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Maurice Kennedy greeted each successive stage of Christmas preparations with groans and head clutching, writes his daughter Maev

The editors navigate in a beautifully-written introduction while producing a real map of Dublin as a literary metropolis

George Brent, an Easter Rising Irish rebel turned Hollywood star, was born on this day in 1904. Born George Brendan Nolan, this Irishman was a doppelganger of Michael Collins. He went on to enjoy a Hollywood career after Ireland's Easter Rising.

Phyllis Boumans writes about why the literary journal The Bell was so important to Irish writing.

21 min read What did The Irish Times first say about some works of literature that turned into classics? We trawled the archive to find out The Irish Times was founded in March 1859 and, more than 160 years later, is recognised for the quality and the quantity of the pages it devotes to Irish and international literature. Its deep engagement is reflected in the authors who have written columns for it over the years, among them Brian Friel, Kate O’Brien, John Montague, Maeve Binchy, Dere...