• Photograph showing a page from a medieval manuscript.

Four Irish Persephones

By Virginie Trachsler The young Persephone is gathering flowers in a meadow when her uncle Hades, god of the underworld, rises through a crack in the earth and abducts her on his golden chariot. Her mother Ceres wanders the earth…

Irish University Review turns 50!

Irish University Review, the leading journal dedicated to Irish literary criticism, turns 50 this year, and to celebrate, we have launched a virtual issue that is available to read for free online until the end of the year. Articles have…

Brendan Behan – A bit of a writer

Before his tragic death by self-destructive alcoholism at age 41, Brendan Behan was a celebrated Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright who wrote in both English and Irish. Fifty years since his death, a special issue of Irish…