J.G. Farrell’s Empire Novels

'Is it about a bicycle'?

Flann O'Brien in the twenty-first century

Jennika Baines editor

This collection of essays examines the work of Flann O’Brien, a subversive, confounding and hilarious Irish novelist. It also considers the work of Myles na Gop…

Brendan Behan

Cultural nationalism and the revisionist writer

John Brannigan

This book offers a major reassessment of the work of Brendan Behan (1923–64), author of The Quare Fellow, The Hostage and Borstal Boy. It charts Behan’s intelle…

George Russell (Æ) and the New Ireland, 1905–30

Nicholas Allen

George Russell (1867–1935), poet and author, was a central figure of the Irish literary revival. He was editor of early 20th-century Ireland's two most importan…

Hearing Heaney

The sixth Seamus Heaney lectures

Eugene McNulty & Ciarán Mac Murchaidh editors

The impact of Seamus Heaney on the cultural landscape has been profound and far-reaching. His sure-footed voice has been an important record of our time and pla…

Patrick Pearse and the theatre

Eugene McNulty & Róisín Ní Ghairbhí, editors

This book focuses on Patrick Pearse the theatre man. Pearse, like many among the revolutionary generation, was deeply interested in the theatre and its possibil…