staying in Ireland and writing out of their experience of it, they have had to [deal with] a period of radical change and unsettlement" on the island, observes O'Toole, a columnist for the Iris11 Times. Their work, as a result, has aroused international in- terest in modern Ireland.
For artists from the North, such as Brian Friel (who lives in rural Donegal) and fellow play- wright Frank McGuinness (Someone Who'll Watch Over Me), dealing with change 'lias meant facing up to the traumas of...