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Patrick Lonergan @pflonergan.bsky.social · 4d

Very glad to see that the Eye Cinema has re-opened in #Galway after several months of being out of action www.eyecinema.ie

What's On: Cinema Listings & Tickets in Galway — Eye Cinema

See what's now showing at EYE Cinema and what's coming soon. Find our listings, showtimes, official trailers and more.

www.eyecinema.ie

Patrick Lonergan @pflonergan.bsky.social · 8d

I'm about to finish a second term on one of these RIA committees, and have found it very worthwhile and rewarding. It's a great way to meet people from across the island, with excellent opportunities for collaboration, hosting events, etc. Well worth considering.

Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 8d

Call for membership to the RIA multidisciplinary committees!

The RIA is inviting applications for membership of its multidisciplinary committees (MDCs) for the 2026–2030 term.

Learn more about what the MDCs do and how to apply for membership on the RIA website: www.ria.ie/2025/12/16/c...

Emily Mark-FitzGerald @emilymfg.bsky.social · 8d

Very pleased to share details of a new permanent academic job opportunity in Creative & Cultural Industries at University College Dublin. We are seeking candidates with a PhD whose work engages with the commercial creative industries. Deadline: 6 March 2026 universityvacancies.com/university-c....

Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 8d

Call for membership to the RIA multidisciplinary committees!

The RIA is inviting applications for membership of its multidisciplinary committees (MDCs) for the 2026–2030 term.

Learn more about what the MDCs do and how to apply for membership on the RIA website: www.ria.ie/2025/12/16/c...

Patrick Lonergan @pflonergan.bsky.social · 14d

Saw #Hamnet last night. Had already read book and seen play, but thought the film showed how there are some things only cinema can do - one of which was to show how there are some things only theatre can do. Jesse Buckley's performance is immense, yes - but Paul Mescal's is too, albeit differently.

Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 15d

In case we thought that ecological disasters were a special talent of modernity, let’s talk about how the 13th-century peat trade of Norfolk made it permanently vulnerable to flooding, including 3 catastrophic floods just since 2013.

#medievalstorytime

Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · 17d

Last call! ASLE-UKI online seminar on Eighteenth-Century Literature & Environment. Thur 29 Jan, 15:00-19:00 GMT. With me, Eric Gidal, James Metcalf, Nicolle Jordan, Alessio Mattana, Annette Hulbert, Jodie Matthews, & Tobias Menely. Register FREE at asle.org.uk/events/semin...

Talking Scared Podcast @talkscaredpod.bsky.social · Jan 14

Time for an update on the 2026 Dark Tower readalong schedule...

The plan (approx) is:

January 27th – The Talisman
March 17th – Black House
May – Wind Through the Keyhole
August – Wolves of the Calla
October – Hearts in Atlantis
December – ???

Hope you join us for the journey.

Library of the Royal Irish Academy @rialibrary.bsky.social · Jan 14

Hello Bluesky!

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Patrick Lonergan @pflonergan.bsky.social · Dec 26

Thanks Claire!

Druid Theatre @druidtheatre.bsky.social · Dec 18

Earlier this week, we gathered at the Royal Irish Academy of Music for the Dublin launch of DRUID THEATRE: FIFTY YEARS by @pflonergan.bsky.social, published by @lilliputpress.bsky.social.

Donncha O’Connell @donnchalaw.bsky.social · Dec 7

Extremely full house to welcome President Connolly @president.ie at the @druidtheatre.bsky.social 50th ‘wrap party’ to launch ‘Druid Theatre Fifty Years’ by @pflonergan.bsky.social of @uniofgalway.bsky.social

richard alan barlow @richardalanbarlow.bsky.social · Dec 1

“a substantial and significant intervention”
“The twelve essays […] are both individually and cumulatively impressive”
“an exemplary illustration of the need for recalibrated methodologies for literary analysis at a time of planetary ecological crisis”

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Finnegans Wake – human and nonhuman histories

Published in Irish Studies Review (Ahead of Print, 2025)

www.tandfonline.com

Patrick Lonergan @pflonergan.bsky.social · Nov 6

Please join us at @ria.ie to celebrate the publication of Lucy McDiarmid's _Slightly Magical: Irish Poetry and the Long 1990s_. We'll be joined by Theo Dorgan, Paula Meehan, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, and Edna Longley. Registration is free but places are limited.

www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...

Book a ticket – Recent Irish Poetry: a roundtable with poets and critics – The Royal Irish Academy

Recent Irish Poetry: a roundtable with poets and critics – The Royal Irish Academy, Mon 8 Dec 2025 - An evening of readings and discussion at the Royal Irish Academy. In late 2025, Lucy McDiarmid Hon ...

www.tickettailor.com

Druid Theatre @druidtheatre.bsky.social · Nov 3

We're really honoured that the Department of Drama and Theatre Studies at @uniofgalway.bsky.social is hosting a symposium to mark our 50th anniversary.

'Druid at 50: People, Place & Performance' will take place this Friday, 7 November, on the university campus.

Patrick Lonergan @pflonergan.bsky.social · Oct 30

Please join us at University of Galway next week for this one-day event about @druidtheatre.bsky.social, which features panels from academics and practitioners throughout the day. Registration is free but spaces are limited - and filling up quickly.

www.eventbrite.ie/e/druid-at-5...

Druid at 50: People, Place & Performance

Join us as we celebrate 50 years of Druid magic, exploring the essence of people, place, and performance with a day long symposium.

www.eventbrite.ie

Patrick Lonergan @pflonergan.bsky.social · Oct 16

Fantastic selection of recent Irish writing here -

Literature Ireland @literatureireland.bsky.social · Oct 14

We are happy to share our New Writing from Ireland 2025 catalogue, which showcases a selection of the finest Irish writing published each year.

You can read it here: www.literatureireland.com/books/new-wr...

Literature Ireland @literatureireland.bsky.social · Oct 14

We are happy to share our New Writing from Ireland 2025 catalogue, which showcases a selection of the finest Irish writing published each year.

You can read it here: www.literatureireland.com/books/new-wr...

Patrick Lonergan @pflonergan.bsky.social · Oct 9

Very happy that my new article has just been published in _Green Letters_ - "‘To Know How It Ends/And Still Begin to Sing It Again’: Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown, the Climate Crisis, and Recursive Ecodramaturgies"

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘To Know How It Ends/And Still Begin to Sing It Again’: Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown, the Climate Crisis, and Recursive Ecodramaturgies

Hadestown is a musical play that is preoccupied with the importance of cycles, both in life and in art. That characteristic is evident musically, theatrically, thematically and dramaturgically – as...

www.tandfonline.com

Deirdre Flynn @deirdreflynn.bsky.social · Sep 15

📣 📣 The CFP for IASIL 2026 is now LIVE! 📣 📣

Pázmány Péter Catholic University (PPCU) Budapest – 6-10 July 2026
Translating Ireland

The deadline for receipt of abstracts is Friday, November 28, 2025.

#IrishStudies #Translation #IrishLiterature

Full CFP:
www.iasil.org/2025/09/conf...

Pls share

CONFERENCE 2026: Pázmány Péter Catholic University (PPCU) Budapest – 6-10 July 2026 – International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures

www.iasil.org

Patrick Lonergan @pflonergan.bsky.social · Aug 15

I was delighted to interview Lisa McInerney yesterday as part of ASLE-UKI at @uniofgalway.bsky.social

Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · Aug 14

The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE-UKI) conference in Galway is concluding with novelist Lisa McInerney reading from her Cork novels and in conversation with Patrick Lonergan. A fabulous end to a fantastic conference! @asleuki.bsky.social

Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · Aug 14

The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE-UKI) conference in Galway is concluding with novelist Lisa McInerney reading from her Cork novels and in conversation with Patrick Lonergan. A fabulous end to a fantastic conference! @asleuki.bsky.social

Peter W. Marx @peterwmarx.bsky.social · Nov 15

Today, we send out our Newsletter #2 about IFTR 2025 in Cologne. If you want to be updated and in the loop, go and subscribe @ www.IFTR2025.org

Druid Theatre @druidtheatre.bsky.social · Nov 20

Meet the cast of Three Short Comedies by Seán O'Casey 👋

Venetia Bowe, Caitríona Ennis, Liam Heslin, Marie Mullen, Rory Nolan and Marty Rea will tour to 11 venues across Ireland next spring with these hilarious tales of misadventure

‘wildly entertaining’ The Irish Times

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ISTR @irishtheatreres.bsky.social · Jan 13

CFP Deadline for ISTR Conference 2025 in IADT Dún Laoghaire is today ⌛️

Abstracts & bios should be sent to Dr Siobhán O’Gorman (siobhan.ogorman@iadt.ie) & Dr Kevin Wallace (kevin.wallace@iadt.ie).

All relevant information can be found here: istr.ie/ends-of-empi...

ISTR Conference 2025 – CFP and Conference Information - Irish Society for Theatre Research

ISTR 2025 Call for Papers and Conference Information: The End(s) of Empire: Place, Politics, Performance, 6-7 June, IADT Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland.

istr.ie

Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley @sarahannebuckley.bsky.social · Jan 29

All welcome to tomorrows webinar and talk by Tara Mozafari, to register go to universityofgalway-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · Feb 6

We are delighted to announce The Poems of Seamus Heaney. This is the long-awaited, definitive edition of Seamus Heaney’s poetry, featuring a number of previously unpublished poems.

Out 9 October 2025: https://linktr.ee/seamusheaney

Cover of The Poems of Seamus Heaney on a cream background

The final four lines of Seamus Heaney's poem, 'Postscript'

Gate Theatre Dublin @gatetheatredublin.bsky.social · Feb 18

KING LEAR Previews begin THIS FRIDAY 👑⚔️⛈️

❗OPENS 26th FEBRUARY
🎟️ BOOK NOW: gatetheatre.ie

The Gate Theatre presents
KING LEAR by William Shakespeare
Directed by Roxana Silbert
Starring Conleth Hill as 'Lear'

Photos by Ros Kavanagh

Conleth Hill, playing Lear, rests his head on Emma Dargan-Reid's in rehearsals.

Eavan Gaffney and Jolly Abraham laugh during rehearsals

Emma Dargan-Reid studies her script and Terry O'Neill reads on.

Terry O'Neill and Ryan Hunter look on from the side of the rehearsal room, sitting cross-legged.

The Stinging Fly @stingingfly.bsky.social · Mar 6

Today is the day!

Every One Still Here is now available to purchase in all good bookshops and on our website.
stingingfly.org/product/ever...

Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · Mar 3

Recently catalogued - a run of Theatre Ireland magazine, issue 1 in 1982 and ran until 1993. If only such a thing (or later Irish Theatre Magazine) were such a thing today.

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