Contents: Contributors Page Neil Corcoran Discovery of a Lack: History and Ellipsis in Elizabeth Bowen’s The Last September [315] .Alex Davis 'Wilds to alter, forms to build' : The Writings of Sheila Wingfield [334] .Steven Curran 'Could paddy leave off from copying just for five minutes': Brian O'Nolan and Eire’s Beveridge Plan [353] .Michael W. Thomas Usurping Spiv and Gentry: William Trevor’s London [376] .Kersti Tarien Trying to Catch Long Lankin by His Arms: The Evolution of John Banville’s Long Lankin [386] .Patricia Horton 'The Half-Sure Legislator': Romantic Legacies in the Writing of Derek Mahon and Tom Paulin [404] .Irene Gilsenan Nordin ' And/ A Green Leaf of Language Comes Twisting Out of Her Mouth' : Eilean Ni Chuillean1iin and the Quest Theme [420] .Clare Wallace Tragic Destiny and Abjection in Marina Carr’s The Mai, Portia Coughlan and By the Bog of Cats. ..[431] .IASIL Bibliography 2000 [450] .Philip O'Leary Review Article: Kiberd’s Classics [482] .Alan Harrison Review Article: Blasket Literature [488] .Book Reviews by: Stephen Watt, Terence Brown, Jefferson Holdridge,Tom Garvin, Wanda Balzano, Christina Hunt Mahony, Peter Denman, Brian Arkins, Ronan McDonald [495] .List of Books Reviewed [521] .Books Received [522]