Editorial Staff: Lawrence O'Shaughnessy, Seán McMahon, Eóin McKiernan

Contents
Editors’ Notes [3] ‘A View of the Irish in America: 1887’, by Arthur Mitchell [7] ‘Bás Nó Beatha?’, by Deasún Breatnach [13] ‘Yeats and Irish in the Theatre’, by Oliver Snoddy [39] ‘"Eveline": Joyce's Affirmation of Ireland’, by E. San Juan, Jr [46] ‘The Structural Craftsmanship of J. M. Synge's Riders to the Sea’, by Paul M. Levitt [53] ‘Samuel Beckett: Dramatic Tradition and the Auslander’, by Thomas E. Porter, S.J. [62] ‘Christ and Cuchulain: Interrelated Archetypes of Divinity and Heroism in Yeats’, by Janet Frank Egelson [76] ‘The Poetry of Thomas Kinsella’, by Robin Skelton [86] Appréciation ‘Landlords’ Ireland’, by Pádraic Colum [109] Current Themes ‘The Irish Art Scene’, by Anthony Butler [114] ‘Ecumenical Chronicle’, by Séan Mac Réamoinn and John Horgan [117] ‘The Opera in Ireland: Actual and Potential’, by Charles Acton [121] Books and Authors ‘Eagle of the Empty Eyrie’, by Seán McMahon [138] Reviews [152] Notes and Queries [157] Our Contributors [159]