Colm Tóibín on the writer Mary Lavin: She removed the props by which we might read her women easily
The great short-story writer’s female protagonists often do the opposite of what they intend. Being unmoored by loss affects their every thought
Mary Lavin
Gratefully and Affectionately. Mary Lavin and the New Yorker: A rich trove of insights
The book charts Mary Lavin’s career from the moment she was introduced to The New Yorker by JD Salinger in 1957
Dragons denied: Niall O’Farrell becomes the latest TV entrepreneur to face money woes
Plus: former Mary Lavin home back on market; John Collison’s castle life; and Declan Ganley’s conservative Roman party
The Enlightenment gave rise to a habit of worshipping ‘great men’, but they never had to worry about dying in childbirth
Unthinkable: Donald Trump is on a crusade to unwind the ‘woke’ agenda, but that does not mean the question of inclusivity is solved
Kathleen Lynn Hospital, Dolores O’Riordan Park and Catherine Corless Place: Readers on how we should honour Irish women
We asked Irish Times readers if there were any streets, buildings, places or structures in Ireland that they thought should be named, or renamed, after women
Ireland’s first public space named after a female writer is opened
Mary Lavin Place links Dublin’s Lad Lane – where the author and short story writer lived – to newly restored Wilton Park
Why are so few places and streets in Ireland named after women?
The Women’s Podcast with Róisín Ingle
Have your say on honouring Irish women: Are there any Irish streets, buildings, places or structures that should be named, or renamed, after women?
Which women should have places, streets or structures around Ireland named after them? We would like to hear your thoughts
Girl in the Making by Anna Fitzgerald: readers will feel for this sensitive, intuitive child
Debut novel absorbs from the opening chapter, following the story of Dublin girl Jean
Mary Lavin: ‘Writing for her was a kind of need. It was the thing that was going to get her through’
Mary Lavin’s short story, In the Middle of the Fields, has been adopted rather than adapted as a play
When a ‘dungeon’ on Leeson Street cost £2 a week and swarmed with literary life
A new book explores Dublin’s literary past, an active part of living or working in the city
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan: a timely and powerful book
A fresh and sensitive perspective on an awful period in Ireland’s collective history
Ann Ingle: ‘People don’t think about older people as exciting’
Author talks about her memoir, Openhearted, and defying expectations as she gets older
Poetic Parishes – Frank McNally on a new book about Baggotonia and the new Kavanagh museum in Inniskeen
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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