The Parish Review: Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

A peer-reviewed open-access academic journal dedicated to the writing, life, and reception of Brian O'Nolan (pseud. Flann O'Brien, Myles na gCopaleen).

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Paul Fagan

Flann O’Brien’s Vibrant Atmospheres

Frank McNally

Art for Flann’s Sake? A Possible Pseudonym for Michael Victor O’Nolan

Joseph Brooker

‘The Play, boy, of the Wet, Stern World’: Flann O’Brien and John Millington Synge

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2025 International Flann O’Brien Society Awards
Posted by Maebh Long on 2025-02-14

It is time to cast your vote in the 2025 International Flann O’Brien Society Awards! Longlist and Nominations Every two years, to coincide with the International Flann O’Brien Society conference, the Society awards two official prizes to the best book-length publication and best essay-length publication on the writing, life, and reception of Brian O'Nolan (pseud. Flann O'Brien, Myles na [...]

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  • Volume 8 • Issue 2 • 2024 • Journal of Flann O’Brien Studies

    Volume 8 • Issue 2 • 2024 • Journal of Flann O’Brien Studies


General Editors: Ruben Borg, Alana Gillespie, Maebh Long
Cover Design: Paul Fagan

Article

'Not quite dead but definitely queer': Flann O'Brien’s Thanatophiliac Characters

'Not quite dead but definitely queer': Flann O'Brien’s Thanatophiliac Characters

Thierry Eric ROBIN

2024-12-29 Volume 8 • Issue 2 • 2024 • Journal of Flann O’Brien Studies

Note

Going Round and Round: In Bruges and The Third Policeman

Going Round and Round: In Bruges and The Third Policeman

Thomas Dilworth

2024-12-30 Volume 8 • Issue 2 • 2024 • Journal of Flann O’Brien Studies

Review

Review of Tobias Harris (host). Radio Myles: The Flann O’Brien Podcast. Birkbeck College, University of London, 2023. 8 episodes. https://radiomyles.com

Review of Tobias Harris (host). Radio Myles: The Flann O’Brien Podcast. Birkbeck College, University of London, 2023. 8 episodes. https://radiomyles.com

Zan Cammack

2024-12-30 Volume 8 • Issue 2 • 2024 • Journal of Flann O’Brien Studies

  • Volume 6 • Issue 2 • 2022 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

    Volume 6 • Issue 2 • 2022 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

  • Volume 6 • Issue 1 • 2022 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

    Volume 6 • Issue 1 • 2022 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

  • Volume 5 • Issue 2 • 2021 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

    Volume 5 • Issue 2 • 2021 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

  • Volume 5 • Issue 1 • 2021 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

    Volume 5 • Issue 1 • 2021 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

  • Volume 4 • Issue 2 • 2020 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

    Volume 4 • Issue 2 • 2020 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

  • Volume 4 • Issue 1 • 2018 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

    Volume 4 • Issue 1 • 2018 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

  • Volume 3 • Issue 2 • 2016 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

    Volume 3 • Issue 2 • 2016 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

  • Volume 3 • Issue 1 • 2015 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

    Volume 3 • Issue 1 • 2015 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

  • Volume 2 • Issue 2 • 2014 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

    Volume 2 • Issue 2 • 2014 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

  • Volume 2 • Issue 1 • 2013 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

    Volume 2 • Issue 1 • 2013 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

  • Volume 1 • Issue 2 • 2013 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

    Volume 1 • Issue 2 • 2013 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

  • Volume 1 • Issue 1 • 2012 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

    Volume 1 • Issue 1 • 2012 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies