Digital Literary Atlas of Ireland,
1922-1949
Welcome to the Digital Literary Atlas of Ireland
Second Edition, edited by Charles Travis & Richard Breen
The usual assumption, when we speak of writers and place, is that the writer stands in some directly expressive or interpretative relationship to the milieu. He or she becomes a voice of the spirit of the region. The writing is infused with the atmosphere, physical and emotional, or a certain landscape or seascape, and while the writer’s immediate purpose may not have any direct bearing upon the regional or national background, the background is sensed as a distinctive element in the work.' - Seamus Heaney The Place of Writing (1989)
This digital atlas provides literary, historical and cartographic perspectives on Ireland from 1922 to 1949 drawn from the works of fourteen Irish writers. This project is based in the Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities and provides visual and textual interactive features for academics and the public at large interested in the intersection of literary culture, local history and Irish geography. Map data is hosted in a geographical information system and is linked to the 'aesthetic landscapes' contained in each writer's various works, within an interactive digital platform.
Timemap of all writers in the database
Learn more about these writers
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Louis MacNeice
Louis MacNeice
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Peadar O'Donnell
Peadar O'Donnell
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Patrick Kavanagh
Patrick Kavanagh
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Forrest Reid
Forrest Reid
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Michael McLaverty
Michael McLaverty
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Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen
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Molly Keane
Molly Keane
Kate O'Brien
Kate O'Brien
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Flann O'Brien
Flann O'Brien
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Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett
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Máirtín Ó Cadhain
Máirtín Ó Cadhain
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John Hewitt
John Hewitt
Austin Clarke
Austin Clarke
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