Patrick McCabe:
The latest addition to my website is Patrick McCabe's Poguemahone. The title is the Irish for kiss my arse. Our main characters are Una and Dan Fogarty Now (2019) Una…
Pat Gray: The Redemption Cut
The latest addition to my website is Pat Gray's The Redemption Cut. In one respect this is your standard detective story - maverick cop ignores his bosses, the rules and…
Eoghan Smith: A Provincial Death
The latest addition to my website is Eoghan Smith's A Provincial Death. Smyth, a researcher studying the Moon is clinging to a rock two-three kilometres off the coast of Ireland.…
Brian Keogh: Le Fanu’s Angel
The latest addition to my website is Brian Keogh's Le Fanu’s Angel. Our hero is Kiran Sheridan Le Fanu, who may be related to the Irish writer Sheridan Le Fanu.…
Peadar O’Donnell: The Big Windows
The latest addition to my website is Peadar O’Donnell's The Big Windows. Brigid lives on an island and has married Tom, who lives on the mainland, in a glen, surrounded…
Peadar O’Donnell: Islanders (US: The Way it Was With Them)
The latest addition to my website is Peadar O’Donnell's Islanders (US: The Way it Was With Them). The island in question is Inniscara, offshore from Arranmore, which, in turn is…
Anne Enright: Actress
The latest addition to my website is Anne Enright's Actress. Norah FitzMaurice is the daughter of Katherine O’Dell, star of stage and screen. Norah has finally decided to tell the…
Alison Rosse: Room for Books
During our recent travels in Ireland, we visited Birr Castle, a beautiful castle in wonderful grounds and well worth the visit. The castle is owned and still partially occupied by…
Things Irish
I have recently returned from a two week holiday in Ireland and while the trip was primarily scenic rather than literary, we did visit a couple of places with literary…
Padraic Colum: The Flying Swans
The latest addition to my website is Padraic Colum's The Flying Swans. Colum is better-known as a poet, playwright and recounter of Irish folk tales so this book - one…