Contents: Contributors Page Neil Corcoran Discovery of a Lack: History and Ellipsis in Elizabeth Bowen's The Last September [315] Alex Davis 'Wilds to alter, forms to build' : The Writings of Sheila Wingfield [334] Steven Curran 'Could paddy leave off from copying just for five minutes': Brian O'Nolan and Eire's Beveridge Plan [353] Michael W. Thomas Usurping Spiv and Gentry: William Trevor's London [376] Kersti Tarien Trying to Catch Long Lankin by His Arms: The Evolution of John Banville's Long Lankin [386] Patricia Horton 'The Half-Sure Legislator': Romantic Legacies in the Writing of Derek Mahon and Tom Paulin [404] Irene Gilsenan Nordin ' And/ A Green Leaf of Language Comes Twisting Out of Her Mouth' : Eilean Ni Chuillean1iin and the Quest Theme [420] Clare Wallace Tragic Destiny and Abjection in Marina Carr's The Mai, Portia Coughlan and By the Bog of Cats. ..[431] IASIL Bibliography 2000 [450] Philip O'Leary Review Article: Kiberd's Classics [482] Alan Harrison Review Article: Blasket Literature [488] Book Reviews by: Stephen Watt, Terence Brown, Jefferson Holdridge,Tom Garvin, Wanda Balzano, Christina Hunt Mahony, Peter Denman, Brian Arkins, Ronan McDonald [495] List of Books Reviewed [521] Books Received [522]