UCD Library Collection Spotlight: The Irish Short Story

A monthly online and print display highlighting our collections

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RTE news story on Colin Barrett winning the 2014 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award for his short story collection Young Skins.

Focus on Colin Barrett, author of Young Skins

Colin Barrett's debut collection of short stories,Young Skins, has already won many awards in 2014. These include the Guardian First Book Award, the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, and the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award.

Barrett was born in Mayo in 1982.

Short Story Collections

UCD library holds an extensive range of short story collections and anthologies by Irish writers. Check OneSearch for more. Some of the books currently on our Spotlight display are below:

The Granta Book of the Irish Short Story by Anne Enright (Editor)
Call Number: 823.08 IR ENR
ISBN: 9781847080974
Publication Date: 2011-03-01
Young Skins by Colin Barrett
Call Number: 823 IR BAR
ISBN: 9781906539276
Publication Date: 2014
My Oedipus Complex and Other Stories by Frank O'Connor
Call Number: 823 IR OCO
ISBN: 9780141187877
Publication Date: 2005
Antarctica by Claire Keegan
Call Number: 823 IR KEE
ISBN: 9780571203468
Publication Date: 2000
William Trevor - Collected Stories by William Trevor
Call Number: 823 IR TRE
ISBN: 9780140232455
Publication Date: 1993-12-01
Dark Lies the Island by Kevin Barry
Call Number: 823 IR BAR
ISBN: 9781555976880
Publication Date: 2015-04-07
Selected Stories of Sean O'Faolain by Seán Ó'Faoláin
Call Number: 823 IR O'FA
ISBN: 9780316632850
Publication Date: 1978-01-01
Town and Country: New Irish Short Stories by Kevin Barry, ed.
Call Number: 823.08 IR BAR
ISBN: 9780571297047
Publication Date: 2013