Berfrois

Ireland

Martin Gilman has déjà vu all over again…

Martin Gilman has déjà vu all over again…

The Irish excel at the cats of literary form…

‘Clay’ by James Joyce

Classic short story:

‘Clay’ by James Joyce

Are Dublin’s literary connections just accidents of birth?

Are Dublin’s literary connections just accidents of birth?

Not that there’s anything wrong with the Catholic Church…

Swift’s Canister of Salt

‘Irish people too swallowed this codswallop.’

Anne Enright: Ireland does recession

County Leitrim in life and writing

Iceberg Slim universal rampant aspiration, ‘It’s simple, just pimp my ass off and get a ton of scratch’

Podcast:

Immigrant candidates in multicultural Ireland’s local elections

‘Lastward, Deputy James’ by Barry Hannah
Short story: ‘Lastward, Deputy James’ by Barry Hannah
Any Number of Preoccupations
Slideshow: Any Number of Preoccupations
Kingdom of the Invisible
Podcast: Kingdom of the Invisible
‘How I Killed Pluto and Why it Had it Coming’ by Mike Brown
Book excerpt: ‘How I Killed Pluto and Why it Had it Coming’ by Mike Brown
Anything Great in this World has come from Neurotics
Image gallery: Anything Great in this World has come from Neurotics
‘Hunter’s Moon’ by Molly Fisk
Poem: ‘Hunter’s Moon’ by Molly Fisk