Person: Percy Bysshe Shelley

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

<p>Arbutus Island, County Kerry. Picture: Dan MacCarthy</p>

outdoors

Islands of Ireland: Kerry's Arbutus Island came in for high praise from romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelly

The island is named for the 'strawberry tree' which grows in Cork, Kerry and Sligo as well as the Mediterranean

Ophelia bombarded us but Shelley’s leaves clung on

racing

A symbolic day as Gordon Elliott shines while Willie Mullins toils

travel

Italian beach resort Viareggio is a real gem under the Tuscan sun

news

Leaving Cert: Poets line up nicely as Paul Durcan pleases plenty

property

Starter homes: Sunday’s Well, Cork €130,000

How Byron’s challenge led to Dr Frankenstein

I Frankenstein, an action fantasy thriller based on Kevin Grevioux’s graphic novel, hits the big screen next week. Mary Shelley’s nameless ‘fiend’ is now Adam Frankenstein, played by Aaron Eckhart.

Fri, 24 Jan, 2014

Poetry was an emotional and spiritual salve for tubercular physician Keats

John Keats

Sat, 10 Nov, 2012

Adopted birds and changing islands

DISPATCHES, via text messages to this relatively remote Mediterranean island which I am re-visiting, assure me that the young heron which we adopted a fortnight ago is alive, robust and growing in all directions.

Mon, 11 Apr, 2011

Grant boost for university’s 4.3m bid to save Frankenstein manuscripts

THE surviving manuscripts of Mary Shelley’s famous gothic novel Frankenstein could be “saved” in a £3 million (4.3m) bid by Oxford University’s Bodleian Library.

Fri, 12 Dec, 2003