This eclectic selection of titles is intended to belie Emma Donoghue’s
quip when she was introduced as the most famous Irish lesbian at
an American Library Association Conference presentation. Her response humorously
highlights
the invisibility of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered Irish.
NONFICTION
Donoghue, Emma.
We Are Michael Field. Bath, Somerset, England : Absolute Press ; New York, N.Y. : Distributed in the United States of America and Canada by Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 1998. (B F457d)
Biography of the aunt and niece who wrote together under the pseudonym of Michael Field.
Foldy, Michael S.
The Trials of Oscar Wilde: Deviance, Morality, and Late-Victorian Society. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997. (828.809 W644fo)
Analyzing the trial testimony and press coverage, the author argues that the conviction of Wilde's acts of gross indecency with men was directly linked to larger social, cultural, and political issues that transcended simple moral concerns about his homosexuality.
Hoogland, Renée C.
Elizabeth Bowen : A Reputation in Writing. New York : New York University Press, 1994. (823. 912 B675h)
Firmly anchored in contemporary theory, Hoogland confirms what was always suspected about adolescence, agency and identity in Bowen's heroines, and places the Anglo-Irish author in a startling context.
McNaught, Brian.
A Disturbed Peace : Selected Writings of an Irish Catholic Homosexual. Washington, DC: Dignity, 1981. (392.6 M232d)
This early primer on reconciling sexual orientation and spirituality became a popular coming out book.
O’Faolain, Nuala.
Almost There: The Onward Journey of a Dublin Woman. (CD McN NF) New York: Simon & Schuster Audio, 2003.
In this memoir (audio CD read by the author) which is a sequel to Are You Somebody? O’ Faolain chronicles her middle age, recalling relationships with both men and women.
Ó Searcaigh, Cathal.
Out in the Open. Indreabhan, Conamara: Clo Iar Chonnaachta, 1997. (891.6214 Os2o)
Cathal Ó Searcaigh, one of Ireland's most distinguished poets, celebrates homosexual love, his native Irish tongue, tradition, and place, in this dual-language, Irish/English collection.
Philpott, Ger.
Deep End. Dublin : Poolbeg, 1995. (B P549a)
The story of a gay relationship ending in the AIDS death of the author’s lover, Paul, in 1983.
NONFICTION
Donoghue, Emma.
We Are Michael Field. Bath, Somerset, England : Absolute Press ; New York, N.Y. : Distributed in the United States of America and Canada by Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 1998. (B F457d)
Biography of the aunt and niece who wrote together under the pseudonym of Michael Field.
Foldy, Michael S.
The Trials of Oscar Wilde: Deviance, Morality, and Late-Victorian Society. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997. (828.809 W644fo)
Analyzing the trial testimony and press coverage, the author argues that the conviction of Wilde's acts of gross indecency with men was directly linked to larger social, cultural, and political issues that transcended simple moral concerns about his homosexuality.
Hoogland, Renée C.
Elizabeth Bowen : A Reputation in Writing. New York : New York University Press, 1994. (823. 912 B675h)
Firmly anchored in contemporary theory, Hoogland confirms what was always suspected about adolescence, agency and identity in Bowen's heroines, and places the Anglo-Irish author in a startling context.
McNaught, Brian.
A Disturbed Peace : Selected Writings of an Irish Catholic Homosexual. Washington, DC: Dignity, 1981. (392.6 M232d)
This early primer on reconciling sexual orientation and spirituality became a popular coming out book.
O’Faolain, Nuala.
Almost There: The Onward Journey of a Dublin Woman. (CD McN NF) New York: Simon & Schuster Audio, 2003.
In this memoir (audio CD read by the author) which is a sequel to Are You Somebody? O’ Faolain chronicles her middle age, recalling relationships with both men and women.
Ó Searcaigh, Cathal.
Out in the Open. Indreabhan, Conamara: Clo Iar Chonnaachta, 1997. (891.6214 Os2o)
Cathal Ó Searcaigh, one of Ireland's most distinguished poets, celebrates homosexual love, his native Irish tongue, tradition, and place, in this dual-language, Irish/English collection.
Philpott, Ger.
Deep End. Dublin : Poolbeg, 1995. (B P549a)
The story of a gay relationship ending in the AIDS death of the author’s lover, Paul, in 1983.
FICTION
Donoghue, Emma.
Stir-fry. New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, 1994. (F Donoghue)
During her first year at University in Dublin, when 17 year-old Maria discovers that her feminist flat mates are lesbians and lovers, she begins questioning her own sexuality.
Hemry, Mark, ed
Chasing Danny Boy: Powerful Stories of Celtic Eros. San Francisco: Palm Drive Pub., 1999. (S880: 2755)
Contemporary Irish, British, and U.S. writers spin twelve new stories celebrating new pro-gay laws and culture while revealing global Irish roots, soul and sexuality.
Jordan, Neil.
The Crying Game. 1992. (VIDEO F CRYI)
An unlikely friendship develops between Fergus, an Irish Republican Army volunteer, and Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in this controversial film written and directed by Neil Jordan
O'Neill, Jamie.
At Swim. New York: Scribner, 2001. (F O'Neill)
This resonant novel transports readers to Dublin in the year preceding the Easter Uprising, a pivotal time in Irish history and in the lives of two very young men from different backgrounds.
Rees, David.
The Hunger. London : GMP, 1986. (F Rees)
An Anglo-Irish relationship in the dreadful years of the Great Famine.
Tóibín, Colm.
The Blackwater Lightship. New York: Scribner, 2000, 1999. (F Toibin)
In 1990s Ireland, Helen waits with a group of friends and family as her brother Declan dies of AIDS in this novel about morals, manners and the clashes of culture and personality.
