1918 in Ireland - Arts and Literature

Arts and Literature

  • March - The Telemachus episode of James Joyce's Ulysses is published (in serialised form) in the American journal The Little Review.
  • May 25 - James Joyce's Exiles: a play in three acts is published in London.
  • August - Anglo-Welsh composer Philip Heseltine concludes a year's stay in Ireland with the writing of a number of songs which will be published under the pseudonym Peter Warlock.
  • Francis Ledwidge's poems Last Songs are published posthumously, edited by Lord Dunsany.

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