Book clinic: which books can help me understand the Irish identity?

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From poetry to Roy Foster’s collections of history, our expert picks the books that illuminate Irishness. First, find a Dublin pub…

 

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Looks like The Guardian's Ireland has no women in it. Seriously? You snub Jennifer Johnston & Deirdre Madden, yet shoehorn in white-man's-darling Beckett, who LIVED IN FRANCE AND WROTE IN FRENCH? You shouldn't need a Canadian to swim over there & correct this nonsense for you.

Hearts invisible furies John Boyne for more recent history in novel form

The Amateur Gardener's Guide to Growing Potatoes by Conor R. Spud.

Hoping Karen Bradley is taking notes would be too optimistic, wouldn’t it.

I suggest Star of the Sea by Joseph O'Connor. To understand Ireland the experience and causes of the 1840s famine is crucial.

Seamus Henley - Nobel Prize Winner for Literature.

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