Andrew Lynch
The Fascination of What’s Difficult: Lively but flawed Maud Gonne biography attempts to escape Yeats’s shadow
Kim Bendheim argues that Maud Gonne was much more than just a muse to one of Ireland’s greatest poets and highlights her roles as ‘a fiery patriot, a political prisoner, a mother and a clever, wealthy woman’
Rhythm Nation: Eoin Glackin picks the playlist
Alt-country singer-songwriter Eoin Glackin chooses the tracks that have been inspiring him recently
Rhythm Nation: Dan Donnelly
The Belfast-born musician picks out the ten tracks that mean the most to him
Vicereines of Ireland: Lavish retrospective looks back at viceroys’ forgotten other halves
Myles Campbell’s new book is a series of mini-biographies of notable Irish vicereines by leading academics
The Irish Assassins: Retelling of Phoenix Park murders a compelling blend of political history and true crime
Journalist Julie Kavanagh’s account of the murders of two members of the British authority in Ireland in 1882 has the plot and intrigue of a sweeping 19th-century novel
Rhythm Nation: Caimin Gilmore picks the playlist
Caimin Gilmore of Crash Ensemble and Sun Collective chooses the tracks that are inspiring him right now
Rhythm Nation: Sonny Condell picks the playlist
The musician from Scullion chooses that songs that have inspired him over the years
Northern Protestants, On Shifting Ground: Gruelling but important book shares first-person voices from today’s North
Susan McKay’s collection locates politicians, activists, artists, religious leaders, students, business owners and many diverse others, and lets them speak for themselves
Rhythm Nation: Susan O’Neill picks the playlist
The singer-songwriter chooses that songs that have inspired her recently
The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: New biography reveals the many faces of cinema’s greatest auteur of the thriller
A strict upbringing and deep-seated insecurity are credited with making Alfred Hitchcock into cinema’s master of the thriller in this enjoyable biography
Rhythm Nation: Willy Vlautin picks the playlist
The novelist and musician chooses the perfect soundtrack to go with his latest novel, The Night Always Comes
Ballymacandy: Fascinating history of a Kerry ambush and what went unspoken
Owen O’Shea’s meticulously researched history of an IRA ambush during the War of Independence where five men died reveals the complexity of the operation and the similar histories of the men on either side
Rhythm Nation: Pretty Happy
The Cork-based art punk outfit reveal the ten tracks that mean the most to them
Noise: The trivial reasons behind so many of our worst decisions
An in-depth study
Four Killings: Territorial disputes and bloodshed on the rocky road to a new Ireland
RTÉ presenter and history buff Myles Dungan looks back at his family’s involvement in one of the most violent episodes in the War of Independence
Rhythm Nation: Greg Dowling of Fish Go Deep picks the playlist
The Cork house music don selects his ten favourite tracks
Where Grieving Begins: Brighton Bomber’s memoir shows understanding and insight, but no regrets
Patrick Magee struck up a remarkable friendship with the daughter of one of his victims but, as his memoir demonstrates, they have to work hard to meet half way
Rhythm Nation: Cosha picks the playlist
The Wicklow R&B singer-songwriter selects the ten tunes that have inspired her
Monica Jones, Philip Larkin and Me: An unrequited literary love laid bare in all its ugliness
University lecturer Monica Jones wooed the poet Philip Larkin in vain for decades. Now a new book reveals the extent of her all-consuming anger and self-pity
Rhythm Nation: Bantum
The electro-funk producer picks the ten tunes that mean the most to him
