The Sisters (short story) The Sisters (short story) "The Sisters" is a short story by James Joyce, the first of a series of short stories called "Dubliners". Originally published in the "Irish Homestead" on 13 August 1904, "The Sisters" was Joyce's first published work of fiction. Joyce later revised the story and had it, along with the rest of the series, published in book form in 1914. ″The Sisters″ gives a portrait of the relationship between a nameless boy and the infirm priest Father Flynn. The priest who has been relieved of his priestly duties has acted as a mentor for the boy in
Irish short story Man". It was in 1905 that Joyce first attempted to get his famous collection of stories "Dubliners" published, and only after many attempts was it published in 1914. Liam O'Flaherty published his first collection, "Spring Sowing", in 1924, depicting the harsh life of his native Aran Islands. Daniel Corkery, "A Munster Twilight" (1916), was the first of a group of writers from County Cork. Seán Ó Faoláin, whose first collection "Midsummer Night Madness", 1932, was another member of this group, as was Frank O'Connor. His first collection was "Guests of the Nation", 1931. The work of this "Cork school" continued