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Somebody Knows By Michelle McDonagh This is only Michelle McDonagh’s second novel, but the Galway…
Country Girl: A Memoir by Edna O’Brien
In this excerpt from her memoir, Edna O’Brien returns to Ireland to build a house…
Book Notes: Enright Honors McGahern
Next year will mark six decades since celebrated Irish novelist and short story writer John…
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Review of Books
Darina Molloy reviews recently published books by Irish authors In Ordinary Time: Fragments of a Family History by Carmel McMahon In putting her ‘fragments’ of family history to paper, enveloped […]
Discover the untold story of the vital role the Irish played in the American Revolution
George Washington changed the world and saved democracy by defeating the British during the American War of Independence. The Irish role in the American Revolution, the war for the ages, […]
Darina Molloy’s Review of Books
Forever Home By Graham Norton Living in a small town, Carol is well used to the way people know everything about you … or think they do, at least. As […]
An Interview with T. J English
Having spent decades writing about crooks and killers, what seedy corner of America’s immigrant underworld could best-selling author TJ English explore next? Jazz, of course! OK, this might seem like […]
Fall 2022 Book Reviews
Haven by Emma Donoghue It’s seventh-century Ireland. Clonmacnoise is a newish monastic settlement, with about thirty monks in residence, along with the families who work for them and an order […]
Understanding Northern Ireland’s “Troubles”
Quarantines are not without their benefits. During the early months of the pandemic, I was able to reduce my bedside leaning tower of books before it toppled over on my […]