The Village of LongingThe Village of Longing, George OBriens narrative of his childhood in the somnolent river valley settlement of Lismore, Co. Waterford, during the 1950s, has established itself as a contemporary classic since its initial publication in hardback in 1987. It describes the life and surroundings of an only child raised in an unorthodox household within a close knit society ruled by the twin empires of Castle and Church haunted by the lure of foreignness and

Mary Harris

at home in Glenarm

from the local to the global

and she developed an abiding love for the people and places documented in subsequent decades

It conducts a unique conversation with the past

Moriarty’s book assumes that for various reasons humanity is now exiled from the earth

the Martin Estate in the West of Ireland

Conversations with James Joyce

journalist

Born in 1901

this one on one meeting is enabled by an outflow of energy from actor to audience through this intimate setting

and the archives of the Columban Missionary Society