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The Brontës of Drumballyroney

By Kristen Cotter and Marc-Yves Tumin

May/June 1995

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The legacy of Patrick, Charlotte, Emily, Anne, and Branwell Brontë, perhaps the most extraordinary family in the history of English literature, lives on in a quiet corner of County Down in Northern Ireland, where Carol Brontë has become curator of the Brontë Homeland Interpretive Centre at the former Drumballyroney Church and School House in Drumballyroney. Carol's husband is … [Read more...] about The Brontës of Drumballyroney

Review of Books

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
April / May 2008

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Fiction In 2005, The Sunday Business Post cited up-and-coming author John Boyne as one of 40 Irish people under 40 who were likely to be "the movers and shakers who will define the country's culture, politics, style and  economics in 2005 and beyond." Boyne is not only doing great in Ireland  but in America as well, where four of his books have First came The Boy in the … [Read more...] about Review of Books