Christine Kinealy, Professor of History and Director of Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute, will provide insights into the four months Frederick Douglass spent in Ireland in 1845 with attention to his belief that the cause of the slave was the cause of the oppressed everywhere.
On February 11, Faculty Fellow Bríona Nic Dhiarmada, the Thomas J. & Kathleen M. O'Donnell Professor of Irish Studies, joined Bono and other distinguished guests at the United Nations for the launch of Ireland's "Drive for 5" campaign, a global campaign that supports and advocates for the education of adolescent girls.
Notre Dame will expand its study of Ireland and its place in the world with the creation of a center to study modern Ireland, made possible by a leadership gift from Brian and Deidre Clingen.
