The Irish Times

Irish culture’s remarkable response to the political turmoil from 1891 to 1922

Irish art during the period both mirrored and shaped events in the political sphere

Tue May 10 2022 - 06:07

Aosdána names five newly elected members

Writer Anne Enright and visual artist Amanda Coogan among association’s new members

Wed Nov 17 2021 - 17:44

Going to My Father’s House: Deeply personal story by a pioneering historian

Review: Patrick Joyce’s memoir offers an authentic and urgent examination

Mon Aug 09 2021 - 06:00

The best books of 2021 so far: Novels, memoirs, short stories and more

Authors and critics choose the books that have moved and impressed them this year

Sat Jun 26 2021 - 06:00

Family and friends bid final farewell to Seamus Deane

Mourners hear of ‘a very indulgent father to all his children’ and ‘devoted Celtic fan’

Mon May 17 2021 - 21:28

Derry struggles with how to honour local hero John Hume

Covid-19 complicates community desire to pay respects to man who gave city so much

Tue Aug 04 2020 - 19:01

The deepest of human longing: A crucible of reason strengthens faith

Notre Dame-Newman Centre project aims to honour legacy of inquiry

Tue Jul 24 2018 - 05:00

Former envoys call for recognition of Palestinian state

Letter to Taoiseach signed by academics and artists urges Government to act ‘without delay’

Tue Apr 25 2017 - 10:45

SDLP’S Colum Eastwood ready to reboot ‘most successful party in Irish history’

At 32, Derry-born successor to John Hume and Mark Durkan is charged with his party’s resurrection

Wed Jan 13 2016 - 01:01

Patrick Magee: my Troubles with fiction

Brighton bomber Patrick Magee wrote his PhD thesis while in jail on the portrayal of republicans in fiction. As a novel about the bombing is published, he explains his views

Thu Oct 22 2015 - 07:00

Fintan O’Toole: The truth according to Brian Friel

For the late playwright the past and our images of it were slippery and treacherous. Truth lay not in public facts but in private fictions

Fri Oct 02 2015 - 12:00

Stephen Rea to receive Irish Times Special Tribute Award

Award is part of the celebrations at this year’s Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards

Tue Feb 17 2015 - 13:30

A friend who realised his destiny in full

A gift and the fulfilment of its promise is a rare thing, but Seamus Heaney achieved it

Sat Sept 07 2013 - 01:01

Poet laid to rest under shadow of sycamore trees

Priest says Bellaghy honoured that Heaney had chosen to be interred in his home town

Tue Sept 03 2013 - 01:00

Tributes pour in across North for a man who was Ulster to the core

Sadness and sense of loss at Seamus Heaney’s death truly crossed the globe but it was deep too in Bellaghy

Mon Sept 02 2013 - 01:14