Although many will not recognize the name of Dublin novelist Joseph Sheridan Lefanu, this literary talent is the man behind most spooky vampire tales we know and love today. From Dracula to Twilight, the Dubliner paved the way.
On January 26, 1907, John Millington Synge's “The Playboy of the Western World” opened at the Abbey Theater in Dublin and caused such a fuss that projectiles were flung at the stage
Conceived by Black 47's Larry Kirwan, Paradise Square looks at how Black and Irish cultures met in the Five Points in the 1860s, and then changed America.
One of Ireland's most important female dramatists, short story writers, and writer for radio died on this day, Jan 19, in 1963. Today we remember Teresa Deevy.
