Contents
Editors' Notes [3] ‘William Orpen Reconsidered’, by John Turpin [7] ‘A. V. Dicey and the Destruction of Parnell’, by Trowbridge H. Ford [17] ‘Glory and Shadow: AE's Supernatural Imagery’, by William Daniels [46] ‘Joyce and the Dublin Theosophists: "Vegetable Verse" and Story’, by Bonnie Kime Scott [54] ‘"Hoarder of the Common Ground": Tradition and Ritual in Seamus Heaney's Poetry’, by Arthur E. McGuinness [71] Appréciation ‘Jeremiah Curtin: American Pioneer in Irish Folklore’, by Maureen Murphy [93] Current Themes ‘ The Great 50-Mile Debate’, by Seán O'Donnell [104] ‘Language Report: First Quarter, 1978’, by Nollaig Ó Gadhra [107] Books and Authors ‘The Playboy of the Western World’, by Arthur Nethercot [114] ‘Herbert Trench's Deirdre Wedded (1901): Neglect Merited’, by Herbert V. Fackler [120] Book Reviews [127] Notes and Queries [158] Cover Note [45]