

Irish Non-Fiction titles to look out for in 2020 #readingirelandmonth20
‘Going Without Saying’ by Bernard O’Donaghue: A poem for #readingirelandmonth20
Each evening, from now until the end of Reading Ireland Month, I am going to post a piece of work by some of my favourite Irish poets. Enjoy x Going Without Saying by Bernard O’Donaghue i.m. Joe Flynn It is a great pity we don’t know When the dead are going to…

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Reading Ireland Month Week 3 round-up!

‘A Call’ by Seamus Heaney for World Poetry Day #readingirelandmonth20
Irish Short Story Collections to look out for in 2020! #readingirelandmonth20

Cocktail Bar by Norah Hoult #readingirelandmonth20

Hostages by Oisín Fagan #readingirelandmonth20
No 490 The Diviner by Brian Friel #readingirelandmonth20
Brian Friel is known now to the world as one of Ireland’s preeminent playwrights. However, in the mid 1960’s he was more concerned with the short story. It was a brief dalliance as, by 1968, Friel had stopped writing short stories altogether, in favour of writing plays. It is said that Friel found the process…

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