Critical attention has been paid recently to the Irish short story with the publishing of three major books: A Companion to the British and Irish Short Story (2008), A History of the Irish Short Story (2011), and the collection of essays The Irish Short Story: Traditions and Trends (2015). In addition, the critical journal Journal of the Short Story in English has published special issues on Irish-American short stories, John McGahern, as well as the twenty-first-century Irish short story.
