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
Tom Paulin
Northern Protestants at a crossroads
The North has changed dramatically, and unionism, instead of celebrating the centenary of the foundation of the Northern Irish state it used to dominate, is in crisis
A Derry Girl in Oxford: ‘The Troubles followed us over the Irish Sea’
Mary Minihan recalls the challenges and thrills of her student days in England
A rare and mighty force for good: memories of David Hammond
John Kelly on a film-maker whom Seamus Heaney called ‘a one-man peace process’
Family of Seamus Heaney open centre dedicated to late poet
£4.25m Bellaghy facility a permanent exhibition about life and work of Nobel Laureate
‘Seamus Heaney gave us permission to speak in our own voice’
Heaney’s ‘Aeneid’ is Virgil via way of the North. Two of the late poet’s friends, Stephen Rea and Neil Martin, ponder his legacy as they prepare to stage his version
Brian Friel takes the quiet road to final resting place
Playwright completes his journey to beloved Glenties without fanfare or ‘folderol’
Blowin’ our mind: what Van Morrison means to us
‘A punk before punk was a twinkle in its eye-linered eye,’ says poet Paul Muldoon. How do other fans and friends sum him up?
Stephen Rea to receive Irish Times Special Tribute Award
Award is part of the celebrations at this year’s Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards
Government needs to stick to €2bn adjustment, says fiscal advisor
Prof John McHale says backtracking would suggest ‘worrying weakening’ of commitment to new framework
Poetry: Shock of the new in a slew of selected poems
Tom Paulin, Harry Clifton, Noel Monahan and Paul Perry all have new collections
Rock and a hard place
Tony Parsons was an angry young gunslinger at ‘NME’, then had huge success with his novel ‘Man and Boy’. Now he’s a crime writer – and has just voted for Ukip. Why?
Beckett is back: ‘It’s entirely unfair that he is seen as alien or grim’
So says Happy Days festival director Seán Doran of Beckett. Doran’s aim is to break new ground, and with the celebration of the playwright in Enniskillen he has pulled that off
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Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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