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#2026 ReadingIrelandMonth26 Challenge

 

 

2026:

 

2025:

  1. Gilgamesh – Marina Carr – REVIEW
  2. Trespasses – Louise Kennedy – REVIEW
  3. The Colony – Audrey Magee – REVIEW
  4. Foster – C. Keegan – REVIEW
  5. Old God’s Time – S. Barry – REVIEW
  6. My Father’s House – Joseph O’Connor – REVIEW
  7. Fred and Jane (play) – Sebastian Barry – REVIEW
  8. Frolic and Detour (38 poems) – Paul Muldoon – REVIEW

 

2024:

  1. The Shadow of the Gunman (1923)  – (play) Sean O’Casey – REVIEW
  2. Intimate City: Dublin – Peter Sirr (27 essays) – REVIEW
  3. The Map of the World – E. Ni Chuilleanáin – REVIEW
  4. Mythical Ireland  – A. Murphy – REVIEW
  5. Poem: The Universe in 1300 – E. Ni Chuilléanáin – REVIEW
  6. Rough Beast – M. Cahill – REVIEW
  7. Poem: Echo is Dumb – E. Ni Chuilleanáin – REVIEW
  8. The Blue Cocktail – A. Molloy (49 poems) – REVIEW
  9. A Change in the Air – J. Clarke (55 poems) – REVIEW
  10. Audrey or Sorrow – Marina Carr (play) 2024 – REVIEW
  11. If All the World and Love Were Young – Stephen Sexton (76 poems) – REVIEW
  12. We Don’t Know Ourselves – Fintan O’Toole – (pg 570) essays – REVIEW

2022:

  1. #ReadingIrelandMonth22  March  READING LIST
  2. #ReadingIrelandMonth22  5 FAVORITE IRISH ACTORS
  3. Abelard and Heloise  – H. Waddell (historical fiction)
  4. The Shining City – C. McPherson (play)
  5. Theatre & Ireland – L. Pilkingkton
  6. Still Life – Ciaran Carson (poetry)
  7. Patrick Kavanagh: A Biiography – Antoinette Quinn
  8. The Best of Frank O’Connor – F.  O’Connor (essays)
  9. The Canterville Ghost – O. Wilde (novella)
  10. On Blueberry Hill – S. Barry (play)
  11. The Humours of Bandon – M. McAuliffe
  12. Portia Coughlan – Marina Carr (play)

 

2021:

  1. Don’t Touch My Hair – Emma Dabiri – REVIEW
  2. Poem:  “Still”  – Felicia Olusanya (aka FeliSpeaks)
  3. Anseo – Úna-Mingh Kavanaugh  REVIEW 
  4. Why the Moon Travels – Oein DeBhairduin  REVIEW
  5. Say Nothing – P. R. Keefe   REVIEW  2019 National Book Critic’s Circle Award NF
  6. Ulster American – David Ireland  REVIEW  #ReadingIrelandMonth21
  7. Irish Short Stories – J. McGahern, W. Trevor, C. Keegan   REVIEW #ReadingIrelandMonth21
  8. Secrets Never Told – (11 stories) Dermot Bolger  REVIEW

 

2020:

  1. The Irish Writer and the World – Declan Kiberd  (2005)
  2. The Spaces of Irish Drama – H. Lojek
  3. The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir – Samantha Power
  4. Woman of No Importance – Oscar Wilde  #Classic play*
  5. The Christmas Tree – Jennifer Johnston*
  6. The Wake – T. Murphy   play*
  7. Station Island – Seamus Heaney (67 poems)*
  8. Lady Gregory and the National Theatre – E. Remport*

 

2019:

  1. Two Moons – Jennifer Johnston (Dublin, 1930) – READ  #ReadingIrelandMonth19
  2. The Goat’s Song – D. Healy – READ  #ReadingIrelandMonth19
  3. Selected Poems – Medbh McGuckian – READING   #ReadingIrelandMonth19  (10/57)
  4. The Poet’s Dublin – Eavan Boland – READ#ReadingIrelandMonth19 (35 poems)
  5. Saints and Sinners – E. O’Brien – READ  #ReadingIrelandMonth19
  6. The Wrong Country: Essays on Modern Irish Writing – G. Dawe – READ #ReadingIrelandMonth19
  7. Come On Home – Phillip McMahon (play) – READ #ReadingIrelandMonth19
  8. Field Work – Seamus Heaney (poems) – READ #ReadingIrelandMonth19
  9. A Slanting of the Sun – Donal Ryan – READ #ReadingIrelandMonth19 (20 stories)
  10. Memoir – John McGahern – READING #ReadingIrelandMonth19
  11. Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
  12. Lally the Scut – Abbie Spallen (play) – READ #ReadingIrelandMonth19
  13. When  All Is Said – Anne Griffin – READ #ReadingIrelandMonth19
  14. Travelling In A Strange Land – D. Park – READ #ReadingIrelandMonth19
  15. A Ladder To The Sky – John Boyne – READ #ReadingIrelandMonth19
  16. The Cruelty Men – Emer Martin – READ #ReadingIrelandMonth19
  17. Normal People – Sally Rooney – READING #ReadingIrelandMonth19
  18. The Hoarder – Jess Kidd – READ #ReadingIrelandMonth19
  19. Himself – Jess Kidd – READ
  20. Water & Power – G. Fanning (30 poems) – READ #NationalPoetryMonth2019
  21. Himself – Jess Kidd – READ
  22. The Heart’s Invisible Furies – John Boyne – READ
  23. Seeing Yellow – E. Bourke (poetry) – READ
  24. From a Low and Quiet Sea – Donal Ryan- READ
  25. Insistance – Ailbhe Darcy – READ (18 poems)
  26. The Barracks – J. McGahern – READ
  27. Red Ribbons – L. Phillips – READ (Irish Noir)
  28. Crocodile Tears – M. O’Sullivan – READ (Irish Noir)
  29. The Twelve – S.Neville – READ  (Irish Noir)
  30. Harbour Lights – D. Mahon (25 poems by Irish poet) – READ
  31. The Radio (32 poems) – Irish poet L. Flynn (shortlist 2017 T.S. Eliot Prize) – READ
  32. The Boys of Bluehill – E. Ní Chuilleanáin – READ (40 poems, Irish poet)
  33. Now We Can Talk Openly about Men – Martina Evans – READ
  34. Show Them a Good Time – Nicole Flattery  (8 short stories) – READ
  35. Milkman – Anna Burns – READ
  36. The Empty Family – C. Tóibin – (9 short stories) – READ
  37. My Name is Leon – Kit de Waal – READ

 

2018:

  1. Seamus Heaney – H. Vendler – READ
  2. Short story: Deer Season – K. Barry – READ  (The New Yorker)
  3. Short story: The Island and the Calves – Dermot Healy – READ
  4. Midwinter  Break – B. MacLaverty – READ
  5. The Weir – C. McPherson – READ
  6. Mapping Irish Theatre – C. Morash and S. Richards – READ
  7. A Long Long Way – S. Barry – READ
  8. Poem: Inniskeen Road: July Evening – P. Kavanagh – READ
  9. Play: Two Pints – Roddy Doyle – READ
  10. Play: Alice Trilogy – T. Murphy – READ
  11. The Third Policeman – F. O’ Brian – READ
  12. Memories of Youghal – W. Trevor – READ (short story)
  13. Wounds – F. Keane – READ  winner Best Irish Non-fiction 2017
  14. The Rule of the Land: Walking Ireland’s Border – G. Carr – READ