Person: Bryan MacMahon

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

general

We Sell Books: 'My father had his book and his pipe, he was in heaven’

Brenda Woulfe owns Woulfe’s Bookshop in the town of Listowel,Co Kerry

general

Sarah Harte returning to her love of fiction

LOATH to describe herself as a vocational writer as she thinks that’s pretentious, Sarah Harte says her need to write is “more like a disease.”

gaa

Kerry’s unconvincing case for the defence

There was a point midway through the second half on Saturday when this Super 8 game, and any ambitions Kerry held to progress to an All-Ireland semi-final, appeared to be in grave danger of slipping through their fingers.

columnists

The plot thickens as our national theatre faces some serious drama

news

Poet Brendan Kennelly is honoured in native Ballylongford

farming

104 acres in Listowel’s dairying hinterland

Writers Week had two Denis Lehanes

I believe at this stage, there are very few who wouldn’t deny me a night out, and I worn out from farm work.

Thu, 04 Jun, 2015

Writers’ Week in Listowel: The value of ‘little places’

Life in Listowel conjures images of Synge’s words, ‘the springtime of the local life has not been forgotten’. With cuts to arts budgets around the country, it is more imperative than ever that the likes of Writers’ Week see resources renewed and replenished, writes Jim Kennelly

Wed, 27 May, 2015

Take it as read ...

Listowel Writers’ Week enjoys such a reputation that major figures are more than happy to be invited, says Carl Dixon

Fri, 11 May, 2012

Heritage is hot, now to capitalise on it

MANY visitors to Listowel seek out John B Keane’s bar, or the street where another famous writer, Bryan MacMahon, lived.

Mon, 07 May, 2012

Tourism pilot ‘sets the standard’

A PILOT survey of Killarney’s multi-million euro tourism industry may be a model for similar studies in other Irish destinations.

Thu, 20 Jan, 2011

Banville scoops €15k writer’s award at Listowel

BOOKER Prize winner John Banville was further honoured last night when he scooped the top award at Writers’ Week, in Listowel, Co Kerry.

Thu, 03 Jun, 2010

High drama as counties top awards list

GROUPS from Waterford and Clare won the two major awards at the 56th North Cork Drama Festival in Charleville.

Tue, 08 Apr, 2008

Footballing legend mourned

STRIKING tributes were paid yesterday to solicitor and All-Ireland-winning Kerry footballer Garry MacMahon, who died last week after a brief illness.

Mon, 10 Mar, 2008

Protests over Melville exhibit

MEMBERS of Republican Sinn Féin yesterday protested outside the Kerry County Museum in Tralee where an exhibition is being held on William Melville, founder of the British Secret Service.

Wed, 26 Sep, 2007

Orphans brings the house down in north Cork

A POWERFUL production of Lyle Kessler’s play Orphans by Ballyduff Drama Group of west Waterford won the Bryan MacMahon Trophy, the top award in the open competition at the North Cork Drama Festival, now in its 54th year.

Fri, 07 Apr, 2006

Trust to unveil statue of writer

HAVING surmounted planning problems, the North Kerry Literary Trust will unveil a memorial to Listowel writer Bryan MacMahon, on February 12.

Thu, 02 Feb, 2006

‘Forgotten genius’ of theatre

THE work of a long-forgotten Kerry playwright, who has been described as a forerunner of John B Keane and Bryan MacMahon, could be in for a revival following publication of his biography.

Tue, 13 Dec, 2005

Passions run high over statue’s status

THE PROMOTERS of a statue to commemorate the late writer Bryan MacMahon (1909-1998) have appealed a planning decision by Listowel Town Council so they can retain the height of the monument in the interests of “the status of the statue.”

Sat, 02 Jul, 2005

Discretion used in row over town square honour

LISTOWEL Town Council, which recently got into an embarrassing controversy over proposals to honour literary giants Bryan MacMahon and John B Keane, is to adopt a more discreet approach to the issue.

Wed, 11 Jun, 2003

Town doesn’t want to spend a penny

TROUBLED councillors in a Kerry town have found a new way to get flush when calculating the annual spending budget.

Thu, 16 Jan, 2003

All-rounder with a flair for work

JIMMY DEENIHAN got a phone call last month from a sporting colleague who now lives in Scotland to congratulate him for leading an Irish politicians team against a side from the parliament in Edinburgh.

Mon, 06 Jan, 2003

Puzzles hub