1992 in Ireland - Arts and Literature

Arts and Literature

  • September 23 - The Irish Film Institute opens the Irish Film Centre in Dublin.
  • Vincent Woods' play At the Black Pig's Dyke is performed by the Druid Theatre Company.
  • Samuel Beckett's first novel, Dream of Fair to Middling Women, is finally published.
  • Maeve Binchy's novel The Copper Beech is published.
  • Eugene McCabe's novel Death and Nightingales is published.
  • Patrick McCabe's novel The Butcher Boy is published.
  • Colm Tóibín's novel The Heather Blazing is published.

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