The Irish Times

Swift sale of writer's former Coliemore home for €3million

Georgian villa once home to Ernest Gebler sells in 12 weeks, while Leixlip riverside manor fetches €1.18m at auction

Fri Oct 16 2020 - 06:00

Dalkey villa with design in every detail for €3.5 million

Former home of writer Ernest Gébler cleverly transformed for relaxed contemporary living

Thu Jun 25 2020 - 06:00

Irish Pages: words for a time when hope and history no longer rhyme

The current edition of Northern Ireland’s literary journal marks 20 years of the Belfast Agreement – and the overriding mood is one of disillusionment and despair

Mon Apr 01 2019 - 11:00

Our favourite houses of 2016

Trophy homes and stately manors may grab all the property headlines, but these are the real homes that captured our hearts

Tue Dec 27 2016 - 06:00

A piece of literary history by Lough Dan for €3.5m

Edna O’Brien and Ernest Gébler’s former home has been dramatically modernised

Thu Jun 02 2016 - 01:00

Edna O’Brien: ‘I was lonely, cut off from the dance of life’

The controversial author’s latest novel sees a woman fall for an outsider with a dark past

Sat Nov 07 2015 - 04:30

The Projectionist: The Story of Ernest Gébler, by Carlo Gébler: a great read

This cool, forensic examination of a writer’s psychology by his son, is a great read

Sat Oct 17 2015 - 01:22

‘I take an Edna O’Brien into my life carelessly. And suffer ten years’

An extract from The Projectionist by Carlo Gébler, his biography and memoir of his father Ernest, which looks in detail at his troubled marriage to Edna O’Brien

Mon Oct 12 2015 - 10:36

Traditional elegance in Dalkey for €2.5m

Four-bedroom detached house with sea views is close to the beach, village and Dart

Wed Mar 11 2015 - 14:00

From the Archives: December 13th, 1980

Journalist Maev Kennedy describes the impact of Edna O’Brien on her life and on the public in this excerpt from an article, one of a series on the ‘Spell of the Sixties’ in the 1980s

Sat Dec 13 2014 - 11:00