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THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO Literary Ireland Joyce, Shaw, Wilde... Ireland has produced some of the best writers in the English language. ANTHEA MILNES examines their inspiration, from the wild Atlantic coast to Dublin's cosy pubs

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From: The Independent - London
Date: 20020615
Author:Anthea Milnes

IRELAND: FEW PEOPLE, MANY WORDS?

For a little nation, Ireland has a large number of literary heroes. Top of the bill, four Irish winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature - George Bernard Shaw, William Butler Yeats, Samuel Beckett and Seamus Heaney. Other luminaries from the past include James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker of Dracula fame, and Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver's Travels. Stars of the contemporary scene include the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Frank McCourt, Booker Prize winner Roddy Doyle, and the playwright Brian Friel, best known for Dancing at Lughnasa. Less ...

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