The Parish Review: Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

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

Volume 9 • Issue 2 • 2025 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

General Editors: Ruben Borg, Alana Gillespie, Maebh Long

Cover image: Erskine Nicol, ‘Groves O’Blarney’ (1855), NGI.2008.88. Courtesy of the National Gallery of Ireland.

Cover design: Maebh Long

Articles

Cross-Genre Reflections on Brian O’Nolan in Paul Muldoon’s 'Le Flanneur'

Calista McRae

2026-01-12 Volume 9 • Issue 2 • 2025 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies • 1–22

'What goes on on the shrapnel-pocked crust of H.M. Mother Earth': Brian O’Nolan and the Second World War

Aoibh Crimmins

2026-02-10 Volume 9 • Issue 2 • 2025 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies • 1–25

Inflated Egos and Tyrannical Windbags: R.M. Smyllie, Erwin Schroedinger, and the Sin of Pride in The Third Policeman

José Lanters

2026-02-11 Volume 9 • Issue 2 • 2025 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies • 1–22

Note

Flann O'Brien and Social Media

Rosemary Jenkinson

2026-01-19 Volume 9 • Issue 2 • 2025 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies • 1–8

Review

Review of Myles na gCopaleen agus Flann O’Brien: An Saol Bocht by Brian Ó Conchubhair (Leabhar Breac, 2025)

Jonathan Eric O'Neill

2026-01-27 Volume 9 • Issue 2 • 2025 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies • 1–5

Report

‘The Handiwork of Wisdom’: ‘Re-Homing’ Brian O’Nolan at the 8th International Flann O’Brien Conference in Strabane

Dominic Harkin

2026-01-25 Volume 9 • Issue 2 • 2025 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies • 1–9

In Memoriam

In Memoriam: BREANDÁN Ó CONAIRE, comhghleacaí agus scoláire

Alan Titley

2026-01-14 Volume 9 • Issue 2 • 2025 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies • 1–6

Featured Articles

Tobias W Harris, Joseph LaBine

Flann O’Brien and the Irish ‘Radio-Mind,’ 1926-1976

Paul Fagan

H. L. Morrow and Brian O’Nolan on Radio Éireann

Elliott Mills

Playing the Game: Brian O’Nolan’s Broadcast Media Positions

Latest News Posts

Winners of 2025 Flann O'Brien Awards Announced!

Posted by International Flann O'Brien Society on 2025-06-30

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 Society Awards ceremony took place on Wednesday 25 June at the opening ceremony of ‘An Fód [...]