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The 2022 MacGill Summer School explores the theme: "The Destruction of Ukraine & its People: The Fallout for Mankind"

August 18, 2022

Organized in association with the Clingen Family Center for the Study of Modern Ireland, the theme of this year's MacGill Summer School was "The Destruction of Ukraine & its People: The Fallout for Mankind."
Three Questions with . . . Clíona Ní Ríordáin

July 26, 2022

Read about the life and scholarship of Clíona Ní Ríordáin, University Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3, who will deliver the 2022 Breandán Ó Buachalla Memorial Lecture on Friday 26 August.
Shinjini Chattopadhyay, English PhD 2022 with an Irish studies minor, and contributor to the newly launched The Book About Everything

June 27, 2022

Shinjini Chattopadhyay ('22 PhD English) explores whether 1904 Dublin and modern-day Kolkata are "doubles" in the newly published The Book About Everything, edited by Declan Kiberd, Enrico Terrinoni, and Catherine Wilsdon.
Global Ulysses Dublin: 14 June - 16 June/Launch of The Book About Everything

June 03, 2022

Join us in Dublin for the finale of the three-city Global Ulysses conference, with contributors to a new book on this epic novel: The Book About Everything, edited by Declan Kiberd, Enrico Terrinoni, and Catherine Wilsdon.
Celebrating our 2022 Undergraduate Award Winners: Shea Murphy and Moira Bartlett

May 24, 2022

Irish Studies award winner Shea Murphy will continue her studies in Irish history at the University of Cambridge; Irish Language and Literature award winner Moira Bartlett is headed to NYU's master's program in Irish studies.
Notre Dame's GAA Club wins Nationals in Gaelic football!

May 23, 2022

In April, the Notre Dame Gaelic Athletic Association competed in its first-ever Nationals in Orlando, Florida—winning the national title in Gaelic football and placing second in hurling.
Reflections on this month’s “Beckett Confined” Festival at the University of Liverpool: The perverse but powerful effect of Samuel Beckett’s drama

May 11, 2022

Hope was the overarching sentiment expressed by theater-goers who, just this week, experienced the staging of five Samuel Beckett plays at the University of Liverpool, at a festival at which the Institute was a co-sponsor.
Three Questions with . . . Etain Tannam

April 25, 2022

This month's installment of "Three Questions" features Etain Tannam, Associate Professor International Peace Studies, Trinity College Dublin, who is an expert on cross-border cooperation and British-Irish relations.
New anthology of Irish poetry offers ‘underground perspective’ on history and culture of Ireland

March 18, 2022

“Bone and Marrow,” edited by Prof. Brian Ó Conchubhair and Sam Fisher (PhD Notre Dame), uses poetry to trace Irish history from the 6th century to the present day and is the first anthology of its kind since the 1980s.
Ulysses Goes Global: Notre Dame celebrates 100 years of James Joyce’s masterpiece

March 13, 2022

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the publication of James Joyce's Ulysses, the Institute has launched a series of talks in Rome, Paris, and Dublin . . . all cities in which the novel was conceived, written, and celebrated.
Three Questions with . . . Stephen O'Neill

February 23, 2022

Stephen O'Neill (NEH Fellow 2019-2020), whose research explores the cultural construction of statehood after the establishment of partition in Ireland, is now organizing the conference "100 Years of Self-Determination" at the IMMA.
"Pictures at an Exhibition": Notre Dame's Celebration of the Centenary of James Joyce's Ulysses

February 14, 2022

On February 9th, the Keough-Naughton Institute collaborated with the Hesburgh Libraries to commemorate and celebrate the centenary of James Joyce's Ulysses, often considered the most important novel of the 20th century.
Three Questions with . . . Frank Shovlin

January 28, 2022

Frank Shovlin, University of Liverpool, is the editor of The Letters of John McGahern, published to critical acclaim in Fall 2021. Discover his newest book project, what he is reading, and how he is emerging from the pandemic.
Students embrace new offerings in Irish music and dance, along with all-campus céilí dances

January 21, 2022

With swelling enrollments in music and dance course offerings, the Department of Irish Language and Literature will hold two all-campus céilí dances this term: February 24 and March 31, La Fortune Ballroom.
Gary Murphy's new book: "Haughey"

January 05, 2022

Gary Murphy, Professor of Politics in the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University, and twice a visiting fellow at the Keough-Naughton Institute, has published a long-awaited biography of the Fianna Fáil politician Charles Haughey.
Sonja Tiernan's new book: "Irish Women's Speeches: Voices that Rocked the System"

December 03, 2021

Sonja Tiernan's new book is a record of women who, as Mary Robinson noted in her presidential acceptance speech, “instead of rocking the cradle, rocked the system."
Three Questions with . . . José Brownrigg-Gleeson Martínez

November 05, 2021

An NEH fellow at the Institute in the 2017-2018 year, Dr. Brownrigg-Gleeson is exploring the role the Hispanic world played in shaping Irish attitudes towards colonialism, empire, and modernity during the first half of the 19th century.
Profile: Alexa McCall, History PhD and Irish Studies graduate minor

November 02, 2021

Graduate History student and Irish Studies minor Alexa McCall seeks to understand how, in 17th-century Ireland, the goals of colonial plantation and religious reformation intersected.
New application cycle for 2022: The Keough-Naughton Library Research Award in Irish Studies for Visiting Scholars

November 01, 2021

The application cycle (2022 awards) is now open for this competitive award, which brings visiting scholars from around the world to Notre Dame's Hesburgh Library to study an array of Irish studies topics.
An account from Nicholas Ames, PhD Anthropology 2021, of his post-dissertation bicycle ride across America—and his insights on the relationship between people and place

October 07, 2021

Read about Nicholas' fascinating journey—one involving a bear, thunderstorms, many moments of exhilaration, and some moments of discouragement. The critical read: his insights on the relationship between people and place.

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The 2022 MacGill Summer School explores the theme: "The Destruction of Ukraine & its People: The Fallout for Mankind"

Three Questions with . . . Clíona Ní Ríordáin

Shinjini Chattopadhyay, English PhD 2022 with an Irish studies minor, and contributor to the newly launched The Book About Everything

Global Ulysses Dublin: 14 June - 16 June/Launch of The Book About Everything

Celebrating our 2022 Undergraduate Award Winners: Shea Murphy and Moira Bartlett

Notre Dame's GAA Club wins Nationals in Gaelic football!

Reflections on this month’s “Beckett Confined” Festival at the University of Liverpool: The perverse but powerful effect of Samuel Beckett’s drama

Three Questions with . . . Etain Tannam

New anthology of Irish poetry offers ‘underground perspective’ on history and culture of Ireland

Ulysses Goes Global: Notre Dame celebrates 100 years of James Joyce’s masterpiece

Three Questions with . . . Stephen O'Neill

"Pictures at an Exhibition": Notre Dame's Celebration of the Centenary of James Joyce's Ulysses

Three Questions with . . . Frank Shovlin

Students embrace new offerings in Irish music and dance, along with all-campus céilí dances

Gary Murphy's new book: "Haughey"

Sonja Tiernan's new book: "Irish Women's Speeches: Voices that Rocked the System"

Three Questions with . . . José Brownrigg-Gleeson Martínez

Profile: Alexa McCall, History PhD and Irish Studies graduate minor

New application cycle for 2022: The Keough-Naughton Library Research Award in Irish Studies for Visiting Scholars

An account from Nicholas Ames, PhD Anthropology 2021, of his post-dissertation bicycle ride across America—and his insights on the relationship between people and place