The Parish Review: Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

The Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies is 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

Brian E Ó Conchubhair

Brian Ó Nualláin and An Gúm

Katherine Ebury

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

Joseph LaBine, Tobias W Harris

John Garvin and Brian O’Nolan in Civil Service: Bureaucratic, Joycean Modernism

  • Volume 7 • Issue 1 • 2023 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

    Volume 7 • Issue 1 • 2023 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies


The latest peer-reviewed articles, reviews, reports, news and notes from the world of Flann O'Brien Studies.

General Editors: Ruben Borg, Paul Fagan, Maebh Long

Cover design: Paul Fagan
Cover image: This image was created with the assistance of DALL·E 2

Article

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

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

Joseph Brooker

2023-09-06 Volume 7 • Issue 1 • 2023 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

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

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

Jessie Burnette

2023-10-30 Volume 7 • Issue 1 • 2023 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

Note

The Curious Problem of Mr Heath; or, An Unfortunate Accretion of Erroneous Assumptions

The Curious Problem of Mr Heath; or, An Unfortunate Accretion of Erroneous Assumptions

Pádraig Ó Méalóid

2023-07-18 Volume 7 • Issue 1 • 2023 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

Drink-Music: The ‘ól’ in Brian Ua Nualláin’s ‘!CEÓL!’ (1932)

Drink-Music: The ‘ól’ in Brian Ua Nualláin’s ‘!CEÓL!’ (1932)

Joseph LaBine and Tobias W Harris

2023-08-24 Volume 7 • Issue 1 • 2023 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

Mylesean Titles: Intertextual Pleasures

Mylesean Titles: Intertextual Pleasures

Patrick O'Neill

2023-10-16 Volume 7 • Issue 1 • 2023 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

Review

Review of 'Flann O’Brien: Acting Out' (2022), edited by Paul Fagan and Dieter Fuchs

Review of 'Flann O’Brien: Acting Out' (2022), edited by Paul Fagan and Dieter Fuchs

Talia Abu

2023-07-10 Volume 7 • Issue 1 • 2023 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Edward O'Kane

In Memoriam: Edward O'Kane

David O'Kane and Marianne O’Kane Boal

2023-06-24 Volume 7 • Issue 1 • 2023 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies • 1–23

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

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

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

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

Latest News Posts

Winners Announced! 2023 International Flann O'Brien Awards
Posted by The Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies on 2023-07-04

Winners Announced! Every two years, to coincide with the International Flann O’Brien Society conference, the Society awards official prizes to the best article/book chapter and best single author or edited monograph on the writing, life, and reception of Brian O'Nolan published over a 2-year period. The 6th Society Awards ceremony took place on Friday 30 June 2023 at the Restaurant Panoramic, at [...]

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