‘The Green Fool’ by Patrick Kavanagh

Once again I return to Irish writing in the middle of the twentieth century with Patrick Kavanagh's first novel The Green Fool. Now it is no secret that I am a fan of Kavanagh's poetry but having read both of his novels I think it's safe to say I am now also a fan of …

‘Tarry Flynn’ by Patrick Kavanagh

Primarily I knew Patrick Kavanagh and I would guess to many other people as first and foremost a poet. I was already a fan of his wonderful poetic works which captures the heart of man caught between urban and rural, history and modernity in mid century Ireland. I had always been vaguely aware that he …