‘Would you like to visit my grave?’ The farmer planning a home burial
Martin Neary has permission to be buried on his own lands in Co Mayo when he dies
Irish actors and writers sign petition against sale of historic Fifth Avenue building
American Irish Historical Society represents ‘struggles and success of Irish ancestors’
Angela’s Christmas Wish: Netflix brings Limerick’s charms to millions of viewers
Brown Bag's second instalment of McCourt-inspired tale surges with impressive recreations of Limerick
Alan Parker helped kickstart a cultural renaissance in Dublin
The director, who has died aged 76, created a diverse range of hits during his career
‘Ten of the best books set in Ireland’: Does the Guardian get it right?
In this article the paper says novels by Sally Rooney and Colm Tóibín will transport you here
Fintan O’Toole: The newly visible dads, and an ordinary and wonderful kind of love
Fatherhood is a kind of makey-up thing, but it has come into its own in lockdown
Colum McCann on Israel-Palestine: ‘I was completely ignorant of what was going on’
The author’s latest novel delves into the conflict through the eyes of two grieving fathers
Irish writers on Election 2020: ‘I want a revolutionary party’
Irish authors assess the outgoing government’s legacy and what the next one needs to do
What I discovered on repeating my grandmother’s road trip across the US
Rite&Reason: As I chased my grandmother’s spirit, I made other discoveries about my family
Malachy McCourt: ‘Frank wouldn’t be happy unless he was miserable’
Angela’s Ashes returns to Dublin in September. What’s it like to see your family’s story of growing up in poverty as a musical?
Irish Repertory Theatre: casting O’Casey’s shadow over Manhattan
To celebrate 30 years in New York, the company is staging the playwright’s ‘Dublin’ trilogy
Boot on other foot as power in sports business shifts to fans
Sports governing bodies face fight for relevance against digital entertainment industry
‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’ tops Christmas television ratings
Almost 700,000 watched the special on RTÉ One, adding to its 6.8m audience on BBC One
Baz and Nancy’s Holy Show chances its way towards a miraculous encounter
Can Baz Ashmawy blag his way into the pope’s inner circle?
Animated version of McCourt’s Angela and Shane MacGowan on RTÉ’s Christmas menu
An animated Frank McCourt story, a Fairytale of New York doc and Mrs Brown
The final indignity of Frank McCourt’s ‘shiftless alcoholic father’
Military pension file for Malachy McCourt, bad dad of Angela’s Ashes, comes to light
Angela’s Ashes: The Musical – Are we ready to look back on hard times and smile?
The new musical jabs at some nerves – its vision of homelessness and hunger are not distant threats
Frank McCourt’s last wish granted as ashes are scattered
Family of writer, famous for ‘Angela’s Ashes’, arrives in Limerick to honour his dying wish
Time to tackle the emerging crisis in Irish American identity
The effective absence of a new generation of Irish immigrants has raised important new questions
Musical poverty: If ‘Oliver!’ can do it, so can ‘Angela’s Ashes’
Ellen Frey McCourt on the musical version of her late husband’s harrowing childhood memoir
10 of the best Irish bars in New York
A New York Irish pub may have been voted best bar in the world but ‘old country’ pubs are in decline in the Big Apple. Here are some classics and others reviving the tradition
The Iron Age review: steely portrait of postwar Finland
Arja Kajermo uses fable and charming illustrations to bring a family’s struggles to life
Blast from the past: ‘Angela’s Ashes: the Musical’ takes to stage
Show based on Frank McCourt’s best-selling memoir to play Dublin, Limerick and Belfast
A history of Ireland in 100 great quotes
From ‘Dress suitably, and buy a revolver’ and 'A terrible beauty' to 'We all partied'
New York Trump voters: ‘Enough with the hysteria’
John Breen finds those who voted for next president are not monsters but patriots
Writer Alphie McCourt dies aged 75
Frank McCourt’s youngest brother published his own memoirs in 2009
Peter Crawley on . . . indifference to facts
How information cascades from memes into memories, crushing fact checkers
At Swim, Two Boys: from page to stage
Bookmarks: John McGahern adaptations; WexFour quartet; Katie and Beth; Listowel prizes; sibling scribblers; Michael McLaverty story award deadline; Mils & Boon heroine
Frank McCourt Museum building withdrawn from auction
Author’s former school building, Leamy House, was due to be sold by Allsop
Dublin is like a person stuck in a bad marriage
Three out of four feel no emotional connection to Dublin. It's time we showed it some love
Terry Wogan: Most popular Irishman even in times of strife
His genial, self-deprecating manner and mellifluous voice contributed to a career that was extraordinary, both in its longevity and popularity
Limerick set to honour Richard Harris with film festival
City’s famous son would be proud of festival, especially as it was not set up by establisment
Mary Feely: The local post office offers a safe haven from the banking scandals
‘My bank doesn’t want me cluttering up its premises. It makes this clear by closing most of its teller windows, keeping the queue long and slow’
Young Irish writers are ‘dazzling in scope and originality’
Award-winning novelist Joseph O’Connor’s inaugural lecture as Professor of Creative Writing at UL
Creating the Formula One of the showjumping world
Irish-American Frank McCourt wants to turn the Global Champions Tour into a spectacle to rival the world’s top sporting events
Brought to Book: Joseph O’Connor on why reading is a more creative act than writing
‘If there is a Hell being prepared for me, it will be a dinner party. But I’d like to be in a bar, late at night in New York, with Colm Toibin, Patti Smith, Dickens, St John of the Cross, Toni Morrison, Keats and Emily Bronte, with her brother Branwell leading the singsong while arm-wrestling’
Commons people: how Nadine Dorries went from Irish Liverpool to Westminster
The Conservative MP has written a novel about the Irish in 1950s Liverpool. She recalls sectarianism in her home city and talks about attitudes to ‘people like me’ in the House of Commons
Joseph O’Connor appointed to chair in creative writing at University of Limerick
Dublin-born author to teach students in September
Limerick native who was not afraid to speak out against strictured lifestyle
Patsy Harrold: March 10th, 1930-December 23rd, 2013
Looking for a pulse among dead Irish writers
Dublin Writers Museum opened 22 years ago to celebrate the capital’s literary tradition but it now feels more like a mausoleum
Manhattan’s Irish Rep: ‘nobody’s done what we’ve done’
The Irish Repertory Theatre, now 25 years old, balances nostalgia with more experimental works
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