Sarah Moore Fitzgerald is an award-winning teacher, researcher and novelist at the University of Limerick where she teaches creative writing (including story mapping) with colleagues, Joseph O’Connor and… Read more
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Eileen Sheehan
Eileen Sheehan lives in Killarney. She has read at festivals in Ireland and abroad including The Shanghai Literary Festival; the ACIS Conference in Davenport, Iowa; Writers’ Week… Read more
Read MoreMadeleine D’Arcy
In 2010 Madeleine received a Hennessy X.O Literary Award for First Fiction as well as the overall Hennessy X.O Literary Award for New Irish Writer. Her stories… Read more
Read MoreKerri ní Dochartaigh
Kerri ní Dochartaigh was born in Derry, on the border of the North and South of Ireland, at the very height of the Troubles. She was brought… Read more
Read MoreRóisín Ingle
Róisín Ingle (born 1971) is an Irish writer – a journalist, columnist and editor – as well as a podcast presenter and producer. Growing up in Sandymount, Dublin, she lived and worked briefly… Read more
Read MoreLeanne McCormick
Leanne McCormick is Senior Lecturer in Modern Irish Social History at Ulster University. She has published widely on areas relating to sexuality, women and history of medicine… Read more
Read MoreElaine Farrell
Elaine Farrell is Reader in Irish Social History at Queen’s University Belfast. She has published widely on nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Irish crime, gender and social history. Her… Read more
Read MoreEdel Coffey
Edel Coffey is an arts journalist and broadcaster. She is a regular interviewer at literary festivals around Ireland, including Mountains to Sea, International Literary Festival Dublin and Cúirt. She is a regular… Read more
Read MoreMary Wilson
Tipperary native, Mary Wilson is one of Ireland’s leading broadcasters and journalists. She currently presents the RTÉ radio programme Morning Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1. Until September… Read more
Read MoreSusan McKay
Susan McKay is an award-winning writer and commentator and contributes regularly to print and broadcast media, including Guardian/Observer, New York Times, Irish Times and London Review of… Read more
Read MoreDiarmaid Ferriter
Diarmaid Ferriter is one of Ireland’s best-known historians and is Professor of Modern Irish History at UCD. His books include The Transformation of Ireland 1900-2000 (2004), Judging Dev: A Reassessment… Read more
Read MoreCatriona Crowe
In addition to her many scholarly, journalistic and broadcasting achievements Catriona Crowe, former head of special projects at the National Archives of Ireland, is a member of… Read more
Read MoreDeclan Murphy
Declan Murphy has ‘birded’ across Ireland, Australia, North America, Asia and Africa. He has worked with BirdWatch Ireland, the country’s largest conservation charity, and has been published… Read more
Read MoreEimear Ryan
Eimear Ryan’s debut novel Holding Her Breath is published by Penguin Sandycove. She is the 2021 Writer in Residence at the School of English, UCC. She is a co-founder of… Read more
Read MoreLouise Nealon
Louise Nealon is a writer from County Kildare, Ireland. In 2017, she won the Seán Ó Faoláin International Short Story Competition and was the recipient of the Francis… Read more
Read MoreAfric McGlinchey
Afric McGlinchey is an Irish-born poet, reviewer, book editor and creative writing who has lived in Zimbabwe, where she spent her formative years and early adulthood. Her… Read more
Read MorePeter O’Toole
Peter O’Toole of Hothouse Flowers made an album at home in Tipperary during Lockdown. Leaving White Cedars was inspired by walks and old places, animals and stories… Read more
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