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).

Featured Articles

Katherine Ebury

New Contexts for Confession: Brian O’Nolan, Golden Age Crime Fiction, & Theodor Reik

Joseph LaBine

‘Information, Please’: Brian O’Nolan and the Radio

Jessie Burnette

'better in his grave than in that bed': The Construction of Rest in Flann O’Brien’s At Swim-Two-Birds

Volume 8 • Issue 1 • 2024 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

General Editors: Ruben Borg, Paul Fagan, Maebh Long
Cover Design: Paul Fagan
Cover image: Detail from John Constable, Seascape Study with Rain Cloud (Rainstorm over the Sea) (1828, oil on paper)

Articles

Milesian Rewritings of the Annunciation to the Virgin in ‘The Martyr’s Crown’ via Petronius, Dante, and Shakespeare

Milesian Rewritings of the Annunciation to the Virgin in ‘The Martyr’s Crown’ via Petronius, Dante, and Shakespeare

Dieter Fuchs

2024-05-27 Volume 8 • Issue 1 • 2024 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies • 1-19

Flann O’Brien’s Vibrant Atmospheres

Flann O’Brien’s Vibrant Atmospheres

Paul Fagan

2024-08-15 Volume 8 • Issue 1 • 2024 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies • 1–24

Note

On Thooleramawns, Thullabawns, and Gawshkogues: The Role of Hiberno-English in Myles na gCopaleen’s Lexicon of Libel

On Thooleramawns, Thullabawns, and Gawshkogues: The Role of Hiberno-English in Myles na gCopaleen’s Lexicon of Libel

Frank McNally

2024-06-01 Volume 8 • Issue 1 • 2024 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

At Swim-Two-Books: In Search of the Second State of At Swim-Two-Birds

At Swim-Two-Books: In Search of the Second State of At Swim-Two-Birds

Pádraig Ó Méalóid

2024-07-16 Volume 8 • Issue 1 • 2024 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

Review

Review of Ethical Crossroads in Literary Modernism (2023), edited by Katherine Ebury, Bridget English, and Matthew Fogarty

Review of Ethical Crossroads in Literary Modernism (2023), edited by Katherine Ebury, Bridget English, and Matthew Fogarty

Hadas Wagner

2024-08-10 Volume 8 • Issue 1 • 2024 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

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Latest News Posts

An Fód Dúchais: Home, Heritage and Origins
Posted by Ruben Borg on 2024-10-05

An Fód Dúchais: Home, Heritage and Origins The 8th International Flann O’Brien Conference Alley Arts & Conference Centre, Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland 24-27th June 2025   Following successful conferences in Cluj (2023); Boston (2022); Dublin (2019); Salzburg (2017); Prague (2015); Rome (2013); Vienna (2011), The 8th International Flann O’Brien Conference will convene in Strabane, [...]

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