1914 in Ireland - Arts and Literature

Arts and Literature

  • February
    • James Joyce's semi-autobiographical novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man commences serialization in The Egoist (London).
    • Lord Dunsany's collection Five Plays is published in London.
  • June - James Joyce's Dubliners, a collection of fifteen short stories depicting the Irish middle classes in and around Dublin during the early 20th century, is published in London.

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