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

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

Latest News Posts

2025 International Flann O’Brien Society Awards Shortlist Announced!
Posted by The International Flann O’Brien Society on 2025-04-13

Sincere thanks to all who voted in the 2025 International Flann O’Brien Society Awards. The votes have been tallied and we are now delighted to announce the shortlisted candidates.  Based on the public votes, there are 3 shortlisted nominees in the Best Book category, and 5 shortlisted nominees for Best Article. The winners will be chosen from the shortlists by impartial judges appointed from [...]

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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

Review of Flann O’Brien and the Nonhuman: Environments, Animals, Machines, edited by Katherine Ebury, Paul Fagan and John Greaney (Cork: Cork University Press, 2024)

Review of Flann O’Brien and the Nonhuman: Environments, Animals, Machines, edited by Katherine Ebury, Paul Fagan and John Greaney (Cork: Cork University Press, 2024)

Jessie Burnette

2025-03-24 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