Entertainment Entertainment Snowflake by Louise Nealon announces an exciting new Irish novelist Featuring a cast of intriguingly damaged characters, Snowflake by Louise Nealon has the power to make you gasp at its revelations and its sheer poetry, which often unfolds with the languid pace of a lucid dream.
History History The secret, tragic fate of Oscar Wilde’s sisters Hidden away from their family for the crime of illegitimacy, they died agonizingly slow deaths.
History History How WB Yeats' connection to Sligo stretches back through generations An extract from the new book "Arise And Go: W.B. Yeats and the People and Places That Inspired Him" by Kevin Connolly.
History History On This Day: Irish Antarctic explorer Tom Crean dies in 1938 Tom Crean, Irish Antarctic hero, died on July 27, 1938. In commemoration, we take at a look at the Kerryman's life.
Entertainment Entertainment Extras needed for movie starring Florence Pugh filming in Ireland Florence Pugh plays an English nurse in 'The Wonder,' a post-Famine era movie filming in Ireland this summer.
Niall O'Dowd Niall O'Dowd Thatcher considered Cromwell-type removal of Catholics from North, new book reveals A new book by a former British Ambassador to Ireland reveals shocking examples of Margaret Thatcher’s ignorance on Irish issues.
History History The life and greatest quotes of George Bernard Shaw, Nobel Prize and Oscar winner Happy Birthday to George Bernard Shaw, the only person to have won both an Oscar and a Nobel Prize in Literature.
Cahir O'Doherty Cahir O'Doherty Heroes of Ireland's Great Hunger celebrates men and women who risked it all Maginn stood up for the rights of poor Catholics and that is why his legacy matters, Turlough McConnell writes.
History History Sequel to smash hit 'Old Ireland in Colour' coming this year Old Ireland in Colour 2 is currently available for pre-order ahead of its September 2021 publication date.
Niall O'Dowd Niall O'Dowd Remembering the late, great Frank McCourt, who died on this day in 2009 The greatest tribute I can pay Frank McCourt is that he never lost the run of himself (that's Irish for getting too big for his boots).
