In Memoriam: Martin Naughton
Martin Naughton — an Irish businessman, philanthropist, and one of the benefactors for whom the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies is named — passed away on July 3, 2026. He was 87.
News by Kevin Allen
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Book commissioned by Notre Dame partnership is inspiring dialogue about Irish unification
“For and Against a United Ireland,” written by journalists Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride, will be the focus of events in Chicago, New York, Boston, Princeton, and Washington, DC, in March. -
Event with former Irish prime minister showcases how Notre Dame is helping to inform Ireland’s future
Former Taoiseach of Ireland Leo Varadkar spoke at the Keough School of Global Affairs on Feb. 24 with leadership from ARINS (Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South). -
Former Taoiseach of Ireland Leo Varadkar visiting Keough School of Global Affairs as distinguished policy fellow
Varadkar will participate in a public conversation, “ARINS, Ireland and Notre Dame,” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, in The Forum in Jenkins Nanovic Halls. -
Irish Writers Initiative connects Notre Dame with Ireland’s new golden age of fiction
The initiative, funded by the Keough School of Global Affairs’ Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies and the College of Arts & Letters, will bring a prominent writer-in-residence and critic-in-residence to Notre Dame each year. -
Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland Siobhan Keegan talks about life and the law at Notre Dame
The Keough-Naughton Institute and its Clingen Center for the Study of Modern Ireland hosted Keegan as part of the Women in Leadership series. -
45th MacGill Summer School to bring Ireland’s thought leaders together for conversations about our ‘fractured world’
More than 40 scholars, writers, and cultural and political leaders will gather from July 17-19 in a small town in the west of Ireland for the 45th MacGill Summer School.