#IrishWriters

by Craig O'Reilly on Jun 16th, 2021 - 1565 Views

How James Joyce Was (Nearly) A Famous Singer – An odd but true tale James Joyce is mainly known for his outstanding achievement as an Irish novelist, less well known is that he dreamed of becoming a tenor. His father was considered a well regarded tenor singer, though he did not take it up as... 

by Poraic Cahill on May 8th, 2015 - 1799 Views

Friday Fun Seán Ó Faoláin Sayings On drink “An Irish Queer is a fellow who prefers women to drink” “Did it ever occur to you that the bottom of a whiskey bottle is much too near the top” “A true Irishman is a fellow who would trample over the bodies of twelve naked women to reach a pint... 

by Poraic Cahill on Apr 24th, 2015 - 1826 Views

The Wit of Jonathan Swift On Drink: “A tavern (pub) is a place where they sell madness by the bottle”   On Politics: “Never remark that the air in Ireland is healthy and excellent or they will most certainly tax it” & “All Political parties die of swallowing their own lies” & “Power... 

by Tony Gorman on Nov 25th, 2014 - 2634 Views

Image Credit R. Wallace at ballaban.net  Brendan Behan /a Writer of Distinction What a wealth in life we have been bestowed In books of literacy From those that wrote in noble ways To be part of history Like Jonathan Swift, James Joyce and the flamboyant Oscar Wild For the work from them that’s... 

by Alan Finn on Oct 29th, 2014 - 4039 Views

The Great Brendan Behan Alan Finn Reminds us at the 50th anniversary of “The Borstal Boy” of the great writer and wit that was Brendan Behan Ireland, the island nation renowned the world over as the land that gave birth to some of the world’s greatest bards and storytellers. To be honest,... 

by Gary Kelly on Jun 16th, 2014 - 5997 Views

‘Publishing can be a nightmare, but so can sleeping’, says self published author, Dermott Hayes, and he should know. Hayes is a resident of The Liberties, where he has lived, on and off, for 15 of the last thirty five years. He’s just published his first novel, Tito’s Dead and...