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

Michael O’Shaughnessy

Illustrating the Works of Flann O’Brien: An Interview with Michael O’Shaughnessy

Paul Fagan

‘Cultural Affairs’: A Newly Discovered Myles na Gopaleen Article

Joseph LaBine

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

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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 [...]

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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

Articles

'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

‘Our own good Editor’: Brian O’Nolan, Niall Montgomery and the Drafts of the Cruiskeen Lawn

‘Our own good Editor’: Brian O’Nolan, Niall Montgomery and the Drafts of the Cruiskeen Lawn

Maebh Long, Jessie Burnette and Marie Theunisz

2025-07-03 Volume 8 • Issue 2 • 2024 • Journal of Flann O’Brien Studies

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‘Cultural Affairs’: A Newly Discovered Myles na Gopaleen Article

‘Cultural Affairs’: A Newly Discovered Myles na Gopaleen Article

Paul Fagan

2025-06-18 Volume 8 • Issue 2 • 2024 • Journal of Flann O’Brien Studies • 1–23

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 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 • 1–6

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

  • 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

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    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