Interviews
The Times Man in Dublin: James Clarity
A year ago, veteran correspondent Jim Clarity arrived in Dublin to work for The New…
A Great Performance
From unpretentious origins in Dublin, Bernard Shaw grew up to be the most celebrated playwright…
Deadly Tales from County Tyrone
In 1970, at the age of 22, Bernadette ‘Devlin’ McAliskey was elected to represent the…
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The Long Shadow
Tim Pat Coogan, author of The IRA: A History, talks to Patricia Harty. “I really think the Irish-Americans are crucial to this. I’m historian enough to know there would be […]
Dark Secrets of the Heart: William Kennedy’s Irish Chronicles
The Irish of Albany, New York, have proved to be rich and fertile literary material for native son William Kennedy as is evident in Legs, Billy Phelan’s Greatest Game, Ironweed, […]
Taking It To The Top: An Interview with An Taoiseach Albert Reynolds
In November 1991, shortly after making an abortive effort to replace Charles Haughey as head of Fianna Fail, the chances of Albert Reynolds ever becoming Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland […]
The Irish Experience in Australia
Thomas Keneally is widely-recognized for a wide body of work of a historical and political nature, including The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith, which explores differences between the white and Aboriginal […]
California’s ‘Irish’ Wine Makers
For those who still believe that good, rich, dry wine remains the exclusive domain of the French, Italians, and Spanish, it’s about time they wake up and smell the bouquet. […]
The Outsider
William Trevor is one of the most respected fiction writers of our time. Best known as a short-story writer, he is also the author of ten novels and numerous plays […]