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)

Article

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

2024-08-09 Volume 8 • Issue 1 • 2024 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

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Latest News Posts

Maebh Long Announced as New President of the International Flann O’Brien Society
Posted by The Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies on 2024-09-05

The International Flann O’Brien Society is delighted to announce the appointment of Maebh Long (University of Waikato) as the society’s new President. Dr Long is the author of the award-winning Assembling Flann O'Brien, the editor of the award-winning Collected Letters of Flann O'Brien, and a general editor of The Parish Review: Journal of Flann O’Brien Studies. Everyone at IFOBS would like to [...]

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