Land,” Maggie O’Farrell’s 10th novel, burrows into her family’s past, and into the history of their patch of Ireland, with ...

O’Farrell’s 2020 novel ‘Hamnet’ was adapted into an award-winning film last year. She co-wrote the screenplay. It’s about the ...

Ireland in 1860 by Bartholomew Colles Watkins. Bartholomew Colles Watkins/Wikimedia Maggie O’Farrell’s exquisite new novel, ...

Set in the aftermath of the famine, the Hamnet author’s family saga folds in myth and folklore ...

In the years before the Civil War, waves of immigrants arrived from Europe. Many of the more established St. Louisans didn't ...

The women pay them no mind. This is tea at the Tarbert Bridewell.

At a time when evictions have surpassed 19th-century levels, it is ill-advised to suggest lessons can’t be learned from the ...

Statistics show that young, single Irish women were the largest group to immigrate to the U.S. in the late 19th and early ...

Ireland to fall well short of targeted cuts on greenhouse gas emissions as Minister says they will be reached in ‘early 2030s ...

An historic 17th-century West Clare converted famine workhouse with views over the Shannon Estuary has hit the market for €325,000. Broomhill House on the edge of Kilrush, Clare is a characterful ...

Hamnet received worldwide acclaim, which dramatised the family life of William Shakespeare and his wife Agnes Hathaway as ...

With all that's required to reach "dream destinations" these days, another option is to walk to your local public library ...