Los Angeles Times

Edna O’Brien, Irish novelist and iconoclast known for ‘The Country Girls,’ dies at 93

NEW YORK — Edna O’Brien, Ireland’s literary pride and outlaw who scandalized her native land with her debut novel “The Country Girls” before gaining international acclaim as a storyteller and ...
New York Post

Edna O’Brien, Irish literary giant who wrote ‘The Country Girls, dead at 93

NEW YORK — Edna O’Brien, Ireland’s literary pride and outlaw who scandalized her native land with her debut novel “The Country Girls” before gaining international acclaim as a storyteller and ...

Is this girl’s indelible expression a rebuke to male baloney?

The Irish Girl” could well be renamed — with a nod to Vermeer — “Girl With a Cornflower.” But she won’t be so easily turned ...
The Washington Post

Edna O’Brien, groundbreaking Irish novelist, dies at 93

Edna O’Brien, a groundbreaking Irish writer whose novels portrayed young women struggling for happiness and freedom in a male-dominated world, died July 27 at 93. Her publisher Faber and the literary ...
Good Housekeeping on MSN

180 Beautiful Irish Girl Names for the Luckiest Babies

While names like Colleen and Eileen were once the dominant Irish names in the United States, if you look at the Social ...
The Scranton Times-Tribune

Society of Irish women hold annual dinner

The Society of Irish Women held their dinner Monday at the Radisson at Lackawanna Station hotel in downtown Scranton. The mistress of ceremonies was past president and founding member Laurie Cadden.
America Magazine

The Irish Christmas tradition that celebrates the unsung work of women

In the Western church, Jan. 6 is the Feast of the Epiphany, marking the visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus, traditionally the last of the 12 days of the Christmas festival. In many Eastern Orthodox ...
Irish Central

Brigid, the most en vogue saint in Paris, where two courageous Irish warrior women did her proud!

People at home in Ireland have a long weekend on the horizon. Saint Brigid’s Day, 1 February, will be celebrated by the now-annual national holiday, which falls this year on Monday, 3 February. The ...
Deadline.com

Irish Female Vampire Feature ‘Feed’ Begins Production Ahead Of AFM

Marco van Belle’s Irish female vampire origin feature Feed has begun shooting in Ireland’s coastal region of County Wexford, which also recently hosted the shoot of Small Things like These, as Metro ...
WKRN-TV

Edna O’Brien, Irish literary giant who wrote ‘The Country Girls,’ dies at 93

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — Edna O’Brien, Ireland’s ...
PBS

Edna O’Brien, iconoclastic Irish author who wrote ‘The Country Girls,’ dies at 93

NEW YORK (AP) — Edna O’Brien, Ireland’s literary pride and outlaw who scandalized her native land with her debut novel “The Country Girls” before gaining international acclaim as a storyteller and ...