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The Irish Literary Times The Irish Literary Times provides up-to-date coverage of Irish literary news and events in a magazin

The Irish Literary Times provides up-to-date coverage of Irish literary news and events in a magazine format via articles available online. The site is curated by Gerard Beirne an Irish poet and novelist. His most recent collection of poetry is Games of Chance:A Gambler`s Manual (Oberon Press). His novel The Eskimo in the Net (Marion Boyars Publishers) was shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Fic

tion Award and was selected by the Literary Editor of the Daily Express as his Book of the Year “scandalously ignored by the Man Booker judges...”.

Macdara Woods who died June 25, 2018, pictured here with Tom McIntyre, Dermot Healy, John Montague, & Paul Durcan in the...
18/06/2024

Macdara Woods who died June 25, 2018, pictured here with Tom McIntyre, Dermot Healy, John Montague, & Paul Durcan in the green room at the Gate Theatre before read from poems by Patrick Kavanagh at centenary celebrations of his birth. File photograph: Moya Nolan/The Irish Times

Well this one was special. As part of my regular interview feature with The Honest Ulsterman, I got to interview my son ...
18/06/2024

Well this one was special. As part of my regular interview feature with The Honest Ulsterman, I got to interview my son and writer Luke Beirne. (Didn't see that coming!)

https://humag.co/article/3151/luke-beirne

Poem by Mary O'Malley ⁦published in some years back
17/06/2024

Poem by Mary O'Malley ⁦published in some years back

17/06/2024

Booker Prize-nominee, Louisburgh native Mike McCormack to judge this year’s short story competition

Yup.
17/06/2024

Yup.

Claire Keegan in Dalkey: ‘I can’t say I’d cry if I was never nominated for the Booker again’
17/06/2024

Claire Keegan in Dalkey: ‘I can’t say I’d cry if I was never nominated for the Booker again’

Acclaimed Irish writer doles out beautifully worded nuggets of wisdom during a sold-out Saturday-night appearance at the festival

After you've had your fill of Ulysses today, Patti recommends Finnegans Wake.
16/06/2024

After you've had your fill of Ulysses today, Patti recommends Finnegans Wake.

Robert McLiam Wilson
16/06/2024

Robert McLiam Wilson

Emmanuel Macron’s gamble has set off a political comedy of errors that has almost put BoJo and Trump in a less-incompetent light

How is your Bloomsday going?
16/06/2024

How is your Bloomsday going?

Spotted about town 😉
16/06/2024

Spotted about town 😉

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Our summer school has a special effect on all who participate, and we are so looking forward to welcoming students next month. Here is some feedback we received last year from an attendee.

The 65th Yeats International Summer School will take place from 11th – 19th July 2024 and we have a stellar line-up of lecturers, poets and speakers.

To look at the event programme, and plan your visit to Yeats Country follow the link: https://www.yeatssociety.com/yeats-summer-school/programme/

Hope you are enjoying brunch
16/06/2024

Hope you are enjoying brunch




Happy Bloomsday
16/06/2024

Happy Bloomsday

only two more sleeps until the best of Irish literature
14/06/2024

only two more sleeps until the best of Irish literature

14/06/2024
Before Yeats's birthday comes to a close, why don't we hear "When You Are Old" read by Cillian Murphy.
13/06/2024

Before Yeats's birthday comes to a close, why don't we hear "When You Are Old" read by Cillian Murphy.

Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes...

13/06/2024

Take this test to find out. Illustrations by

WB Yeats - Born on this day 1865."I think all happiness depends on the energy to assume the mask of some other life, on ...
13/06/2024

WB Yeats - Born on this day 1865.

"I think all happiness depends on the energy to assume the mask of some other life, on a re-birth as something not one's self."

13/06/2024
Looks fabulous
12/06/2024

Looks fabulous

As part of this year's Yeats Day Festival, to honour our national poet, we are delighted to present Poetry Afternoon Tea 🎂🫖

Taking place in the Yeats Building on Friday 14th June at 4pm, join us for a lovely intimate afternoon treat. The menu below will be available on the day 🥳

Spaces are limited, so advance booking is advisable [email protected]

12/06/2024

“Silence is really appealing to me, and loss is what feeds narrative. The people who aren’t able to talk are the ones who are hurting the most. That’s why short stories stay short.”

Claire Keegan

⚡️New Show Announcement Coming September Tom Murphy’s classic playGarry Hynes directs a large ensemble cast including D...
12/06/2024

⚡️New Show Announcement
Coming September

Tom Murphy’s classic play

Garry Hynes directs a large ensemble cast including Druid Ensemble members Marie Mullen as Mrs de Burca and Marty Rea as Christy Cavanagh

"I doubt, though, that anyone will publish a novel this year that is at once so beautiful, so lovable and so much fun."
12/06/2024

"I doubt, though, that anyone will publish a novel this year that is at once so beautiful, so lovable and so much fun."

Tragedy and farce collide in this dazzling tale of lovers on the run in Montana

Sink every impulse like a bolt. SecureThe bastion of sensation. Do not waverInto language. Do not waver in it.Seamus Hea...
11/06/2024

Sink every impulse like a bolt. Secure
The bastion of sensation. Do not waver
Into language. Do not waver in it.

Seamus Heaney

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