Michael Moynihan: Knowing where to look for Cork’s hidden literary neighbourhoods

Many of Cork’s areas are uniquely identified with particular writers, says Michael Moynihan.

The Church of St. Anne, Shandon, Cork and The Cathedral of St. Mary and St. Anne (aka The North Chapel, The North Cathedral) in bright sunshine on the northside of Cork City. Picture: Larry Cummins.

Greetings and salutations this morning to Professor Chris Morash, who works with a pretty unwieldy title — Seamus Heaney Professor of Irish Writing — but overcame that lengthy handle to deliver a very enjoyable lecture recently.

Prof Morash gave the Fourth Annual Dublin Unesco City of Literature Lecture 2022 (again with the cumbersome titles) but his subject overcame any potential reticence from this viewer: Dublin’s Hidden Literary Neighbourhoods.