Sydney Bernard Smyth 1936-2008
This sad news from Poetry ireland: Sydney Bernard Smith Poetry Ireland was saddened to hear of the passing of poet and writer …
The Tailor and Ansty (new run)
The Tailor (Ronan Wilmot) and Ansty (Nuala Hayes) Yesterday was one of those days you don’t expect. I somehow got into a …
National Library acquires extensive Beckett collection
The National Library of Ireland has described as a “major boost for Irish scholars” its acquisition of an extensive collection of 800 …
Letting Go of That Which You Most Ardently Desire
I’ve missed a lot of things of late, for various reasons, but perhaps the event I most regret missing was Letting Go …
Stones, Bones and Beckett
Elaine Keogh in The Irish Times (subscription) alerts us to performances of two plays by Samuel Beckett inside the Fourknocks megalithic tomb …