The Keough-Naughton Institute Welcomes Leo Varadkar and Joseph Kennedy III to Notre Dame
Leo Varadkar, Joseph Kennedy III, and the Keough-Naughton Institute team. Photo by Peter Ringenberg.…
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Notre Dame theologian and Keough-Naughton faculty fellow to receive 2024 Ratzinger Prize from Vatican
Cyril O’Regan, the Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, has been selected to receive the 2024 Ratzinger Prize in Theology, widely regarded as the most prestigious award in the field. Pietro Parolin, th... -
Former Irish prime minister to speak at Notre Dame
Leo Varadkar, former prime minister of Ireland and current member of parliament in Dáil Eireann, will join the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, part of the Keough School of Global Affairs, for a public discussion… -
Mary McAleese: Politics of the Sacred and the Necessity for Respectful Discourse
Mary McAleese served as the eighth president of Ireland from 1997 to 2011 and serves as the current President of the Advisory Board for the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion. … -
A reason to live: Moreau College Initiative with A&L faculty lets Indiana prisoners earn a college degree
At the Westville Correctional Facility in northwest Indiana, seven men in similar prison-blue pants and sweatshirts sit in a bare-bones classroom in April to discuss Irish literature with Notre Dame professor Brian Ó Conchubhair.… -
A look back at Imagallamh, the Keough-Naughton Irish Seminar 2024
Summer school participants gather in the Naughton Commons at Kylemore.… -
To Be Seen Is to Be Welcomed
On Thursday, 11 July, ‘Northerners Not Welcome?’, a panel meant to explore the lived experiences of Northerners (i.e. people born in Northern Ireland) living and working south of the border was hosted by the ARINS Project, a partnershi... -
There is an Interest in This: The Future of Irish Studies Conference 2024
Clodagh McEvoy-Johnston '25 reflects on her time attending the 2024 Future of Irish Studies Conference. -
Taoiseach Simon Harris to speak at 2024 MacGill Summer School
Newly elected Taoiseach Simon Harris, TD, has been added as the keynote speaker for this year’s MacGill Summer School (18-20 July). The MacGill Summer School, in association with University of Notre Dame, is Ireland’s... -
Colin Barr appointed next Thomas Moore and Judy Livingston Director of the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies.
Colin Barr has been appointed the next Thomas Moore and Judy Livingston Director of the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, effective January 1, 2025. A distinguished historian of modern Ireland, Professor… -
Notre Dame GAA attends the MacGill Summer School
Notre Dame Gaelic Athletic Association President Fionn Barr ’25 writes about his club's trip, in August, to Ireland’s northern counties. In particular, the students attended the annual MacGill Summer School which, in 2023, was organize... -
ARINS Panel Discussion—Ireland in 2033: Change is inevitable but the outcome is not
The Royal Irish Academy, Ireland's principal learned society, was the venue for ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South panel discussion, “Ireland in 2033,” which took place on Friday, August 25. The panel… -
IRST Faculty Fellow Presents at the Newberry
Professor Chanté Mouton Kinyon will be presenting as part of the Newberry Library Irish Studies Seminar. The Newberry Library Irish Studies Seminar is a forum for academics to discuss Irish culture in a national and global framework. Pro... -
Irish Language and Literature professor’s biography of novelist and satirist Flann O’Brien garners two awards prior to publication
Brian Ó Conchubhair’s Irish language book about author Flann O’Brien has won two literary awards. And it’s not even on bookshelves yet. Based on its advanced copy, the Notre Dame faculty member’s The Poor Life was ... -
Clingen Conversation: "The Catholic Church and the Irish Civil War: Should the Church Apologize?"
More than twenty years ago, the Catholic Church in Argentina apologized for its behavior during the country's long "Dirty War" from 1976-1983, in which the Church failed to take a stand against the generals responsible for conducting military... -
Barry McCrea, Donald R. Keough Family Professor of Irish Studies, Interviewed on New Podcast
Ahead of Michael G. Cronin's visit to Notre Dame and lecture on 22 March, listen to the Lecturer in English from Maynooth interview Notre Dame's very own Donald R. Keough Family Professor of Irish Studies and… -
Historian Patrick Griffin named honorary member of Royal Irish Academy, Ireland’s highest academic honor
Patrick Griffin, the Madden-Hennebry Professor of History and director of the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, has been named an honorary member of the Royal Irish Academy, considered the highest academic honor in Ireland. Membership i... -
Three Questions with . . . Eve Patten
Discover what Eve Patten, Professor of English at Trinity College Dublin and Director of the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute, is working on, reading, and looking forward to in 2023. -
New research yields unexpected results in Northern Irish border poll
The Irish Times published the results of twin polls conducted in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in collaboration with ARINS – Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South. -
Profile: Abigail Keaney '24, a student of the interwoven history and politics of Ireland, Britain, and the United States
"For me, everything interesting at Notre Dame comes out of the Keough School,” says Abigail Keaney '24. A political science major, she was the Summer 2022 intern at the Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South project.