Celebrating the Centenary Celebration of the Release of James Joyce Bloomsday is celebrated on June 16th each year, the day depicted in James Joyce's Ulysses. The day is named after the central character in Ulysses, Leopold Bloom, and follows the life and thoughts of Leopold Bloom and a host of other characters – real and fictional – from 8:00 am on 16 June 1904 through to … [Read more...] about Bloomsday 2022
Books
Summer Reading
By Darina Molloy
Snowflake By Louise Nealon There’s been a huge buzz about Louise Nealon ever since word of her debut novel was announced, with many reviewers and critics calling her the next Sally Rooney. Maybe they should all leave the Mayo writer to be the current and next Sally Rooney, however, and come up with different descriptors for almost every other Irish female writer under 30. … [Read more...] about Summer Reading
The President’s Beloved Irish housekeeper
and Washington’s Kindness
By Niall O'Dowd
Elizabeth Thompson is one of the most intriguing Irish characters who traveled alongside George Washington during and after the Revolutionary War.
She was the elderly head of his household and oversaw about two dozen staff for five years during the war, constantly moving with the commander-in-chief as he frequently changed residences to keep the British off his trail.
Little is … [Read more...] about The President’s Beloved Irish housekeeper
and Washington’s Kindness
Irish Women Writers Celebrated in New York
By Mary Pat Kelly
Photos by Nuala Purcell
IA Newsletter December 4, 2021
Photos by Nuala Purcell
IA Newsletter December 4, 2021
I’m not going to tell you too much about, Look! It’s A Woman Writer!: Irish Literary Feminisms 1970 – 2020 edited by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne. Because, as Frank McCourt once said, “You can buy the damn book and read it yourself.” And you should. I read it in one cover-to-cover session, fascinated by these women writers. Each has her own individual characteristics and unique … [Read more...] about Irish Women Writers Celebrated in New York
The 10th Annual Tom Quinlan Poetry Lecture Featuring Paul Muldoon
IA Newsletter November 13, 2021
Poet Paul Muldoon is even busier than usual. Earlier this month he was in London to help launch Paul McCartney’s memoir, “The Lyrics”… an instant bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic. Muldoon interviewed The Beatle for five years then edited the beautiful two volume boxed set. Muldoon, a Pulitzer prize-winning poet and Princeton professor once again organized the Princeton … [Read more...] about The 10th Annual Tom Quinlan Poetry Lecture Featuring Paul Muldoon