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WATCH: Limerick based author Donal Ryan makes Man Booker 2018 longlist

ACCLAIMED Limerick based author Donal Ryan has made the longlist for the prestigious Man Booker prize. The Castletroy resident and University of Limerick creative writing lecturer is one of 13 authors in contention for the prize. A former ...

24 Jul 2018 at 10:20

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New book launched in Limerick gets to the truth of Colleen Bawn story

A BOOK about the Colleen Bawn, which presents new information about the murder of Ellen Hanly, has been launched in Adare. The high profile trial of the Colleen Bawn took place in 1820, in which young Ellen’s husband John Scanlan was ...

19 Jul 2018 at 15:27

Community

Debut County Limerick writer opens new chapter in his life with first book

FOR the past decade or more, Pat McLoughlin has been tapping away on his laptop at his home in Newcastle West, quietly building up a body of writing that has now, to his deep satisfaction, found its way into print. ”To Weave with ...

04 Jul 2018 at 16:12

Breaking News

Plaque to Kate O'Brien to feature on Limerick's literary trail

A commemorative plaque to Limerick born novelist, playwright and author, Kate O’Brien, will be unveiled by Dr Des Fitzgerald, president of the University of Limerick, on Monday next. The plaque will be unveiled at her birthplace,...

29 Sept 2017 at 06:30

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Limerick author's account of self-destruction and ultimate resurrection

THE DATE will forever be ingrained on his mind. On April 22, 2002, Michael Cassidy was “dead on a slab – in a hospital, flatlined, dead.” That was the day this self-confessed “druggie and alcoholic” put his past excesses behind ...

01 Aug 2017 at 09:00

Local News

Limerick author's novel makes New York Post's 'Best Books of the Week'

THE NEW York Post has included Limerick author Dan Mooney’s second novel in their latest Best Books of the Week. Dan’s latest work The Great Unexpected is a dark-comedy that explores the world of two intrepid nursing home ...

24 Jun 2019 at 11:30

Books Literature

Limerick author Darren Shan's hugely successful career almost failed to launch

SEMINAL Limerick horror author Darren O’Shaughnessy has said his successful literary career almost didn’t happen after his game-changing debut Cirque Du Freak was rejected around 20 times. He vividly remembers yearning ...

30 Sept 2017 at 09:00

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Limerick author Pat O’Connor reaches home in his final memoir

IT is not a farewell to writing. But for the Limerick man who has written 20 titles spanning 30 years it is an ending of sorts. He will, inevitably, take up the pen again but for now, Dr Pat O’Connor, retired academic,...

07 Oct 2017 at 10:10

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