Splendid separation: Places to rent while restricting movement

For those returning to spend Christmas with loved ones, here are safe ways to do it

A new map of Ireland: Honouring some of our outstanding women

We propose sites for new street names, sculptures for International Women’s Day

You say swede, we say turnip ... let’s call it rutabaga

There may be confusion over its name, but there is no doubting the versatility of this winter root vegetable

Mary MacSwiney: The Free State’s ‘gorgon republican’

Vote 100: Progressive teacher and fervent separatist became one of the leading women in Irish politics

Like the book? Why not visit the author’s home?

For a book tour with a difference, visit some of the literary world’s most interesting homes

Auction Results: key to Oscar Wilde’s cell at Reading Gaol sells for £15,000

Victorian sketches of Arctic exploration make €24,000

Nearly 300-year-old Shakespeare set and a book signed by Swift

Rare books, manuscripts, maps and art in Fonsie Mealy auction in Dublin

Get into some great houses for Heritage Week

Go on, go on: play ‘Game of Thrones’ at Castle Ward, or have a cup of tea at Father Ted’s House. Some of Ireland’s finest big houses are open to the public this week

In praise of Somerville and Ross, by Anne Haverty

Celebrating Irish women writers: ‘The Real Charlotte’ may be the best Irish novel, qua novel, of any century

Auctions and Fairs