One evening this fall, Pádraig Ó Tuama, an Irish poet who lives in Belfast, entered a Bloomsbury bookshop several blocks from one of Virginia Woolf’s former homes. Ó Tuama, who is forty-seven and has ...
Dara Ó Briain was told at an early age that he had been adopted. The comedian, broadcaster and author said he had a happy childhood growing up in Bray, and a “fantastic relationship” with his parents.
Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama cataloged spreadsheets of poems to help create his new anthology, 44 Poems on Being with Each Other. The collection features writing from a variety of poets as well as ...
A Sinn Féin politician, who resigned from the Seanad and the party, had sent inappropriate text messages to two people - one of them a 17-year-old male - the Dáil has been told. Party leader Mary Lou ...
Success never looks like success from the inside. Philip Ó Ceallaigh has had more garlands and bouquets than most writers, but it’s impossible not to notice that it’s been a long wait for his third ...
Legendary GAA commentator Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh passed away in Dublin on June 25 at the age of 93. Ó Muircheartaigh leaves an incredible legacy of unique, emotional engagement with the Gaelic games ...
In 1948, the Irish-language writer Máirtín Ó Cadhain received the kind of rejection letter a novelist might dream of getting. He had submitted his foul-mouthed first novel, “Cré na Cille” (“Churchyard ...
Seán Ó Ríordáin's diaries give an insight into the poet's isolation and illness, as well as politics, literature, and the social stigma of living with TB, writes Pet O'Connell. Seán Ó Ríordáin's ...
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Dáithí Ó Sé is back with the Rose of Tralee but this time he's not alone. Donal O’Donoghue talks to him about co-hosting the event for the first time, the lure of the Late Late Show and managing ...