''Dark Lies the Island'' is the second short story collection by Irish writer

Kevin Barry Kevin Gerard Barry (20 January 1902 – 1 November 1920) was an Irish Republican Army (IRA) soldier who was executed by the British Government during the Irish War of Independence. He was sentenced to death for his part in an attack upon a Bri ...

. His previous short story collection, ''There Are Little Kingdoms'', won the

Rooney Prize for Irish Literature The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature was created in 1976 by the Irish American businessman Dan Rooney, owner and chairman of the NFL Pittsburgh Steelers franchise and former US Ambassador to Ireland. The prize is awarded to Irish writers aged ...

. It was shortlisted for the

Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award __NOTOC__ The Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award—named in honour of Frank O'Connor, who devoted much of his work to the form—was an international literary award presented for the best short story collection. It was presented bet ...

. Barry also wrote the script for a film of the same title about "characters in a long standing family feud in a small Irish town", it was released in October 2019

References

2012 short story collections Irish short story collections Works by Kevin Barry (author) Jonathan Cape books {{2010s-story-collection-stub