Eamon Maher
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- Aug 15, 2026
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The Writerâs Writer: A dive into John McGahernâs literary archive shows his huge impact (opens the original)
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Many writers fade into oblivion shortly after their death, while a select few exert an even greater captivation on their readers. The latter applies to John McGahern, who died 20 years ago. As part of a College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies fellowship at the University of Galway, I have been reading letters McGahern received from fellow Irish writers that are held within his literary archive at the university. The extent to which he was the quintessential writerâs writer is strik
Religion in Irish Literature and Culture: Original and thought-provoking essays (opens the original)
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This wide-ranging collection covers multiple areas such as the presentation of religion in Irish poetry, Anglican gothic fiction, theatre and the novel, and Irish women of the diaspora. Inevitably James Joyce features, in this instance in relation to heresy, as do Seamus Heaney and Derek Mahon. Conor Cruise OâBrienâs Catholic âfeelingâ, mythic landscapes in Patrick Pearse, eschatology in Ulster-Scots writing, and culture and religious material culture are also covered. Church domination
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