Fathers Come FirstRosita Sweeman's Fathers Come First is a coming of age classic set against a Dublin city backdrop. Elizabeth is both gauche and perspicacious, walking the edge of her stereotypes while hobbled by the pressures of acceptance social, physical and sexual. In a world informed by a Catholic upbringing, she wonders whether her indiscretions belong in the letterbox or the confession box. \n \nCurious, unflinching and disarmingly honest, teenager turned

FLANN O’BRIEN is a cult hero whose comic genius has been praised by anyone who is anyone – from James Joyce to Graham Greene

involving Matt and Madelene in a misadventure with deeply tragic consequences

Long overlooked but now recognised as a quietly radical masterpiece

The Canal Bridge is a compelling story of friendship

Later she became Chair of Enterprise Ireland precursor Forbairt and Opera Ireland

Burke and the law

seminars and discussions by local and international scholars

Eoin O’Brien

the Martin Estate in the West of Ireland

he tells of origins in Edwardian Belfast and evokes memories of secondary education at Elmwood Sunday School

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