How John McGahern wrote: ‘Everything begins in a copy book. Every draft would be by hand’
The author’s archive, going on show at Galway University, charts his working life and methods, beginning with copy books filled with his tiny writing
Patrick Bergin, co-star of Julia Roberts in Sleeping with the Enemy, seeks buyer for Offaly castle
The actor and his wife show us around Emmel Castle, where they have lived for 35 years
Actor Olwen Fouéré: ‘I firmly believe we are in the last days of the Anthropocene’
The Galwegian says she is essentially a hermit and her most important relationship is with nature
The Tipperary walled town: ‘The bars on the windows aren’t decorative – they kept the cows out’
‘Horse money’ is evident in Co Tipperary town where local group is working to keep knowledge of medieval past alive
‘There’s a murder hole up there’: The 600 year old fortress in a Co Galway walled town
Lore suggests Athenry’s North Gate will collapse when the most handsome man in Ireland walks under it, so steer clear Michael Fassbender, Paul Mescal and Colin Farrell
Polo in Phoenix Park: ‘Some say polo is inaccessible, which I completely disagree with’
From May to September the park resounds to the thunder of galloping hooves, players’ shouts and enthusiastic commentary at the All Ireland Polo Club
Artefacts of life: a treasure trove of Ireland’s architecture turns 50
From Georgian Dublin to the 20th century, the IAA’s headquarters on Merrion Square boasts a staggering collection of photographs and drawings
Donal Ryan: ‘I am a big ball of anxiety. I believe in myself as a writer, but nothing else’
For the multi-award-winning author, whose new novel is Where Are The Kings, not making a show of himself is a primary consideration
Culture Night returns with bell-ringing, shield-painting and an invitation to ‘play the paper bag’
Art and music workshops and demos are just some of the hundreds of events lined up for September 18th
The walled town of Wexford: ‘Some people said to us that it must be like living in a prison’
In the first of a four-part series on Ireland’s walled towns, we visit Wexford, where history is quite literally in people’s back gardens
‘This year, everyone is talking about what plants are surviving the drought and which aren’t’
Oliver Schurmann reinforces the need to plant for the future at the Carlow Garden Festival, which runs until Sunday
Carlow Garden Festival: What is the single best thing you can do for a garden of any size?
Carlow Garden Festival is pulling out all the stops to attract a more diverse crowd
Leafing through a discovered magazine from 1966 a glaring absence struck me
A perusal of The Irish Times Annual Review of 1966 leaves me slack-jawed over an era where the patriarchy truly ruled Ireland
Playwright Conor McPherson: ‘You’re better off getting hammered than a three-star review’
The playwright on his new production of The Brightening Air, developing ‘scar tissue’ from criticism, and the thing great actors have
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding: What we know so far
Apparently a gathering for 100 is expected at Madison Square Garden tonight, and another for 1,000 people tomorrow afternoon