Hard copies of our new book! Marking 20 years since the death of John McGahern, our volume includes 17 new essays and previously unpublished materials from the McGahern archive. Thanks to all contributors and super co-editors!
Dr. Barry Houlihan
@barryhoulihan.bsky.social
Archivist at University of Galway. Research on Irish theatre, memory, conflict, and digital cultures. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-74548-6
McGahern Country - Sunday Miscellany audio www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
McGahern Country, by Barry Houlihan
An archivist is transported into the imaginative world of John McGahern
rte.ie
Dr. Barry Houlihan@barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 3w agoHard copies of our new book! Marking 20 years since the death of John McGahern, our volume includes 17 new essays and previously unpublished materials from the McGahern archive. Thanks to all contributors and super co-editors!
Hard copies of our new book! Marking 20 years since the death of John McGahern, our volume includes 17 new essays and previously unpublished materials from the McGahern archive. Thanks to all contributors and super co-editors!
Tune into @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social on @rteradio1.bsky.social this Sunday morning where I'll be building up to the All Ireland Hurling Final with hurling memories from my grandfather and the story of the first hurl my father gave to me. From 9am Sunday morning.
Tune into @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social on @rteradio1.bsky.social this Sunday morning where I'll be building up to the All Ireland Hurling Final with hurling memories from my grandfather and the story of the first hurl my father gave to me. From 9am Sunday morning.
A blind date in Kyiv, All-Ireland hurling hopes and dreams, the place names of West Limerick, and skipping the Galway Races…with Antonia Gunko Karelina, @barryhoulihan.bsky.social Ann Lane, Mike Mac Domhnaill, Anne Marie Kennedy and @bobkelly.bsky.social Sun 19 July, 9am, @rteradio1.bsky.social
A bookshop event begins with panic, chairs and someone saying, “Do we have enough room?” Then people arrive, the bookshelves become the backdrop, and the shop turns into a tiny republic of stories. This is culture at human scale. #Indiebookshopweek @booksaremybag.bsky.social
For Bloomsday - looking back on the life of artist, publisher, writer and Joycean - John Ryan. @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Meet John Ryan, the renaissance man behind the first Bloomsday
Ryan was a key mover and shaker in mid-20th century Bohemian Dublin alongside a host of notable writers, poets and artists
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Meet John Ryan, the renaissance man behind the first Bloomsday in 1954. Profile of the key mover and shaker in mid-20th century Bohemian Dublin by @barryhoulihan.bsky.social @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social @uniofgalway.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Meet John Ryan, the renaissance man behind the first Bloomsday
Ryan was a key mover and shaker in mid-20th century Bohemian Dublin alongside a host of notable writers, poets and artists
rte.ie
With working link! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Theatre and Archival Memory
This book presents a new social history of Irish theatre told from the fringes of history and reanimated through archival memory.
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Dr. Barry Houlihan@barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 3mo agoIn a rare occurrence, the ebook of this is at the sale price of sub 20e. (A mortgage still needed for print academic books) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…
In a rare occurrence, the ebook of this is at the sale price of sub 20e. (A mortgage still needed for print academic books) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…
Colin Murphy: Online platforms are engines of outrage, but theatre is one of empathy
Colin Murphy: Online platforms are engines of outrage, but theatre is one of empathy
All of the playwright’s work is grounded in public life - mainly dramatisations of political events featuring real-life characters
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A pleasure to be among the @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social cohort this morning - talking about journeying into the writing and archive of John McGahern 20 years since his passing. Link here to listen back to audio of 'McGahern Country': www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
McGahern Country, by Barry Houlihan
An archivist is transported into the imaginative world of John McGahern
rte.ie
All the pieces on today's programme (April 19) available any time on www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... Featuring John Egan, Carol Taaffe, Joe Hayes, Colin Regan, @antoniahart.bsky.social Barry Houlihan @uniofgalway.bsky.social ..with a trip into McGahern Country (pic courtesy University of Galway Archive)
A pleasure to be among the @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social cohort this morning - talking about journeying into the writing and archive of John McGahern 20 years since his passing. Link here to listen back to audio of 'McGahern Country': www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
McGahern Country, by Barry Houlihan
An archivist is transported into the imaginative world of John McGahern
rte.ie
A short history of Irish nightclub culture. The story of Ireland's nightlife is an important history of the spaces young people sought out for socialising, experimenting and dancing, writes @barryhoulihan.bsky.social @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social @uniofgalway.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
A short history of Irish nightclub culture
The story of Ireland's nightlife is an important history of the spaces young people sought out for socialising, experimenting and dancing
rte.ie
With thanks to the Irish studies programme at Bridgewater State University for hosting me this week for talks and panel discussions - events today about Archives and Silence from Northern Ireland and the Troubles.
A new report explores how #AI can address the challenge and support the accessibility of born-digital government records. "Sifting the Digital Heap: A scoping study of AI for government archives–access, backlogs, and responsible practice” draws on workshops and interviews across the UK and the US.
Sifting the Digital Heap: A scoping study of AI for government archives – access, backlogs, and responsible practice
AI can play a decisive role in making digital government records more accessible and manageable, provided that its use is grounded in responsibility and clear purpose. Work is already underway across…
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In between the showers (& the hail & the sleet 😬)
Material culture and archives of protest and activism from today's lecture. Northern Ireland Civil Rights pamphlets, Long Kesh prisoner magazines, to South African political zines and European Anti-nuclear campaigns.
