It’s been a delight working with @seroddy.bsky.social of @maynoothuniversity.ie on PARISH (Preserving and Recording Ireland’s Sacred Heritage). We’re excited to see this project’s impact grow as a free, online source of genealogical information. thecatholicherald.com/article/init...

Initiative to preserve Ireland’s sacred heritage launches next month

The Parish project aims to create a freely accessible online archive of Ireland’s Catholic churches, preserving their history while providing a valuable resource for researchers and family historians

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The Catholic Historical Society's annual conference 2026 is on 19 Sep at DCU-St. Pat's. Theme 'Irish Catholic Spaces: Pasts and Futures. Details and registration here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/chsi-annua...

CHSI Annual Conference, 2026. Irish Catholic spaces: pasts and futures

Join us for the annual conference of the Catholic Historical Society of Ireland.

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One of our students, Donal Connaughton, spoke with @rte.ie Raidió na Gaeltachta about his experience working in Washington, DC, this summer. The full interview was in Irish/Gaeilge. Fair ple duit, a Dhónaill! 👏 📻 Listen here: www.rte.ie/radio/rnag/c... @notredameindc.bsky.social

Donal Connaughton, Macléinn.

Ní chuile dhuine a fhaigheann deis dhá mhí taithí oibre a dhéanamh i Capitol Hill i Washington agus iad ag freastal ar an Ollscoil. Sin é go díreach a d-éirigh le Dónal Connaughton atá ag staidéar pol...

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Today, the ARINS Project & the Lyric Theatre Belfast held a post-show discussion for 'The Pitch'. The panel discussed community, sport, and identity shaping Northern Ireland's future. Catch the play at the Lyric Theatre until 31 July! 🎟️ @ria.ie @ndirishstudies.bsky.social

“Korea and Ireland set out from almost the same place: colonised, partitioned, poor, emptied by emigration.” Korean Constitution Day is July 17. What economic lessons can Ireland learn from Korea? 🇰🇷 Blog post by @arinsproject.bsky.social intern Faiza Filali: irishstudies.nd.edu/news/student...

Scholars and writers gathered in Galway last month to explore how the lived realities as well as artistic and media portrayals of the Irish working class have shaped and been shaped by the socioeconomic and cultural dimensions of globalization. 👉 Read a recap: irishstudies.nd.edu/news/global-...

"Should be a fascinating weekend of Beckett" - Adrian Dunbar quoted in UoL news about Beckett: Lieben, which we are hosting with Unreal Cities (Adrian Dunbar + Nick Roth) this September. "Acclaimed festival celebrating Samuel Beckett returns for third instalment" news.liverpool.ac.uk/2026/07/02/a...

Acclaimed festival celebrating Samuel Beckett returns for third instalment - University of Liverpool News

Acclaimed festival celebrating Samuel Beckett returns for third instalment

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We mourn the loss — and celebrate the remarkable life and legacy — of Martin Naughton, who passed away over the weekend at the age of 87. It’s hard to overstate his impact on Ireland, Notre Dame, and the Keough School of Global Affairs. Read our in memoriam: irishstudies.nd.edu/news/in-memo...

Grace Fuchs, one of this summer’s @arinsproject.bsky.social interns, reflected on what America and Ireland can learn from each other. Read her analyses here: 🇺🇸 “What America can learn from Ireland”: go.nd.edu/America-Ireland 🇮🇪 “What Ireland can learn from America”: go.nd.edu/Ireland-America

Leap in the Dark www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... Cockburn discusses For and Against today: 'a lucid and highly informed study'. @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @ria.ie

Patrick Cockburn · Leap in the Dark: Irish Unity

What would happen if these two very different societies were united, when their institutions and attitudes have evolved...

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❗Tomorrow❗ The Irish Language in London/An Ghaeilge i Londain Dr Deirdre Nic Mhathúna @dublincityuni.bsky.social Dr Ríona Nic Congáil @ucddublin.bsky.social Professor Brian Ó Conchubhair @ndirishstudies.bsky.social Dr Eoghan Ahern (chair) 🗓️7pm, 3 July 🧭 @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social

The Irish Language in London/An Ghaeilge i Londain - Irish Cultural Centre

Here at the Irish Cultural Centre, we invite you to check out The Irish Language in London/An Ghaeilge i Londain. Book your tickets today!

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Congratulations to @laurenjean1693.bsky.social on winning the Adele Dalsimer Prize for Distinguished Dissertation from ACIS! Lauren earned her Ph.D. in history from Notre Dame this year. She also completed the graduate minor in Irish studies through the Keough-Naughton Institute. 👏

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The Adele Dalsimer Prize for Distinguished Dissertation is awarded to Lauren Jean (University of Notre Dame) for her dissertation titled: “‘Gnúis Charthonach gan Chailg n-Aor’: Social Capital, Honor, and Gender in the Late Medieval Mág Uidhir Lordship of Fir Manach, c.1300-1650.”

Congrats to Notre Dame Ph.D. student Paul Kyumin Lee on his new @peacebuildingj.bsky.social publication. 👏 His paper examines oral history initiatives in Northern Ireland and their resistance to an “official” oral history billed as reconciliation. Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Reconciling ‘official’ and ‘unofficial’ oral history initiatives: understanding civil society resistance to the 2023 Northern Ireland Legacy Act

In a context where ‘unofficial’, community-led initiatives have filled the absence of an ‘official’, government-sponsored system of memorialising stories since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, the p...

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📣 The latest episode of 'My Identity' is now available. This live episode with Colin Graham, Joy Gerrard and Paul Seawright was a collaboration with the Office of Identity and Cultural Expression at Belfast Exposed. 🎧 Listen here: Spotify: lnkd.in/eZWmYwZK Soundcloud: lnkd.in/eNQfH6Ta

ICYMI: “For and Against a United Ireland,” a book commissioned by @arinsproject.bsky.social, received the Ewart-Biggs Prize earlier this spring. Authors @fotoole.bsky.social and @sjamcbride.bsky.social also spoke to packed crowds on a U.S. tour. 👉 Read more: irishstudies.nd.edu/news/for-and...

📣 Call for Papers 📣 The Keough-Naughton Institute is hosting the American Conference for Irish Studies (ACIS) Midwest and South Regional Conference this fall, Sept. 24-27, at the University of Notre Dame. 👉 Visit go.nd.edu/acis for all the details. 🗓️ Deadline for submissions: June 20

We recently celebrated the 12 students in the University of Notre Dame’s Class of 2026 who graduated with a minor in Irish Studies. Special congratulations to Malachy Burns — this year’s recipient of the Donald and Marilyn Keough Award for Excellence in Irish Studies. 🎓

The public is invited to this free symposium on 11-12 June at @uniofgalway.bsky.social. It aims to expand understandings of class in Ireland and bring local conditions into dialogue with global issues and international contexts. 👉 Register and see details here: go.nd.edu/irish-working-class

Join us at the Royal Irish Academy for an ARINS Lunchtime Lecture with Kimberly Cowell-Meyers and Carolyn Gallaher, chaired by @susiedeedigan.bsky.social Drawing 'Building a Green Wall', the authors explore the renewed influence of Irish America post-Brexit. www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...

Select tickets – ARINS Lunchtime Lecture | Building a green wall: Irish America today – Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2

ARINS Lunchtime Lecture | Building a green wall: Irish America today – Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2, Thu 21 May 2026 - ARINS Lunchtime Lecture | Building a green wall: Irish America...

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Poet, theologian, and conflict resolution mediator Pádraig Ó Tuama shared a thoughtful conversation on poetry and peacebuilding with Paul Kyumin Lee, a Ph.D. student in sociology and peace studies, last month at Notre Dame. 📺 Watch the conversation here: youtu.be/1Iwcn8z7d0s?...

Poetry and Peacebuilding: A Conversation with Pádraig Ó Tuama and Paul Lee

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New #ARINS research asks a simple but important question: Who is Better Off? Updated cross-border analysis by the @esri.ie finds widening gaps in income, education, health outcomes, and overall quality of life, North and South. Read the research here: bit.ly/4nlm8UP

ICYMI: We were fortunate to host former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at Notre Dame earlier this year as a distinguished policy fellow. He’s pictured here lecturing in the “Policy Lab: Borders and Brexit” course taught by Keough-Naughton Institute Director Colin Barr. 👉 Read more: go.nd.edu/varadkar

This event is almost fully booked, don't miss out on attending. Register here: www.ria.ie/events/arins... @ihrec.bsky.social @nihrc.bsky.social @cjharvey1.bsky.social @ria.ie @ndirishstudies.bsky.social

Join us today at 5:30pm in the Parlour, Magdalene College, for the first Easter Term meeting of the CGIS. Parnell Fellow Prof Colin Barr will give his paper, 'O’Connell’s Heirs: Irish Catholics and Liberal Democracy.' All welcome! @magdalenecollege.bsky.social

🎓 Postdoc Opportunity 🎓 Ph.D. scholars in any area of Irish studies are eligible to apply for our National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship. NEH Fellows continue their research while in residence at the Keough-Naughton Institute for up to three years. 👉 Apply here: go.nd.edu/neh-fellowship

The launch at @ndirishstudies.bsky.social was absolutely brilliant - wonderful hosts in Dublin and a beautiful venue. Thanks to the team in O'Connell House and to everyone who came.

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Congratulations to Stephen O’Neill — a former NEH Fellow of the Keough-Naughton Institute — on the publication of his book, “Irish Culture and Partition, 1920-1955.” The room was packed last night at Notre Dame Dublin for the book launch. @oneillsb.bsky.social @livunipress.bsky.social

Congratulations to Stephen O’Neill — a former NEH Fellow of the Keough-Naughton Institute — on the publication of his book, “Irish Culture and Partition, 1920-1955.” The room was packed last night at Notre Dame Dublin for the book launch. @oneillsb.bsky.social @livunipress.bsky.social

Notre Dame student Scarlett Powell was on the #NDday broadcast to talk about her experience working at Carriganóg Racing last summer in Kilkenny. The Keough-Naughton Institute arranged the opportunity for Scarlett, who is an aspiring veterinarian. 🐎 📺 Watch the interview: youtu.be/Y_cdpbkEyDA?...

A Global Path to Veterinary Medicine at Notre Dame—ND Day 2026

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The @arinsproject.bsky.social was featured yesterday on the #NDday broadcast. Our director, Colin Barr, and ARINS student intern Jane Palmer talked about this important partnership between Notre Dame and the Royal Irish Academy. @ria.ie 📺 Watch the interview here: youtu.be/iSA2Pbuanik?...

Changing the Conversation on Ireland with ARINS—ND Day 2026

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