{"id":7550,"date":"2026-03-16T20:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T20:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/?p=7550"},"modified":"2026-03-17T03:13:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T03:13:02","slug":"irish-literature-for-st-patricks-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/2026\/03\/16\/irish-literature-for-st-patricks-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Literature for St. Patrick&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paul Mescal - Poetry Ireland 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FEtqjPkrhcw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FEtqjPkrhcw?si=0msnkFtmHXHC-mMY\">Actor Paul Mescal reading the poem &#8220;Everything is Going to Be Alright&#8221;<\/a> by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poets\/derek-mahon\">Irish poet Derek Mahon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>L\u00e1 Fh\u00e9ile P\u00e1draig sona daoibh<\/em>! Happy St. Patrick&#8217;s Day to you! For this national holiday, we invite you to enjoy rich contemporary literature from today&#8217;s Ireland.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/csu-un.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CALS_UNO\/1kfpl9h\/alma991012762208602914\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7597\" src=\"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Front_cover_of_The_Lost_Bookshop_by_Evie_Woods-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"book cover of The Lost Bookshop depicting a bookshelf decorated with a plant and miniature cottage\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Front_cover_of_The_Lost_Bookshop_by_Evie_Woods-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Front_cover_of_The_Lost_Bookshop_by_Evie_Woods.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>For a charming, transporting, magical journey between Dublin, London, and Paris, between the 1920s and the 2020s, try <em>The Lost Bookshop<\/em> by Evie Woods. This literacy mystery is waiting to be unlocked by readers of wit and romance. Print <a href=\"https:\/\/csu-un.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CALS_UNO\/1kfpl9h\/alma991012762208602914\">copy available for checkout<\/a> from the 1st floor Bestsellers Collection, call number PR6123.O537 L6 2024<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/csu-un.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CALS_UNO\/1kfpl9h\/alma991012813608902914\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7587 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/intermezzo-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"book cover of Intermezzo showing a chess board\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/intermezzo-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/intermezzo.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a>Intermezzo<\/em>, the latest, emotionally riveting novel from Sally Rooney explores family relationships, loss, how to live with chronic pain, and how to find joy in this transporting, present prose. Print <a href=\"https:\/\/csu-un.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CALS_UNO\/1kfpl9h\/alma991012813608902914\">copy available for checkout<\/a> from the 2nd floor Gohstand Reading Room, call number PR6118.O59 I58 2024<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/csu-un.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CALS_UNO\/1kfpl9h\/alma991012804308502914\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7590\" src=\"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/LongIsland-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"book cover of Long Island\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/LongIsland-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/LongIsland.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>For a story of Irish immigrants to America, try <em>Long Island<\/em> by Colm T&oacute;ib&iacute;n, about unfulfilled longings and the bonds that can be restored. Print <a href=\"https:\/\/csu-un.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CALS_UNO\/1kfpl9h\/alma991012620404202914\">copy available for checkout<\/a> from the 2nd floor Gohstand Reading Room, call number PR6070.O455 L66 2024<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/csu-un.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CALS_UNO\/1kfpl9h\/alma991012829007402914\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7595\" src=\"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/rothistory-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"book cover of Rot with photograph of potatoes\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/rothistory-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/rothistory.jpg 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a>To understand why and when the largest wave of Irish immigrants arrived in North America, try <em>Rot: An Imperial History of the Irish Famine.\u00a0<\/em>This rigorous, grim investigation details the tragedy of Irish history that cast a shadow over a century long. Print <a href=\"https:\/\/csu-un.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CALS_UNO\/1kfpl9h\/alma991012829007402914\">copy available for checkout<\/a> on the 3rd floor, stack 9, call number DA950.7 .S34 2025<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7601\" src=\"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/NinePlays-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/NinePlays-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/NinePlays.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/> A literary history is explored through <em>Nine Irish Plays for Voices<\/em>, original scripts written by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poets\/eamon-grennan\">poet Eamon Grennan<\/a>. These plays, originally staged in Connemara in 2009-2021, are for only one or two actors.\u00a0 They reimagine famed Irish work by poet W.B. Yeats, playwright J.M. Synge, and novelist James Joyce, as well as events like the Famine and emigration. <a href=\"https:\/\/www-jstor-org.libproxy.csun.edu\/stable\/j.ctv34kc6mz\">Full text available online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Actor Paul Mescal reading the poem &#8220;Everything is Going to Be Alright&#8221; by the Irish poet Derek Mahon L\u00e1 Fh\u00e9ile P\u00e1draig sona daoibh! Happy&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/2026\/03\/16\/irish-literature-for-st-patricks-day\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Irish Literature for St. Patrick&#8217;s Day<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":7581,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reading-2","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7550"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7606,"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7550\/revisions\/7606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}