How to talk Tyrone: They’re not people-pleasers, but I love their bluntness
Tyrone folk can bend words to a different meaning, with confusing results for outsiders
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No Man’s Land Commission – Frank McNally on the case for opening Ireland’s ‘most important social archive’
An Irishman’s Diary
The misunderstood, useless and brilliant artists of the Irish diaspora
Post-Famine identity and the diaspora are the focus of a book rich in anecdote and detail
Kilkenny’s Butler Gallery breaks from castle basement home
New venue opens on the eastern banks of river Nore with exhibition from photographer Amelia Stein
Tyrone Guthrie Centre: No starving artists here
The ethos of the Big House, used as an artists’ haven, is based around the dining table
Famished: A historical, musical and poetic account of the Irish Famine
Cherry Smyth, Ed Bennett and Lauren Kinsella come together for enlightening show
Bernard Loughlin made Annaghmakerrig ‘an inclusive, non-judgmental, thrilling place’
Rosita Boland recalls the thoughtful, irreverent, hilarious director of the Tyrone Guthrie Centre
Former director of Tyrone Guthrie centre dies in Catalonia
Bernard Loughlin ran artists’ retreat at Annaghmakerrig in Co Monaghan for 18 years
Cosy in the cabin: Nuala O’Connor’s writing hideaway is full of eclectic charm
Pieces of Me: The writer and poet enjoys the peace of her creative space
Where the Heart Is: The peace of living alone after 30 years of marriage
Artist Janet Pierce divides her time between Portugal and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre gate lodge
Warrior women at work
Ireland boasts an impressive number of female artists who have mastered the toughest traditional skills to create enduring art forms
‘Sweeney’ – the result of a series of serendipitous events
‘I was always mindful that this is a song cycle,’ says composer Neil Martin of adapting Seamus Heaney’s poem ‘Sweeney’s Astray’ for song
1990s Dublin: bleak, bare, cold, mean – and caught on camera
Danish photographer Krass Clement took the pictures in 1991 but he insists not much has changed
All the world’s a stage for playwright bursary
There’s still time to apply for the Phelim Donlon Playwright’s Bursary. Last year’s recipient Dylan Coburn Gray has won the Verity Bargate Award in the UK
Taking gluten free to the next level
Being diagnosed coeliac changed food for Finn Ní Fhaoláin forever
Centenary events launched to mark the death of war poet Francis Ledwidge
National day of commemoration to remember death of poet killed at Passchendaele
Jean Butler: ‘It’s very exposing for both of us’
Her new work, with musician Neil Martin, is designed as a conversation between music and dance and sees her going back to her roots
Writers’ retreats: the perfect place to make progress
From the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Monaghan to a host of creative boltholes on the south coast, Ireland is blessed with a thriving support structure for writers
Patrick Marber: ‘I’ve never had a good idea I didn’t immediately regret’
He’s worked on Alan Partridge, adapted Fifty Shades of Grey, and is evangelical about ‘deliciously evil’ vaping. But when it came to tackling August Strindberg, Patrick Marber says his ‘infidelity might be an act of love’
Artists to receive bursaries to mark Easter Rising
Programme aims to help young artists mark centenary landmark next year
A startling clash of civilisations in Dublin | Visual art round-up
A National Gallery show juxtaposes Jackie Nickerson photos from Africa with portraits of western privilege; and Makiko Nakamura’s abstract work is dramatic
Monaghan: big views from little hills
One of the quietest counties in Ireland has started to sing its own praises in a major way. The homeland of Patrick Kavanagh is getting active, luring in tourists and anglers
An Irishman's diary: In search of the time to read a classic
An Irishman’s Diary about Proust and Monaghan football
Venus rising: Ann Scott is back
With her fourth album, Venus to the Sky, Ann Scott once again brings her trademark thoughtful approach, but this time she’s having way more fun
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