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The usual assumption, when we speak of writers and place, is that the writer stands in some directly expressive or interpretative relationship to the milieu. He or she becomes a voice of the spirit of the region. The writing is infused with the atmosphere, physical and emotional, or a certain landscape or seascape, and while the writer’s immediate purpose may not have any direct bearing upon the regional or national background, the background is sensed as a distinctive element in the work.'

- Seamus Heaney The Place of Writing (1989)

Learn more about these writers

Frank O'Connor

Louis MacNeice

Peadar O'Donnell

Patrick Kavanagh

Forrest Reid

Michael McLaverty

Elizabeth Bowen

Molly Keane

Kate O'Brien

Flann O'Brien

Samuel Beckett

Máirtín Ó Cadhain

John Hewitt

Austin Clarke

This Digital Atlas provides literary, historical and cartographic perspectives on Ireland from 1922 to 1949 drawn from the works of fourteen Irish writers. This project is based in the Trinity Long Room Hub at the University of Dublin and provides interactive mapping and timeline features for academics and the public at large interested in the intersection of Irish literary culture, history and geography. Using the pan feature of the Timemap below, one can scroll to significant dates and places featured in this digital atlas. For a more detailed glimpse of period and place click on the link below, or one of the writer's faces above.

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILED 1922-1949 TIMELINE AND MAP

For Optimum Atlas Performance Download GOOGLE EARTH to Your Computer and View in GOOGLE CHROME

Ordnance Survey Map Images Digitized from the Trinity College Glucksman Map Library Collection

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TIMEMAP