The Listening Zone

The Irish short story and Irish writers have come to appeal to audiences far beyond their shores.

In this second rich selection from CSA, we bring you the comic genius of Le Fanu in The Ghost and the Bonesetter, a slice of Dublin life from the refreshingly original pen of James Joyce, a tale of love and honour from Ireland’s hungry times in The Stolen Sheep, George Moore’s evocative masterpiece about a countryman returning home to Ireland from a slum in The Bowery, and C.E. Montague’s cynical revelations about the dubious methods of English newspapermen covering an Irish Funeral.

These stories - in turn atmospheric, spookily funny, characterful, picturesque and touching - are steeped in the Irish delight in story-telling and cover an intriguing century of Irish city and country life. T.P. McKenna, hailing from near Dublin, first appeared on London’s West End stage in an adaptation of Joyce’s ‘Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man’ playing Cranley and later appeared in the film version. He also starred in the film version of Joyce;s Ulysses and has played many an Irish part over the years on film, stage and television, T.P McKenna is an ideal choice as reader.