Search Results for 'John McGahern'
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John McGahern Yearbook published by NUIG
THE FIRST volume of The John McGahern Yearbook, published by NUI, Galway, was launched at the John McGahern International Seminar, which is currently taking place in Co Leitrim.
Galway to become Europe’s literary capital during Cúirt
FROM THE author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin to the writer of Divorcing Jack, and from Canadian rappers to South African poets, the Cúirt International Festival of Literature has it all and it’s all in Galway city from April 21 to 26.
Philip King - examining the relationship between Ireland and America in story and song
THROUGHOUT THEIR careers, both musician/broadcaster Philip King and writer Joseph O’Connor have documented the development of Irish consciousness and sense of identity.
Literary dolmens
SLOWLY BUT surely the men and women e writings made Ireland one of the greater global cultural centres from the 1960s to the 1990s are gradually passing on.
The best of Irish to be seen and heard at Cúirt
JOSEPH O’CONNOR, Colm Toibín, and singer-songwriter John Spillane will all be appearing at this year’s Cúirt International Festival of Literature, which takes place from April 21 to 26.
Eleanor Shanley on life with De Dannan, John McGahern, and Ronnie Drew
KESHCARRIGAN IN Co Leitrim is nestled between the Shannon and Lough Erne. Its landscape has been farmed for thousands of years and has also provided the inspiration for the novels of the late John McGahern.
A feast of literary films at Cúirt
FILM MAKER Pat Collins, who spent a number of years in Galway, will be celebrated at this year’s Cúirt International Festival of Literature, with screenings of some of his acclaimed documentary films on Irish writers.
