‘Talk talk talk …’ Virginia Woolf, Ireland and Maria Edgeworth

Many writers and critics, over the years, have cited the Irish propensity to ‘talk’ – a notable, recent example being Brian Friel’s Translations (1980). But certain English writers, notably Virginia Woolf, have adopted a more negative and critical attitude towards Irish articulation perceiving it to be hindrance to literary creativity. Woolf, who visited Ireland only once, from

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• Talk & talk & talk”

  John Nash•Irish Studies Review•2013

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