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Irish Literature

What Are You Like? Writer Mary Beth Keane

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
August / September 2019

August 1, 2019 by 2 Comments

Author Mary Beth Keane as an infant with her father, Willie.

On swanky hotels, Gráinne O’Malley’s tailor-made pirate outfits, and her own unusual hidden talent.Mary Beth Keane’s novel, Ask Again, Yes, is a lyrical, moving tale spanning 40 years about family, love, alcoholism, and mental illness. Told with tenderness and empathy for the human condition, it is juxtaposed with just the right amount of humor to carry the story along. NPR’s … [Read more...] about What Are You Like? Writer Mary Beth Keane

Emory To Extend Irish Collection

By Colm Murphy, Contributor
April / May 2006

April 1, 2006 by Leave a Comment

Emory University's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Books Library has received a $34,000 grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation to support the second phase of the Access to Major Irish Literary Archives Project. Working in conjunction with the University of Delaware; the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at University of Texas, Austin; Washington University in St. … [Read more...] about Emory To Extend Irish Collection

Book Reviews

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
October / November 2003

October 1, 2003 by Leave a Comment

The Encyclopedia of Ireland.

A Sampling of the Latest Irish Books. ℘℘℘ RECOMMENDED The Encyclopedia of Ireland is being dubbed the most comprehensive book to date on Irish life, culture, and history, and leafing through its pages, it's hard to disagree. Arranged in alphabetical order, the Encyclopedia contains more than 5,000 essays written by nearly 1,000 contributors. A random sampling (under G) … [Read more...] about Book Reviews

Making Ready for
Bloomsday Centenary

By Irish America Staff
August / September 2003

August 1, 2003 by Leave a Comment

James Joyce in the company of Ezra Pound, John Quinn and Ford Madox Ford.

June 16, 2004 is the 100th Anniversary of Leopold Bloom's Fateful Walk. ℘℘℘ As we go to press and the world is celebrating Bloomsday, plans are already afoot for next year's "Bloomsday Centenary." Ireland's Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism John O'Donoghue has set up the Bloomsday Centenary Coordinating Committee, to plan the event which will hopefully lure James Joyce fans … [Read more...] about Making Ready for
Bloomsday Centenary

Barney Rosset’s
Trip of A Lifetime

By Frank Shouldice, Contributor
August / September 2003

August 1, 2003 by Leave a Comment

Samuel beckett and Barney Rossett.

For Barney Rosset it was a special sort of homecoming. The inveterate publisher behind Grove Press had been invited as a guest speaker at Trinity College Dublin to mark the 50th anniversary of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. As Beckett's American publisher and close friend, it was fitting that Barney Rosset should be invited. Indeed this first trip to Ireland would become a … [Read more...] about Barney Rosset’s
Trip of A Lifetime

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June 10, 2000

Frank Patterson, known as “Ireland’s Golden Tenor”, died on this day in 2000 at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Born in Co. Tipperary in 1938, Patterson started singing as a young boy with his local church choir. He moved to Dublin in 1961 to enroll at the National Academy of Theater and studied acting and received vocal training. While studying in Paris, he caught the attention of Philips Recording Company after a radio broadcast. He signed a deal with the company and recorded his first record “My Dear Native Land.” He moved to the U.S. where he achieved the most success, selling out New York’s Carnegie Hall. He performed for Presidents Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton.

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