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The Irish Embassy Book Club

by Kovács Lajosupdated on September 17, 2021September 17, 2021

The Irish Embassy Book Club has been up and running since 2017. Our meetings are friendly and informal with great discussions on books from all genres, selected by our members. The club selects books from contemporary Irish authors as well as enjoying some classics of Irish literature. Irish first novelists besides the classic favourites. We are proud …

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2021 – Synge 150

by Kovács Lajosupdated on September 15, 2021August 17, 2021

J.M. Synge, in full John Millington Synge, (born April 16, 1871, Rathfarnham, near Dublin, Ireland—died March 24, 1909, Dublin), leading figure in the Irish literary renaissance, a poetic dramatist of great power who portrayed the harsh rural conditions of the Aran Islands and the western Irish seaboard with sophisticated craftsmanship.