Irish Literature from the North - The Rediscover Northern Ireland programme

American interest in the works of Northern Irish Literature should increase around St Patrick's day this year with the launch of The Rediscover Northern Ireland programme in Washington. The are hoping that over one million visitors will come see the event and increase interest in the poetry, prose and theatre of such Northern Irish writers as: Seamus Deane, Anne Devlin, Brian Friel, Seamus Heaney, Louis MacNeice, Derek Mahon, Medbh McGuckian, and Paul Muldoon.

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