"Literary Love at Camelot"

Sunday Times, Aug. 22, 2004

by Mark Keenan

(a passage from the article) — The famous Irish writer Ernest Gebler stood at the entrance to his castle — Lakepark House at Roundwood — with his friend, the author JP Donleavy. The pair faced down a “posse” of beefy rugby players led by an angry father who was determined to seize back his errant daughter from Gebler.

The wide-eyed damsel was the 20-year-old Edna O’Brien. Years before she outraged Ireland with her shocking Country Girls trilogy, she incensed her own family by eloping with Gebler, then a fortysomething divorced communist.

Recalling the fearsome stand-off with O’Brien’s father, Donleavy wrote: “We had a pretty violent fight. There were seven of them — her family and Dublin rugby players they had recruited. “There were just the two of us, but Gebler was a tough, strong individual and I had a fierce reputation. We gave them a lesson in good manners.”

Dublin (Lonely Planet Travel Series)

by Fionn Davenport, Martin Hughes - Lonely Planet Publishers, March, 2004 - 272 pages - ISBN 1741040523

JPD and The Ginger Man included.

"JP Donleavy Proclaims a GM-Free Ireland"

GM Watch , May 25, 2004

Article on JPD's opposition to genetic manipulation in agriculture. His farm becomes the first GM-Free farm in Ireland.

To purchase books by J.P. Donleavy, go to the Buyers' Guide.

"Not a GM man"

Irish Examiner - Farming, June 3, 2004

Article on JPD's stand against genetic manipulation in farming. Special thanks to Sean O' Mahony for forwarding this article to the Compendium.

"JP Donleavy and The Ginger Man"

Torn and Frayed, June 26, 2004

Article on JPD.

"Forget Ulysses, here's my top 12 Irish books"

Irish Independent, June 30, 2004

by John Boland. Journalist picks his top 12 Irish books. The Ginger Man is number seven on the list. Special thanks to Sean O' Mahony for forwarding this article to the Compendium.

Read the list.

"The Spice of Life"

The Guardian - Review, June 26, 2004

In-depth article on JPD by James Campbell.

Read the article.

"Art of the interview may be dying, as writer laments, or maybe it just changed venues "

The San Francisco Chronicle - August 24, 2004

Article by David Kipen regarding Lawrence Grobel's book "The Art of the Interview." JPD wrote the introduction to the book and also appears in the Chronicle article.

"The Week's Best Books"

Publishers Weekly (daily for booksellers) October 19, 2004

A pick of six best books by Jay McInerney which includes The Ginger Man, Grove Edition.

The Films of George Roy Hill

by Andrew Horton; Contributor, Paul Newman - McFarland & Co., 2004 - ISBN 0786419318

JPD included (was a close friend of Hill).

"Artists who have claimed tax exemption to be 'outed'"

Sunday Times, Feb. 27, 2005.

by Andrew Bushe. JPD included in article.

Richard Harris: Sex, Death and the Movies

by Michael Feeney Callan - Robson Books, March 1, 2005 - ISBN 1681057660

In this biography by Callan, Harris's beginning as an professional actor is discussed. Harris played Sebastian Dangerfield in the world premiere of the stage version of The Ginger Man, which won rave reviews in London. See The Ginger Man Plays for more.

"Longer, Tougher but Still Chaotically Charming"

The Observer, March 20, 2005

Will Buckley includes JPD and The Ginger Man in this article.

ireland's most wanted

by Brian M. Thomsen | Potomic Books, wraps, March 2005, 304 pages

Section on JPD and The Ginger Man.

"Ireland Unleashed "

Smithsonian Magazine , March, 2005

by Joseph A. Harriss.

Includes JPD.

All American Theatre: The Story of Westport Country Playhouse 1931-2005

by Richard Somerset-Ward, Introduction by Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward.
Yale University Press, May 15, 2005 - ISBN 030010483

JPD included.

"US university negotiating to buy literary archive of Donleavy work"
and "JP Donleavy: his life and times"

The Irish Times, May 20, 2005

Two articles in the same spread. Archive article by Ruadhán Mac Eoin. Life and times article by Belinda McKeon.

Read the article by Ruadhán Mac Eoin.

Read the article by Belinda McKeon.

"Iconic man of letters"

Irish Examiner, May 21, 2005

Article by John Daly

Read the article.

"Of Manners and Men"

The Independent, June 2, 2005

JPD included in an article by Charles Nevin.

"On the Bookshelf: Inspired Reading"

Washintonian, Sept. 1, 2005.

by William O'Sullivan.

JPD and The Ginger Man included.

"The Ginger Man Celebrates Its Eponym"

The New York Sun, October 31, 2005

Article by Gary Shapiro.

Read the article.

"Irish Abroad: 20 Great Books"

Irish America Magazine, Nov., 2005

by Tom Deignan.

The Ginger Man in the list of 20 great books.

"Archives: 2005"

Philadelphia Weekly , Dec. 14, 2005

Article about The Ginger Man by Fergie

"Guardian Books of the Year 2005"

Guardian Unlimited, December 31, 2005

Regular contributors list their choices for best book of the year. Ronald Haak, Cork, Ireland picks Wrong Information is Being Given Out at Princeton by JPD.

"JP Donleavy retrospective to open soon"

The Irish Times January 7, 2006

Article about Donleavy's 2006 Dublin art show at the Molesworth Gallery(see JPD Artist for details) by John Armstrong. Special thanks to Sean O' Mahony for sending this article.

Read the article.

"JP Goes to Hollywood"

The Independent IE, January 21, 2006

Article/interview