The Irish Times

Irish culture’s remarkable response to the political turmoil from 1891 to 1922

Irish art during the period both mirrored and shaped events in the political sphere

Tue May 10 2022 - 06:07

Back to college: What is new at third-level?

We examine the developments at the main universities and technological institutions

Tue Oct 12 2021 - 00:00

Memory Lane – Ray Burke on the audacious theft of Berthe Morisot’s Impressionist masterpiece and the Hugh Lane bequest

An Irishman’s Diary

Mon Apr 19 2021 - 19:22

Four new statues to end Trinity Long Room’s ‘men only’ image

Sculptures of Rosalind Franklin, Augusta Gregory, Ada Lovelace and Mary Wollstonecraft to join 40 busts of men

Thu Nov 26 2020 - 15:05

Villain or victim? An Irishman’s Diary on Sir William Gregory and the Great Famine

Mon Nov 09 2020 - 19:20

DruidGregory review: Captivating performance rooted in history

Revival of Lady Augusta Gregory’s neglected works is of vital importance

Thu Sept 17 2020 - 10:58

‘God couldn’t have come up with a better pathogen to attack theatre’

Druid was on the up before coronavirus. Now it must reimagine how the show can go on

Sat May 30 2020 - 03:00

'The only thing the US has in common with Ireland is language'

No matter how much you hope to just slot back in, moving home is complicated

Fri Aug 23 2019 - 06:00

Church of Ireland marks 150 years since end of role as state church

A unique institution continues to accommodate those people of divergent political views

Mon Jul 29 2019 - 01:00

Citizen Lane: Art and the creation of the Irish nation

Hugh Lane’s contribution to cultural history is the focus of Thaddeus O’Sullivan’s new film

Sat May 12 2018 - 05:00

The forgotten artist behind Ireland’s favourite painting

Frederic William Burton disappeared from the cultural radar within a few years of his death

Sat Oct 28 2017 - 05:00

Follow the Michelin star to the Burren’s foodie riches

With the Wild Honey Inn’s Michelin win, attention is on the Burren and its food producers

Sat Oct 07 2017 - 06:13

Fire in the Blood: The Revivalists review - a powerhouse portrait of the Lady

The life and legacy of Lady Augusta Gregory featured in the first in a series of four films on the Celtic Revival

Tue Mar 01 2016 - 14:41

Anne Harris: Denigration of Gore-Booth sisters reveals Yeats’s flinty heart

Poet’s behaviour mirrors that of many patriarchal institutions, particularly – and ironically – the Catholic Church

Sat Dec 05 2015 - 01:36

Kathy Sheridan: Society is rigged to reflect the perspective of men

Anger over Abbey men-only line up was never about visibility of women

Wed Nov 11 2015 - 01:40

Culture Shock: Putting women’s writing on the wall

‘The Irish Times’ is publishing a poster of Irish women writers as a rebuke to the familiar men-only Irish Writers version. It’s a joke with a serious point

Sat Feb 28 2015 - 01:00

In praise of Lady Gregory, by Peter Murphy

Irish Women Writers series: ‘Her use of Hiberno-English, the channeling of native rhythms through the language of Empire, was innovative in a way that, after Joyce, we take for granted’

Mon Feb 23 2015 - 15:30