Pangur Bán and Audrey, a poem by the late Gordon Snell
‘Pen in hand, a monk sat, bored – This translation had him floored…’
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Boys DO Cry, by Colin Regan
An emotional education in a Raphoe boarding school
Ada Yeates & Sisters, by Antonia Hart
On a pioneering female-led family business of scriveners in 19th Century Dublin
Our Way of Talking, by Denise Blake
On a few wee Donegal and Derry sayings
A Patch of Earth, by Jessica Freed
On the delights of taking charge of an allotment in Inchicore
Gordon Snell, Wizard, by Barry McCrea
A life-expanding correspondence with a beloved children’s author
Niamh Attends to the Sick of the Supermarket, a poem by Mícheál McCann
"They flock like brittle songbirds, chorusing after her to this impressively-sized Asda..."
One Time, a poem by AM Cousins
"Mr Heaney was at his desk, solid as the Sugarloaf, still cheerful after a day of lectures..."
The Abbey That Refused to Die, by John Egan
The kindly uncle who was instrumental in the restoration of 800-year old Ballintubber Abbey
Showers, Sobriety and Synonyms, by Bernadett Buda
Cross-border hands of friendship and getting to grips with Irish linguistic idiosyncracies
A Fax from Seamus Heaney, by Denis Tuohy
Rejection-guilt subsequently mollified by the eternal good grace of this world class poet and gentleman
Church Going, by Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha
Why there's something special to be found in almost all places of worship, whatever your faith, your beliefs, or none at all
Heinrich Böll, by John F Deane
Post-war packages from Germany that make authorities nervous but were really literary treasures from the writer who made a home in Achill
The German Refugees of Limerick, by Jody Clarke
Centuries of refugees fleeing religious persecution and the Methodist who came to rest in Limerick's Golden Vale in 1765
Swimming Out to Caves along the Copper Coast, by Breda Joyce
The wondrous varieties of life that shares the waters around Co Waterford
Soufflage at the Staatstheater, by Jim Culleton
An Irish-German theatrical exchange - a reminder of the vital role of culture in national identity
Autumn and Harvest, by Grace Wells
Autumn, a season that demands our gratitude and awe
We Close in October, by Georg Grote
Three friends on motorbikes, a torrential Irish summer and lifelong bonds secured along the Cork/Kerry coastline
An Extraordinary Engineer, by Declan Phillips
On a remarkable friendship with the engineer of the Twin Towers, Leslie Robertson
The Irish Brigids, by Máirín O’Malley
On the much-maligned Irish domestic servants in the US in the late 19th century