Colm Tóibín: ‘I am much less sociable now, as I don’t drink any more’
For the author of A Long Winter and Ship in Full Sail, inspiration often comes subliminally. But he has also brought his inner self to the surface through therapy
Anthony Cronin
Ballet Go Backwards – Frank McNally on Patrick Kavanagh’s short-lived career as a dance librettist
This strange incident came about because of another surprising phenomenon little remembered today
Bloomsday was a sporadic, boozy and ill-mannered affair before becoming an annual event in 1994
In 1954 Flann O’Brien, Patrick Kavanagh and Anthony Cronin embarked on a drunken pilgrimage including public urination on Sandymount Strand
Irish artist Michael Kane: ‘Patrick Kavanagh did nothing else but create art. And that was my ideal’
The Project Arts Centre founder, who is marking his 90th birthday with a solo show, is a firm believer in the idea that art truly matters. He lives fully surrounded by it
Margins of Terror – Frank McNally on the Irish language editor and arch-pedant Risteard Ó Foghludha
An Irishman’s Diary
The year of Ulysses: 2022 marks centenary of Joyce’s experimental masterpiece
Beloved by millions, incomprehensible to millions more, the novel is now firmly embedded in Irish culture
Poetic Parishes – Frank McNally on a new book about Baggotonia and the new Kavanagh museum in Inniskeen
An Irishman’s Diary
Racing Uncertainty – Frank McNally on myths, mistaken memories, and the Ascot Gold Cup
An Irishman’s Diary
‘He and I, always by chance’ – Lara Marlowe on Samuel Beckett and Albert Giacometti
An Irishwoman’s Diary
Future Imperfect – Frank McNally on Patrick Kavanagh’s 1950s vision of the year 2021
An Irishman’s Diary
Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin receives 2020 Maths Week Ireland award
Dr Ní Shúilleabháin praised for raising public awareness of maths
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices