Irish Romanticism: A Literary History by Claire Connolly – A lively tradition that still has much to teach us
Claire Connolly’s ambitious study captures well both the gradual development of Irish Romanticism and its ‘copiousness’
William Butler Yeats
Lyric Theatre at 75: ‘It was as improbable then as it is now. It took real vision’
The Belfast cultural institution began life in 1951, when the indomitable Mary O’Malley formed Lyric Players Theatre
Sinn Féin may reject commemorating the Normans, but there are some suspiciously Saxon names in its ranks
Take a look at centuries of Irish revolutionaries and you’ll find links to Norman history
Rory Stewart: Britons’ view of Ireland has gone from ‘patronising superiority to complete ignorance’
Ireland is the UK’s best route back to better ties with the EU, says the former Conservative minister
Local history: Cartoonish cruelty betrays a fundamentalist who would not cotton on
The Reverend Psychopath: Suffer Little Children, Terror, Tears and Tragedy: The Mount Cashells and the Notorious Divorce Case of 1876, and Under the Metal Man: Sligo in Yeats
The story of Ireland’s first witch and the taboo of a woman’s rage
Molly Aitken’s Bright I Burn tells the story of the fierce and ambitious Alice Kyteler, and how ‘creative writing is a way of revoicing the past’
John Montague: An Ulster Catholic who was ‘a marooned northerner and an apprentice southerner’
The charismatic poet whose intimacy and boldness continues to inspire was born 95 years ago
Budget enhances tax relief for the rich for the benefit of our heritage
Donors can secure 80% of the value of accepted works as a credit against outstanding and future tax bills
WB Yeats’s Nobel Prize: 100 years on, who is to take charge of our national literature?
The creation of an ambitious Irish national literature for the future poses pressing questions on many fronts
Dublin Marathon misattributing a quote to Yeats makes a mockery of him and his Nobel Prize
Presenting runners with a tribute to Yeats featuring a line he almost certainly never said is an embarrassing travesty for a city that prides itself on its literary heritage
Maureen Dowd: WB Yeats’s ‘rough beast’ takes over Afghanistan
Joe Biden did the right thing getting America out of there. But he did it badly
The Masque of the Red Death – Rediscovering Poe through prism of Covid-19
Restoration of 1964 Corman adaptation confirms continuing relevance of film and source
Bumper crop of paintings by Jack B Yeats in autumn sales
Sales in London and Dublin include 11 paintings, some bought directly from Yeats
One of Mercury’s most prominent features named as Gaeilge
Scientist Paul Byrne has succeeded in his bid to given the large lava plain an Irish name
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
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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