Select Annual Listing of Books on Irish Literature & Its Contexts: 2021

Original Literary Works
Poetry Collections
Fiction (Short stories & Novels)
Drama (Plays & Collections)
Autobiography & Memoir
Biography (Literary & Historical)
Miscellaneous Writings
Scholarly Editions & Reprints
Anthologies, Interviews & Almanacs
Criticism & Commentary
Literary & Cultural Commentary
Critical Studies: Individual Authors
Language & Folklore Studies
Religion & Philosophy
Media & Entertainment
Arts & Architecture
History, Politics, & Society
Historical Studies: General
Historical Studies: 20th Century
Historical Studies: Centenary
Historical Studies: Ecclesiastical
Natural History & Topography
Politics, Economics & Society
Northern Ireland/Ulster
Women’s Studies
Reference Works & Digital Publications
Reference & Bibliography
Digital Publications
Journals & Special Issues
    Poetry Collections
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    Fiction (Short stories & Novels)
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    Drama (Plays & Collections
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    Autobiography & Memoir
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    Biography (Literary & Historical)
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    Miscellaneous Writings
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    Scholarly Editions & Literary Reprints
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    Anthologies, Interviews & Almanacs
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    Literary & Cultural Commentary
  • Nicholas Allen & Fiona Stafford, Archipelago: A Reader (Dublin: Lilliput Press 2021), 578pp.
  • Michelle O Riordan, Poetics and Polemics: Reading seventeenth-century Irish political verse (Cork UP 2021), 732pp.
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    Critical Studies: Individual Authors
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    Language & Folklore Studies
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    Religion & Philosophy
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    Media & Entertainment
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    Arts & Architecture
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    Historical Studies: General
  • Christine Kinealy, Jason King & Gerard Moran, edss., Heroes of Ireland’s Great Hunger (Cork UP; Hamden, CT : Quinnipiac UP 2021), xxix, 293pp., ills. [see contents].
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    Historical Studies: 20th Century
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    Historical Studies: Centenary Topic
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    Historical Studies: Ecclesiastical
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    Natural History & Topography
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    Politics, Economics & Society
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    Northern Ireland/Ulster
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    Women’s Studies
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    Reference, Guides & Bibliography
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    Digital Publications
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    Journals & Special Issues
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Bibliographical details
Christine Kinealy, Jason King & Gerard Moran, edss., Heroes of Ireland’s Great Hunger’(Cork UP; Hamden, CT: Quinnipiac UP 2021), xxix, 293pp., ills. (b&w). CONTENTS: Christine Kinealy, Jason King, and Gerard Moran, Introduction; The Kindness of Strangers: Gerard Moran, ‘James Hack Tuke: An English Quaker philanthropist and “Ireland’s greatest benefactor”; Christine Kinealy, ‘Paul de Strzelecki: A Polish Count in Co. Mayo’; Catherine Shannon, ‘Captain Robert Bennet Forbes and his 1847 voyage of mercy to Cork’; Sandy Letourneau O’Hare, ‘Women’s Agency, ‘Lady Sligo of Westport House: “she rolled up her linen sleeves ...”’; Peter Murphy, ‘Mary Ann McCracken of Belfast: “better to wear out than to rust out”‘; Maureen Murphy, ‘Asenath Nicholson: Heroine of Ireland’s Great Hunger". Medical Heroes: Ciaran Reilly, ‘Dr. Richard Grattan: the Great Famine in Co. Kildare’; Marita Colnlon, ‘McKenna Dr. Daniel Donovan: A Famine doctor in Skibbereen’; Christine Kinealy, ‘Dr. William Duncan of Liverpool: “a city of plague’; Rebecca Abbot, ‘Dr. Charles Edward Strutt: a modest famine hero in Australia’; Laura J. Smith & Robert G. Kearns, ‘Dr. George Grasett: Toronto’s response to the typhus outbreak of 1847’; Role of Religious Orders: Turlough McConnell, "Edward Maginn of Derry and Donegal: bishops, rebels and contagions’; Mark McGowan, ‘Bishop Michael Power of Toronto’; Jason King, ‘Montreal’s Grey Nuns: the Great Hunger Migration and the Miracle of Rose’s Marble’; Irish Involvement: Ciaran O Murchadba, ‘Arthur Edward Kennedy; A Poor Law Inspector in Co. Clare’; Niamh Ann Kelly, ‘James Mahony: The illustrated London News’. ‘Reflections: LeAnne Howe & Padraig Kirwan, ‘The Choctaw Gift’; Caroilin Callery, Afterword; Bibliographical references and Index.
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