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W.B. Yeats

June 4, 2021 by 1 Comment

2021 Irish Rep Virtual Gala

The Irish Repertory Theatre 2021 Virtual Gala honoring Bill Irwin and Mary Lou and Joe Quinlan June 14, 2021 at 7:30 pm EST Directed & Arranged by Charlotte MooreProduced by Ciarán O’ReillyMusic Direction by John Bell With Michael Cerveris, Len Cariou, Kerry Conte, Jay Aubrey Jones, Melissa Errico, Donna Kane, Kylie Kuioka, Ciaran … [Read more...] about

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Maud Gonne and Famines in the 1890s

By Christine Kinealy

March 25, 2021 by 6 Comments

Maud Gonne is frequently remembered as the unrequited love interest of the poet, W.B. Yeats, while her accomplishments as a nationalist, artist, actor, lecturer, polemist, writer, and social activist are often marginalized. In particular, Maud’s role in engaging with the perennial poverty and intermittent subsistence crises that dogged Ireland in the final decade of the 19th … [Read more...] about Maud Gonne and Famines in the 1890s

News: Museum of Literature Opens in Dublin

By Sharon Ní Chonchúir, Contributor
March / April 2020

March 1, 2020 by Leave a Comment

Ireland has a new landmark cultural institution. The Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI) on St. Stephen’s Green in Dublin celebrates Ireland’s world-renowned literary heritage. The museum is a major partnership between University College Dublin (UCD) and the National Library of Ireland. It’s located in one of Dublin’s finest historic houses, UCD’s Newman House, which was the … [Read more...] about News: Museum of Literature Opens in Dublin

The Adventures of Irish Poets in America

By Sean Kelly
October / November 2019

October 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment

What did the famed poets and writers get up to when they crossed the Atlantic? Dublin-born THOMAS MOORE (1779-1852) is still recognized as Ireland’s National Bard; he was once as famous a romantic poet as his best friend Lord Byron. While studying law in London in 1801 he published, anonymously, a book of naughty verses, The Poetical Works of the Late Thomas Little. The … [Read more...] about The Adventures of Irish Poets in America

Oliver St. John Gogarty!

By Sean Kelly, Contributor
November / December 2018

November 1, 2018 by 5 Comments

Oliver St. John Gogarty, pictured driving one of his many cars.

Caricatured as “Buck Mulligan” in Joyce’s masterpiece, Oliver St. John Gogarty was more than just a swashbuckling figure – he was a poet, a playwright, a politician, and a renowned surgeon who operated for free on poor children. “The physician must have at his command a certain ready wit . . .” - Hippocrates Two famous Irish authors, both Dubliners (and former roommates), … [Read more...] about Oliver St. John Gogarty!

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July 26, 1856

George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin on this day in 1856. Shaw, Ireland’s famous playwright and most well known for his works like “Pygmalion,” is amongst the four Irishmen who have received the Nobel Peace Prize for literature. In 1925, he was awarded the prize, just two years after William Butler Yeats won the award. Shaw was also well known for being a Socialist, writing essays such as “How to Settle the Irish Question” (1917).

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