Irish Authors

Author Chris Binchy and Dr Eibhear Walsh from the Dept of English in UCC list their favourite books by Irish authors.

Chris Binchy chose...

The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen

The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien

The Journey Home by Dermot Bolger

Death and Nightingales by Eugene McCabe

The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe

A Goat's Song by Dermot Healy

Bad Day at Blackrock by Kevin Power

All Names Have Been Changed by Claire Kilroy

Skippy Dies by Paul Murray

Dr Eibhear Walsh chose...

The Dancers Dancing by Eilis NiDhuibhne

The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue

The Master by Colm Toibin

Zugwang by Ronan Bennett

The Pretender by Mary Morrissey

The Untouchable by John Banville

Number Five by Glenn Patterson

The Long Falling by Keith Ridgeway

The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor

Molly Fox's Birthday by Deirdre Madden