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Where They Lie By Claire Coughlan This atmospheric thriller is slightly reminiscent of John Banville’s…
“The Enchanted Bay”
It is a little-known fact that Ernie O’Malley, renowned for his role in Ireland’s revolutionary…
“The Good Sport”
In this excerpt from his memoir The Good Sport, Kevin White takes us on his…
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Bobby Kennedy Has Been Turned into an Impossibly Perfect Hero
He deserves a better judgment As Bobby Kennedy lay dying on a hotel kitchen floor, we’re told his last words were of concern for those around him who had also […]
Black and Green Today
African American and Northern Irish citizens in the Struggle for Civil Rights.
Frank & Al
A new book by Terry Golway on the developing Democratic party through the lens of F.D.R. and Al Smith Frank and Al: FDR, Al Smith, and the Unlikely Alliance […]
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
The setting, Transylvania. The writing style, High Victorian. The story’s appeal, universal. But the author of one of fiction’s most famous and imitated works is Irish. Carstens Smith brings us […]
Book Reviews
A Sampling of the Latest Irish Books. RECOMMENDED Acclaimed historian Edward T. O’Donnell goes from the Ice Age to Michael Phelan (“The Father of American Billiards”) in his breezy history […]
