literary injustices of all time: Irish Independent, April 27, 2010

  Josephine Hart's The Truth About Love

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  • A novel view of Ireland: The Times, February 25, 2009
  • The Truth About Love: Sunday Tribune, March 8, 2009
  • The Truth About Love: Financial Times, March 7, 2009
  • The novel and the damage done: Sunday Business Post, March 1, 2009
  • Josephine Hart: "The response to The Truth About Love has been balm to the soul": The Independent
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  Lost voice of controversial Belfast Poet – Padraic Fiacc: BBC, May 4, 2010

  Author Frank McCourt is cast in bronze outside his old school Leamy's: Limerick Leader, April 27, 2010

  Benjamin Black's Elegy for April

  • Banville says being Black doesn't give him the blues: Irish Independent, April 23, 2010
  • Irish Fog: New York Times, April 8, 2010
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  McCafferty – I offered Nuala overdose: Irish Examiner, April 24, 2010

  From the Land of Yeats, Verse of More Recent Vintage: Wall Street Journal, April 24, 2010
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  Nuala O'Faolain's Best Love, Rosie

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  • One last journey with Nuala: Irish Independent, May 16, 2009
  • Courageous O'Faolain takes her final bow: Sunday Business Post, May 24, 2009
  • The long goodbye: The Guardian, July 11, 2009
  • A last novel from Nuala: The Irish Times, May 9, 2009
  • Nuala O'Faolain's last book on sale: Sunday Tribune, May 10, 2009
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  Hand in the Fire by Hugo Hamilton: The Guardian, April 17, 2010 (by Ann Enright)
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  David Park's The Truth Commissioner

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  • 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
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  Dublin noir with an L.A. connection: Los Angeles Times, April 14, 2010
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  William Trevor's The Collected Stories

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  • The Collected Stories by William Trevor: The Guardian, November 28, 2009 (by Joseph O'Connor)
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  April 9th, 1962 – Portrait of the artist as being 'very demanding and spent money like water': The Irish Times

  The two faces of John Banville: The Herald, April 6, 2010

  Boyne hopes for another runaway success: Irish Independent, March 24, 2010
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  Posthumous Nuala O'Faolain book launched: The Irish Times, March 9, 2010
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  Up Front – Joseph O'Neill: New York Times, March 7, 2010

  '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

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  • Bogged Down in Ireland: Washington Post, March 18, 2009
  • A fractured tale of a riven Ireland: Sunday Business Post, February 1, 2009
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  • The Holy City by Patrick McCabe: The Sunday Times, January 4, 2009
  • 'The Holy City: A Novel' by Patrick McCabe: Los Angeles Times, January 14, 2009
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  • Small Talk—Patrick McCabe: Financial Times, January 31, 2009
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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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  • Why Jennifer Johnston will never quit writing: Derry Journal, November 24, 2009
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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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  Marian Keyes' The Brightest Star in the Sky: A Novel

  • My Secret Life – Marian Keyes, author, 46: The Independent, December 5, 2009
  • Light And Dark Chick Lit: Sunday Tribune, November 15, 2009
  • Brightest star – Keyes knocks Brown off top spot: Irish Independent, November 5, 2009
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  Stuart Neville's The Ghosts of Belfast / The Twelve

  • Northern Ireland author's debut novel is a big hit in the States: Belfast Telegraph, Decmeber 26, 2009
  • In 'Belfast,' Empathy And Savagery Go Hand In Hand: Hartford Courant, November 28, 2009
  • Ireland's "troubles": Wilkes Barre Times Leader, November 29, 2009
  • 'The Ghosts of Belfast' – Peace, Ulster style: Washington Post, November 23, 2009
  • Book review – 'The Ghosts of Belfast' by Stuart Neville: Dallas Morning News, October 24, 2009
  • Dark Passages – Seeking peace for himself and his victims: Los Angeles Times, September 25, 2009
  • The Twelve: The Guardian July 25, 2009
  • Hard men and hard truths in modern Belfast: The Irish Times July 25, 2009
  • The haunting of Gerry Fegan: The Observer, July 5, 2009
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  Frank McCourt

  • Frank McCourt surprised naysayers: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 26, 2009
  • McCourt memorial is no 'melancholic affair': Limerick Leader, August 21, 2009
  • Tributes from both sides of Atlantic for McCourt: Irish Independent, July 21, 2009
  • A simmering rage and a sense of justice lay at the heart of McCourt's writing: The Irish Times, July 21, 2009
  • Writer's ashes likely to come home: The Irish Times, July 21, 2009
  • A life shaped by poverty, squalor, and alcoholism: Irish Independent, July 21, 2009
  • What we all owe to Frank McCourt: Irish Echo, July 29, 2009
  • McCourt's greatest legacy was his humility: Sunday Business Post, July 26, 2009
  • When She Told Him to Stop Talking, He Wrote a Masterpiece: New York Times July 26, 2009
  • The storyteller who rose from Angela's Ashes: Sunday Independent July 26, 2009
  • The teacher man: Irish Independent July 25, 2009
  • The truth of Frank McCourt: New York Newsday July 23, 2009
  • Lasting legacy of a good man: Irish Independent, July 21, 2009 (Editorial)
  • A man of skill and wit who created a classic: Irish Independent, July 21, 2009
  • A miserable liar? Angela's Ashes inspired a new literary genre – but was Frank McCourt REALLY telling the truth?: Daily Mail, July 21, 2009
  • Frank McCourt had 'unfinished emotional business' with Limerick: Limerick Leader, July 20, 2009
  • Frank McCourt – Honour him by learning his lessons: Irish Examiner, July 21, 2009 (Editorial)
  • Death of Frank McCourt: The Irish Times, July 21, 2009 (Editorial)
  • Frank McCourt, 'Angela's Ashes' Author, Dies at 78: New York Times, July 20, 2009
  • Frank McCourt: The Guardian, July 20, 2009
  • A Storyteller Even as a Teacher: New York Times, July 20, 2009
  • PostArchives – Original Review of Frank McCourt's 'Angela's Ashes': Washington Post, July 20, 2009

  Alyn Glynn's Winterland

  • Winterland, By Alan Glynn – Pressure builds in the fair city: The Independent, November 25, 2009
  • Winterland: Irish Examiner, September 29, 2009
  • Winterland by Alan Glynn: The Observer, November 15, 2009
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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

  • In the footsteps of american giants: Irish Independent, November 21, 2009
  • Colum McCann talks about winning the National Book Award: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, November 25, 2009
  • Significant (Little) Moments Pulled From Obscurity: New York Times, November 28, 2009
  • McCann's success: The Irish Times, November 21, 2009 (Editorial)
  • McCann joins ranks of the great: The Irish Times, November 20, 2009
  • Colum McCann Wins National Book Award: New York Times, November 20, 2009
  • 'World' is a paean to family ties: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, July 12, 2009
  • Colum McCann on high-wire acts, writing and 9/11: LATimes.com, November 10, 2009
  • Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann: The Sunday Times, September 20, 2009
  • Colum McCann shortlisted for fiction prize in US National Book Awards: The Irish Times
  • Daredevil artist teeters above the social chasm of New York: Sunday Independent, October 4, 2009
  • The Soul of a City: New York Times, July 29, 2009
  • Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann: The Guardian, September 12, 2009
  • Let the Great World Spin: Sunday Tribune, September 6, 2009
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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

  • And Another Thing . . . by Eoin Colfer | Book review: The Guardian, October 17, 2009
  • And Another Thing... Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy – Part Six of Three by Eoin Colfer: The Observer, October 11, 2009
  • Overcooked but fun sequel to the Hitchhiker Guide adventures: The Irish Times, October 15, 2009
  • Author Colfer enters a new galaxy of fame and fortune: Irish Independent, October 10, 2009
  • And Another Thing...Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Part Six of Three by Eoin Colfer: The Sunday Times, October 18, 2009
  • Author, author – Writing a sequel to H2G2 by Douglas Adams: The Guardian, October 11, 2009
  • Eoin Colfer joins campaign to stop him writing Hitchhiker sequel: The Times, October 14, 2009
  • Eoin Colfer interview – on The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Sunday Telegraph, October 11, 2009
  • Profile – Eoin Colfer – The hitchhiker's guide to worrying: The Sunday Times, October 11, 2009
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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

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

  • Stepping Stones – Interview with Seamus Heaney, by Dennis O'Driscoll: The Guardian, August 9, 2009
  • Stepping Stones: Interviews with Seamus Heaney by Dennis O'Driscoll—review: Sunday Telegraph, January 4, 2009
  • A glimpse into Heaney's magical mind: Sunday Business Post, January 11, 2009
  • Seamus Heaney Disputed: Bobby Sands Trust, January 31, 2009
  • Stepping Stones—Interviews with Seamus Heaney: The Sunday Times, December 14, 2008
  • A step in the right direction: Irish Independent, November 15, 2008
  • The Blackbird of Belfast Lough keeps singing: Guardian.co.uk, November 20, 2008
  • Into the wide world of words: The Observer, November 16, 2008
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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

  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)

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  Anne Enright's The Gathering

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  Anne Enright Wins Man Booker Prize: New York Times, October 17, 2007

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  Tóibín wins biggest literary purse: The Guardian, July 14, 2006

  District & Circle by Seamus Heaney

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  • A Poetic Circumnavigation Of Language, Life: Hartford Courant, June 14, 2006
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  Bloody Good Farce: The Gory 'Inishmore': Washington Post, May 31, 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

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  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

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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

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  "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

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  Nick Laird's Utterly Monkey
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  • 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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  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
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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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  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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  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

  • Dublin Your Pleasure: Washington Post, March 16, 2005
  • Tales of an ancient emerald isle: Christian Science Monitor, March 15, 2005
  • 'Ireland' weaves country's past into mystery about man's birth: Grand Rapids Press, March 13, 2005
  • Ireland: a novel by Frank Delaney: The Independent, September 10, 2004

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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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  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

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  Ulster Scots poised for a return to US: Belfast Telegraph, January 25, 2005

  Belfast Blues

  • Journey From Northern Ireland to Southern California: New York Times, January 21, 2005
  • A troubled girlhood: New York Daily News, January 20, 2005
  • Dark hues in 'Belfast Blues': Newark Star-Ledger, January 21, 2005
  • On the Aisle—War stories from the Peace Line: Irish Echo, January 21, 2005

  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
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  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
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  The writing game, in Gothic style: Boston Globe, December 12, 2004
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  Brass and brogue: New York Newsday, November 30, 2004
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  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
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  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
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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
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  Terrific tales by a master of the form: Newark Star-Ledger, October 3, 2004
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  'A Bit on the Side: Stories' by William Trevor: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 3, 2004
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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
  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 (registration required)
  A Tale of Ireland Forever, or at Least 1,100 Years: New York Times, April 28, 2004 (registration required)
  Irish poet could rock your world: Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 18, 2004
  The Greatest?: National Review, February 27, 2004
  Irish Masterpiece Returning to Its Bleak Home: New York Times, March 17, 2004 (registration required)
  An Irish renaissance – Interest growing in the difficult but intriguing language: San Francisco Chronicle, March 12
  Historical facts, tangents bog down human touch of 'Meagher': Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, March 5, 2004
  Eros in Erin: Irish Echo, February 11, 2004
  The quiet woman: The Guardian, February 11, 2004
  Living a life of regret in postwar Ireland: San Francisco Chronicle, February 1, 2004
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  A Rung Short of Paradise: NY Newsday, February 2, 2004
  Embracing an untraditional American tradition: Boston Globe, January 25, 2004
  Backlash over first-time novelist's success: The Guardian, January 23, 2004
  Irish Echo editorial: 100 years of Ireland's literary heritage: Irish Echo, January 7, 2004
  'The Collected Stories of Benedict Kiely': The Pastoral Is Political: New York Times, December 21, 2003 (registration required)
  The gift of the Magic: Edna O'Brien's dramatic journey: San Francisco Chronicle, November 30, 2003
  Festival Review: Dublin wears well role of theater dynamo: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 16, 2003
  An Irish American original: Irish Echo, November 12, 2003
  Ireland inspires novel: Bridgeton News, November 3, 2003
  Emerald ire: The Guardian, September 10, 2003
  Finding Identity in a House Divided: New York Times, August 28, 2003 (registration required)
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  Walking through Ireland, off the beaten path: Montreal Gazette, August 23, 2003
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  Dubliner's one-man show toys with normal ideas of heroism: Chicago Tribune, July 18, 2003 (registration required)
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  Magnificent Muldoon . . .: Toronto Globe and Mail, June 21, 2003
  'The Speckled People': Lederhosen and Aran Sweaters: New York Times, June 8, 2003 (registration required)
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  Author of Strumpet City dies, aged 83: Irish Independent, May 29, 2003 (registration required)
  Memoir serves up a one-man Irish stew: New York Daily News, May 20, 2003
  Minneapolis novelist Erin Hart finds mystery and music in Irish peat bogs: Minneapolis Star Tribune, May 11, 2003
  From Rural Ireland, Prose Carved With Precise Simplicity: New York Times, May 1, 2003 (registration required)
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  Pulitzer honors alumni, professor: Daily Princetonian, April 8, 2003
  Romance and Rebellion in Ireland: New York Times, March 14, 2003
  'Stones' delights, but doesn't make us care: Boston Globe, March 9, 2003
  Belly, lungs, liver and all, An Irish poet translates 'The Inferno' for today's readers: San Francisco Chronicle, March 2, 2003
  A lasting Irish drama: Christian Science Monitor, February 26, 2003
  Eight Men Facing the Horrors of the Battlefield: New York Times, February 25, 2003 (registration required)
  Poet's Choice: By Edward Hirsch: Washington Post, February 23, 2003 (registration required)
  London Theatre: The Irish problem too oft-told?: International Herald Tribune, February 19, 2003
  Child's play in a war zone: Los Angeles Times, February 16, 2003
  Indian tales from Ireland: Times of India, February 13, 2003
  Jack's a fulltime drinker, parttime crime solver: Miami Herald, February 9, 2003
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  Dublin pubs toast the Irish writers they once banished: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, January 26, 2003
  Students celebrate all things Irish: Albany Times Union, January 24, 2003
  An Irish novelist takes a big leap: New York Daily News, January 13, 2003
  Brosnan sings for his supper: Washington Times, December 17, 2002
  Bloody Sunday Oscar bid fails: The Guardian, December 12, 2002
  Confronting the Troubles in a wickedly funny war of words: Daily Telegraph, December 11, 2002
  Interest in stories about the Irish reflected on big screen: Newark Star-Ledger, December 8, 2002
  'Sunday' nominated for Emmy award: Derry Journal, November 15, 2002 (Channel 4 film, written by Jimmy McGovern)
  McKeesport native inspired to write by life in Ireland: Pittsburgh Post Gazette, November 13, 2002
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  'Connemara' is light on dark humor: Boston Globe, November 22, 2002
  'Bloody Sunday' may be ineligible for Oscar: Los Angeles Times, November 15, 2002
  'Bloody Sunday' is a powerfully effective docudrama: Minneapolis Star Tribune, November 15, 2002
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  When Irish eyes were smiling, laughing and crying: Los Angeles Times, November 15, 2002
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  New Rep gets its Irish up – "A Skull in Connemara": Boston Globe, November 15, 2002
  Yeats' wife catalyzed his poetic creativity: San Francisco Chronicle, November 10, 2002
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  Brian Behan: Daily Telegraph, November 4, 2002
  O'Hara tells story behind 'Quiet Man': Milwakuee Journal Sentinel, November 1, 2002
  Awards for Bloody Sunday film: Derry Journal, November 1, 2002
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  Fiery 'Bloody Sunday' traces Irish tragedy: Miami Herald, November 1, 2002 The story that needed to be told: Montreal Gazette, October 26, 2002
  From Stephen Street to a Silver Ship: (from Kilkenny People, October 25, 2002)
  Stage Reviews: Dublin Theatre Festival hoists rounds of plays and pints: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 23, 2002
  First book a success for Greenslade: Regina Leader-Post, October 22, 2002
  'Becoming George': Mrs. Yeats and the Spirit World: New York Times, October 20, 2002
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  A day of madness made real in gripping 'Bloody Sunday': Los Angeles Times, October 18, 2002
  'Bloody' good re-creation of a horrific historic moment: Boston Globe, October 11, 2002
  The day Derry's streets ran red: New York Daily News, October 5, 2002
  'The Story of Lucy Gault': The Troubles, National and Private: New York Times, September 29, 2002
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  Sir Wilfred Grenfell College poets release book in Ireland: Western Star, Newfoundland, July 12, 2002
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  JAMES JOYCE:

  James Joyce's Ulysses – The beginning of an epiphany: Independent.co.uk

  'James Joyce: A Life' – A Fine Rendition of this Brilliant, Sensitive, Churlish, Inconsiderate Figure: PopMatters.com
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  Watch worn by 'Ulysses' character clocks up €60,000 at auction: The Irish Times

  Pocket watch featured in 'Ulysses' goes up for auction: The Irish Times

  James Joyce: A Biography by Gordon Bowker

  • James Joyce by Gordon Bowker – review: Guardian.co.uk, July 1, 2011
  • In Joyce's world all flesh became word: Irish Examiner
  • James Joyce's remarkable story, readably told . . .: The Irish Times, May 28, 2011
  • James Joyce by Gordon Bowker – review: Daily Telegraph, June 21, 2011
  • 'I guess the man's a genius – but what a dirty mind': Daily Mail, June 18, 2011
  • James Joyce – A Biography, By Gordon Bowker: The Independent, June 10, 2011
  • A bride dressed as a lifeguard and a groom in green, white and orange: The Irish Times, May 21, 2011
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  Joyce family's wartime passport fetches €70,000: Irish Independent, July 15, 2011

  Joyce wartime passport lists Nora Barnacle as wife: The Irish Times, June 28, 2011

  James Joyce's Ulysses to be published on Twitter – tweet by tweet: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, May 26, 2011

  The Bloomsday world tourists never get to hear about: Irish Independent, June 13, 2011

  Re-Joyce – Riddle solved: Irish Examiner, June 16, 2011

  Sunnier side of Joyce ready for unveiling: Irish Independent, June 10, 2011

  The last Bloomsday under copyright: Irish Independent, June 11, 2011

  Joyce should join Yeats in the Irish soil: Sunday Independent, January 30, 2011

  Joyce's rhyme and reasons under the hammer: The Irish Times, December 11, 2010

  Re-Joyce! You could also call it St. James Day: National Post, June 12, 2010

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

  Alone at the end – the tragic muse who inspired James Joyce: The Observer, February 21, 2010

  Digested Classics—A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce: The Guardian, January 24, 2009

  For Bloomsday, James Joyce fans reconnect with 'Ulysses': Washington Post, June 18, 2010

  Blooming good day for Joyceans: Irish Independent, June 17, 2010

  A Gotham Bloomsday: NYTimes.com, June 16, 2010

  An Irishman's Diary – Dublins: The Irish Times, June 16, 2010

  Bloomsday and James Joyce: Los Angeles Times, June 16, 2010

  What does Joyce mean to you?: The Irish Times, June 16, 2010

  Fans re-Joyce as next chapter of Bloomsday festival begins: Irish Independent, June 11, 2010

  Ulysses in real life: The Irish Times, June 12, 2010

  Footsteps of Joyce echo still: The Herald, June 14, 2010

  Spanish links to 'Ulysses' are order of the day at book launch: The Irish Times, June 16, 2010

  Finnegans second wake: Irish Independent, March 6, 2010

  A flawed 'Finnegans' wake-up call: The Irish Times, March 13, 2010

  New edition – Lenihan hosts launch of amended 'Finnegans Wake': The Irish Times, March 12, 2010

  Readers re-Joyce – Finnegan brought right back to life: Irish Independent, March 5, 2010

  Exhibit provides insightful portrait of Joyce's life: Boston Globe, October 4, 2004
  Bloomsday, 1904: New York Times (editorial), June 16, 2004 (registration required)
  Explaining Joyce's Abracadabra: Los Angeles Times, June 16, 2004 (registration required)
  Ireland and James Joyce: A dysfunctional relationship: Chicago Tribune, June 16, 2004 (registration required)
  Bloomsday, Bloody Bloomsday (by John Banville): New York Times, June 13, 2004 (registration required)
  The Fading World of Leopold Bloom: New York Times, June 13, 2004 (registration required)
  The Complete Guide To Joyce's Dublin: The Independent, June 12, 2004
  Dublin celebrates the birth of 'Ulysses': San Diego Union-Tribune, June 6, 2004
  Dublin set to ReJoyce: Toronto Globe and Mail, May 1, 2004
  Celebrating James Joyce: New York Times, February 29, 2004 (registration required)
  How to read this book: The Guardian, February 11, 2004
  Emerald-eyed monster: Daily Telegraph, February 11, 2004
  Roddy Doyle says Ulysses is over-rated: Daily Telegraph, February 10, 2004
  Joyce scholars seek public holiday for Bloomsday: UTV Internet, June 22, 2003
  Calgary scholar decoded the language of Joyce: Toronto Globe & Mail, April 15, 2003
  Smuggled Ulysses donated to nation: The Observer, October 6, 2002
  THEATER:

  Biddy O'Loughlin – The girl who thought she was Irish: BBC

  Play About Abuse in Ireland Will Arrive in New York: New York Times

  The Force of a Personality Can Conjure Up a World: New York Times

  Revolutionary style that even Yeats would approve of: Irish Independent

  A Lost Girl of Ireland, Dealing With Its Lost Boys: New York Times

  The life of Thomas D'Arcy McGee in words and music: Ottawa Citizen

  Former slave befriended by the Liberator: Irish Examiner

  Acts of penance? Why Irish theatre is still obsessed with Catholicism: Guardian.co.uk

  Both Sides Of The Story – A double-edged look at how both sides of the divide adjust to peace: Belfast Telegraph

  The riotous history of The Playboy of the Western World: Guardian.co.uk

  A School for Actors in Ireland: New York Times

  War Changes a Man, and a Play: New York Times

  Stage Version of 'Once' Will Start Downtown: NewYorkTimes.com, June 5, 2011

  'Cripple' Finally Comes to Inishmaan: New York Times, June 29, 2011

  Tributes pour in as 'giant of Irish theatre' dies: Irish Independent, May 18, 2011

  TP McKenna – Actor whose career took him from the Abbey Theatre to numerous character roles on stage and screen: The Independent, February 17, 2011

  Hub may again play part in Irish theater's survival: Boston Globe, February 8, 2011

  US actor leading 'The Field' as play returns: Irish Independent, December 14, 2010

  'Spider-Man' Economics, Part II: New York Times, December 16, 2010

  So good, it's scary: Irish Echo, December 15, 2010

  The amazing technicolor Rising: The Irish Times, December 7, 2010

  The best performance I've ever seen – Enda Walsh: The Observer, August 22, 2010

  Brendan Fraser wins Broadway role: Belfast Telegraph, September 3, 2010

  O'Casey's Hell of a Play Made Great Art from the Great War: Irish Independent, August 28, 2010

  War is a fertile place for drama: Derry Journal, February 26, 2010

  Brendan O'Carroll talks about Mrs. Brown: Toronto Globe and Mail, August 15, 2010

  'By the Bog of Cats' by 1st Stage in McLean: Washington Post, February 18, 2010

  Joe Dowling accepts 'final term' at Guthrie Theatre: Minneapolis Star Tribune, July 19, 2010

  A thoughtful production of a thought-provoking comedy – John Bull's Other Island: Toronto Globe and Mail, July 12, 2010

  To the Ramparts of Comedy, Playfully Profane: New York Times, July 8, 2010

  Martin McDonagh's new drama fails to grab critics: The Sunday Times, March 7, 2010

  At last, London cheers 1916 rebels: Irish Independent, June 22, 2010

  Theater review – 'Gdirl From Gdansk' at the Keegan Theatre: Washington Post, February 26, 2010

  Chronicles Of Long Kesh, Tricycle Theatre, London: The Independent, March 25, 2010

  Playwright Tom Murphy – 'There is a rage within me': Guardian.co.uk, March 7, 2010

  Stark yet spellbinding history of two shattered souls: Philadelphia Inquirer, April 16, 2010

  McGuinness to get 'Freedom of Buncrana': Derry Journal, April 13, 2010

  Sibling rivalry, Irish national pain play out in 'Everything Between Us': Washington Post, March 25, 2010

  In Irish political drama, 'Everything Between Us' is complicated: Washington Post, March 24, 2010

  Chronicles of Long Kesh at the Tricycle, NW6: The Sunday Times, March 21, 2010

  Colgan's OBE for work in cultural relations: The Irish Times, March 19, 2010

  Abbey's proud Peacock braced for the final act: The Sunday Times, March 21, 2010

  Arch McDonagh takes a wrong turn to dead-end Americana: The Irish Times, March 20, 2010

  Underhanded: The New Yorker, March 15, 2010

  Is He Mellower? Ask the Guy Missing a Hand: New York Times, March 7, 2010

  Pirate Queen is treasured in Japan: Irish Independent, March 18, 2010

  Play set in Butte gains steam: Billings Gazette, March 13, 2010

  Irish playwrights Conor McPherson and Martin McDonagh cross swords over Irish identity: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com

  Why Meryl Streep needs to get an Northern Ireland accent: Belfast Telegraph, March 2, 2010

  The Beauty Queen of Leenane: Guardian.co.uk, February 22, 2010

  Edna on sex, history and the hunks: Irish Independent, February 5, 2010

  The ice maiden warms to Donegal: Daily Mail, January 14, 2010

  When Greta Garbo came to town: Guardian.co.uk, January 11, 2009 (by Frank McGuinness)

  Voices of Gay Irishmen, Set to Song: New York Times, January 13, 2009

  Donal Donnelly, Actor Who Nurtured Irish Roles, Dies at 78: New York Times, January 6, 2010

  Coming Out in Ireland – Stories Set to Song: New York Times, December 25, 2009

  Brian Friel's letters from an internal exile: The Times, February 23, 2009

  When HQ met... Sebastian Barry: Evening Herald, November 5, 2009

  Irishman Enda Walsh doesn't let words get in the way: Los Angeles Times, November 8, 2009

  This much I know: Sebastian Barry: The Observer, October 4, 2009

  WB Yeats was a great poet but an awful playwright: Guardian.co.uk, April 24, 2009

  Tales of Ballycumber at the Abbey, Dublin: The Times, October 13, 2009

  What Becomes a Hero? A Bit of Merry Patricide: New York Times, October 16, 2009

  Theatre of dreams – Behold the new Abbey: The Sunday Times, October 18, 2009

  Tales of Ballycumber, Abbey Theatre, Dublin: Financial Times, October 12, 2009

  The invention of Irish farce? Thank Enda Walsh: Toronto Globe and Mail, October 8, 2009

  Observing a son of Ulster: The Irish Times, September 14, 2009

  Looking Back, in Wistfulness and in Stereo: New York Times, September 9, 2009

  Evoking the Joy and Disillusion of a Bygone Time: New York Times, September 8, 2009

  After Ireland?: The Irish Times, August 29, 2009

  X Factor-style auditions for musical about 1916 Irish rising: Evening Standard, September 1, 2009

  The incredibly intensive Brian Friel: Financial Times, August 7, 2009

  Rising 1916 musical: Irish News, July 8, 2009

  'Echoes of Ireland' by McCourt brothers on stage Wednesday: Helena Independent Record, May 12, 2009

  It's explosive stuff – and my mum refuses to watch: The Sunday Times, February 8, 2009

  Celebrating Yeats, Revered for Verse, but Who Aspired to a Life in the Theater: New York Times, April 17, 2009

  An Irish Immigrant in Missitucky With the Lowdown on High Finance: New York Times, March 28, 2009

  Anna Manahan – Doyenne of the Dublin stage: The Times, March 16, 2009

  In 'Pumpgirl,' Northern Irish Still Troubled: Washington Post, February 27, 2009

  And You'll Be a Man, My Son: New York Times, April 20, 2008

  Three Dubliners' Plain Poetry of Everyday Loss: New York Times, May 22, 2008