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Faculty Fellow Bob Schmuhl calls American politics “like it invariably is” for the Irish

January 18, 2021

Since 2004, Faculty Fellow Robert Schmuhl has been essential reading and listening in Ireland for analysis and commentary on American presidential politics. His goal? "To tell why it is as it is and what it means.”
Launch of Analysing and Researching Ireland, North and South (ARINS)

January 05, 2021

Analysing and Researching Ireland, North and South (ARINS) provides authoritative, independent, and non-partisan research and analysis about constitutional, institutional, and policy options for the island of Ireland.
Bríona Nic Dhiarmada on the enduring words of W.B. Yeats' "The Second Coming"

November 30, 2020

Listen to a podcast in which Bríona Nic Dhiarmada speaks to the enduring legacy of W.B. Yeats' poem "The Second Coming," published at a time of political polarization and a pandemic.
A new book by Brian Ó Conchubhair celebrates Galway City and its naming as the 2020 European Capital of Culture

November 30, 2020

A new anthology of prose and poetry, "Gaillimh: Díolaim Cathrach," provides an overview of the ways poets and writers interpreted, imagined, and understood Galway City, the capital of Irish-speaking Ireland.
Three Questions with . . . Daniel Carey

November 30, 2020

Daniel Carey, Director of the Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies, NUI Galway, answers "Three Questions." Find out what he is reading, researching, and—during the pandemic—missing.
Three Questions with . . . Sonja Tiernan

November 02, 2020

Sonja Tiernan is the Eamon Cleary Chair of Irish Studies and co-director of the Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Otago, New Zealand. She inaugurates a new series for our website: Three Questions.
Madelyn Lugli: The interdisciplinary lens of Irish Studies

October 07, 2020

Now at Northwestern University as a doctoral student in History, Madelyn Lugli '16 reflects on how the interdisciplinary training she received in Irish Studies fostered an ability to incorporate diverse perspectives into her work.
Clíona Ní Ríordáin's newest book explores a unique generation of poets at University College Cork

September 25, 2020

The newest book of Clíona Ní Ríordáin, Professor of English at the University Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3, explores the factors that gave rise to this unique cohort of Irish poets.
The Institute's signature Speakers and Public Talks Series goes virtual

September 15, 2020

The Institute will offer its signature Speakers and Public Talks Series virtually this semester, with talks on the effects of the global pandemic on the university, immigration in Ireland, and conversations with writers and artists.
"The Role of a Global University in a Global Pandemic" inaugurates a Global Irish Network series

September 10, 2020

The Institute inaugurated the "Global Irish Network" series in a webinar featuring the leaders of three universities facing unprecedented challenges in their teaching, research, and outreach missions during the COVID-19 pa...
Commentary: "We need a hive mind, not a herd mentality"

June 17, 2020

Nessa Cronin, Lecturer in Irish Studies, Centre for Irish Studies, and Associate Director of the Moore Institute, NUI Galway, asks important questions on life after lockdown in a commentary published by the Irish Humanities Alliance: W...
Reflections on the Poetry of Eavan Boland

June 09, 2020

Marie Doyle '21 offers her reflections on encountering the poetry of Eavan Boland (1944-2020) while studying abroad in Notre Dame's program at the National University of Ireland Galway and enrolled in the course "The West in th...
The Keough-Naughton Institute Celebrates the Achievements of its 2020 Irish Studies Minors

June 03, 2020

We celebrate and honor our 2020 Irish Studies Minors: Mary Hope Clark, Anja Renkes, and Jessica Flynn.
The Work of Metaphor in the Coronavirus Pandemic

June 01, 2020

In a piece published by the Irish Humanities Alliance, Professor Daniel Carey, Director of the Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies at the National University of Ireland, Galway, writes abou...
History PhD and Irish Studies Graduate Minor Lauren Jean Wins the ACIS Larkin Dissertation Research Fellowship

May 26, 2020

Lauren Jean, a PhD student in History with an Irish Studies graduate minor, has been awarded the American Conference of Irish Studies’ (ACIS) 2020 Larkin Dissertation Research Fellowship.
Living in Lockdown: Can Literature Help?

May 17, 2020

What can literature offer us during a pandemic? Keough-Naughton Faculty Fellow Barry McCrea, the Donald R. Keough Family Professor of Irish Studies, and Professor of English, Irish Language and Literature, and Romance Languages and Lit...
Report from Spain: The Strictest Lockdown in Europe/Societal Changes Ahead

May 12, 2020

With nearly 27.000 deaths due to COVID-19, Spain has suffered greatly. As the country emerges from lockdown, what are the effects of the virus on Spain's economy and social services? José Brownrigg-Gleeson Martínez, a form...
Faculty Fellow Amy Mulligan Wins the ACIS' Murphy “First Book” Prize for "A Landscape of Words"

May 08, 2020

In her prize-winning A Landscape of Words: Ireland, Britain and the Poetics of Space, 700-1250 (Manchester University Press, 2019), Faculty Fellow Amy Mulligan demonstrates that medieval Irish thinkers and writers possessed a sophisticated consi...
The Arts in Ireland: The Massive Impact of COVID-19

April 29, 2020

With remarkable ingenuity and creativity, arts organizations throughout Ireland have reached out to citizens isolated in their homes. Yet, lacking live audiences and patrons, the COVID-19 pandemic poses an existential threat to the arts. Catheri...
How are Ireland and other European Nations Responding to Reports of Increased Domestic Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic?

April 22, 2020

How are Ireland and other European governments responding to the widespread increase in domestic violence during the global COVID-19 pandemic? Clare O’Hare, a lawyer and doctoral candidate at the University of Notre Dame Law Scho...

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