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I tried to explain what it was like for me growing up in Northern Ireland. Then I found that this great sitcom did it better, says Caroline Magennis, reader in 20th and 21st century literature

A preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary news

<strong>Ormeau, South Belfast:</strong> Its mellifluous melody has been an inspiration for poets and musicians, but what of its lesser-known, scratchy follow-up?

The School of English and the Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust are delighted to present Poetry of the ‘Troubles’ Revisited, a lecture by Frank Ormsby, Ireland Professor of Poetry.The Ireland Chair of Poetry was established by the Arts Council/ An Chomha

Some thoughts on being Irish-American. As a proud Irish-American, I begin with a simple assumption: there is no way to precisely define that elusive, complex human category called the Irish-American. The tools of sociology are as inadequate to the task as the forms of the Census Bureau, and the jeweler's art of the lexicographer can't

No one has captured the conflicts in Ireland more eternally than WB Yeats.

First off, congratulations are due to 2021 RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Award winners Ye Vagabonds (Best Traditional Folk Track, “I’m a Rover”; Best Folk Group...

:: Beauty Sleep – Go (single, self-released) DERRY duo Beauty Sleep are back this week with a brand new tune.

Friday 22nd October 2021

The proposal of June 21 as an indicative date for the return of live music to licensed premises has given local musicians some hope after a…