Irish critics were particularly critical of Bulter's Irish accent.

CRH's Irish critics think it has certainly materialized there.

Irish critics, accustomed to the higher-flown raptures of so many great Irish writers, had their doubts.

"The Irish critics were equally split on 'Lughnasa,' " he continues.

Irish critics got a look at the work of a tousled young (25) man named Paddy Swift and tossed their caps in the air.

Denis Donoghue (born 1928) is an Irish literary critic.

So, how do you feel about the hostile reception given to your play, especially by Irish critics?

Vivian Mercier (1919 - 1989) was an Irish literary critic.

In the past, some Irish critics, she says, have been "really insulting and hard on me."

Some Irish critics see the book as accelerating Ireland's process of understanding itself.