There are two kinds of farewell tours: The "It's all over, no one is talking to each other, let's make one last grab for cash before we kill each other'' ones and the "It's been great, let's quit ...

Ten years ago, an Irish pub owner was clearing land for a driveway when his digging exposed an unusually large flat stone. The stone obscured a dark gap underneath. He grabbed a flashlight to peer in.

Somewhere in that hypnotic 12-volume seq­uence Powell remarks, albeit more elegantly than I can remember, that the Celtic twilight is the last refuge of the literary fraud. Still, the Celtic twilight ...

A4 format magazine published in nine issues per year (first of each month except January, July and August) averaging 36 pages. Seasonal lists of forthcoming books of Irish origin or interest, summary ...

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Brian Friel’s dramas always reveal as much or more in their textures and atmospheres, in their words and the way they hang together, as they do in the specifics of their plots. This is true in his ...