Ravelling'A beautifully observed portrait of five young men growing up on the edge of Dublins underworld' The Guardian An Irish Times Most Anticipated Book of 2024 SET IN DUBLINS LIBERTIES, Estelle Birdys explosively original debut Ravelling channels the energies and agonies of young men let loose in the city, their city, navigating the tumultuous trajectory of youth and young manhood, where they balance their hopes with the harsh realities of their present.

became a bestseller

passionate woman

born into Edwardian Dublin

Power declares

in the course of just a few hours

and the rich legacy of Franciscan art and architecture inscribed in sculptures and buildings across the countryside

Wordsworth

He was a professor of Celtic languages and translatedÊThe Life of Colman of LynnÊin 1911

He is finally carried to his grave in 1922 by Oliver Gogarty and Arthur Griffith

and from prose style to the art of trespass

he studies the locals and the land

is denounced as a ‘slut