44 h. ago ‘When you’re the eldest daughter, particularly in Ireland, it definitely defines you’

‘When you’re the eldest daughter, particularly in Ireland, it definitely defines you’  The Irish Times

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44 h. ago Audrey Whitty: ‘When you’re the eldest daughter, particularly in Irish culture, it definitely defines you’

National Library of Ireland director Dr Audrey Whitty on ancestral connections, Samuel Beckett’s ‘fail better’ advice and the appeal of getting older

Events

6 d. ago Tales from an Irish Persian kitchen: ‘Food is always about community, as is theatre. You’re sharing something really personal’

My English Persian Kitchen, by the Palestinian-Irish playwright Hannah Khalil, tells the story of the Belfast-based food writer Atoosa Sepehr

Society

1 week ago Oliver Jeffers: ‘Culturally I feel Irish but I normally skirt around the question: where are you from?’

The children’s author, who grew up Catholic in Belfast, on complicated identities and how his marriage to a Protestant might have been trickier 10 years earlier

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2 w. ago In pictures: Portraits of Irish writers as you have never seen them before

Former New Yorker photographer Steve Pyke has compiled a striking book of portraits beginning with Neil Jordan in 1985 and including Marian Keyes, Edna O’Brien, Sebastian Barry

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2 w. ago Darragh McManus: Manchán Magan was a singular, remarkable man – his death is a sore loss for culture everywhere

Darragh McManus: Manchán Magan was a singular, remarkable man – his death is a sore loss for culture everywhere  The Irish Independent

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2 w. ago National: Sadness at passing of Irish radio and tv presenter Manchán Magan, 55

Popular Irish language and culture writer and broadcaster Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55. Born in Donnybrook… The post National: Sadness at passing of Irish radio and tv presenter Manchán Magan, 55 appeared first on Donegal Daily.

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3 w. ago Experience Irish culture with a modern twist at "A Taste of Ireland" in Redding Sept. 28

Experience Irish culture with a modern twist at "A Taste of Ireland" in Redding Sept. 28  KRCR

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4 w. ago Donald Clarke: Why do the Irish still think it’s charming to be late for everything?

Elsewhere in the world, people arrive in good time. Here, many regard the advertised kick-off as loosely advisory

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