Irish Studies at QUB
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Institute of Irish Studies at Queen’s University Belfast. An interdisciplinary research institute for all aspects of Irish culture, history, politics and society. See 'Lists' for more info. Find us at https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/IrishStudiesGateway/
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Happy St Brigid's weekend! To celebrate we bring you a journey through Europe w/Prof. Jean-Michel Picard, UCD. He has unreal stories of hunting down manuscripts (incl. Napoleon & nazis!) & helps us understand the appeal of Brigid in lands far from Kildare! #brigid open.spotify.com/episode/0Bl4...
St Brigit in Continental Europe with Prof. Jean-Michel Picard
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January 30, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Happy St Brigid's weekend! To celebrate we bring you a journey through Europe w/Prof. Jean-Michel Picard, UCD. He has unreal stories of hunting down manuscripts (incl. Napoleon & nazis!) & helps us understand the appeal of Brigid in lands far from Kildare! #brigid open.spotify.com/episode/0Bl4...
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Curious to learn more about #StBrigidsDay?
👂Podcast exploring Brigid in folk tradition through the National Folklore Collection at UCD: shorturl.at/pLs0G
📔Assoc Prof Elva Johnston writes on Brigit of Kildare as the first Irish saint to be celebrated in detail by early writers:
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👂Podcast exploring Brigid in folk tradition through the National Folklore Collection at UCD: shorturl.at/pLs0G
📔Assoc Prof Elva Johnston writes on Brigit of Kildare as the first Irish saint to be celebrated in detail by early writers:
shorturl.at/l0OFD
Blúiríní Béaloidis 18 - Brigid In Folk Tradition
St. Brigid’s Day falls on the first of February, and is traditionally understood as marking the beginning of spring in Irish custom.
Dedicated to the saint nicknamed Muire na nGael or the ‘Mary of th
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January 31, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Curious to learn more about #StBrigidsDay?
👂Podcast exploring Brigid in folk tradition through the National Folklore Collection at UCD: shorturl.at/pLs0G
📔Assoc Prof Elva Johnston writes on Brigit of Kildare as the first Irish saint to be celebrated in detail by early writers:
shorturl.at/l0OFD
👂Podcast exploring Brigid in folk tradition through the National Folklore Collection at UCD: shorturl.at/pLs0G
📔Assoc Prof Elva Johnston writes on Brigit of Kildare as the first Irish saint to be celebrated in detail by early writers:
shorturl.at/l0OFD
The Poetry of Grief: ‘Mid-Term Break’
📅 Sat 28 Feb, 2pm: https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/poetry-grief
A talk on #SeamusHeaney’s Mid-Term Break—his moving elegy for his brother—and how grief evolves across his work, from childhood loss to reflective repose decades later.
📅 Sat 28 Feb, 2pm: https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/poetry-grief
A talk on #SeamusHeaney’s Mid-Term Break—his moving elegy for his brother—and how grief evolves across his work, from childhood loss to reflective repose decades later.
The Poetry of Grief
A Reflection on 'Mid-Term Break'
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January 31, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Very pleased with my first piece for the @irishtimes.com - a review of @claireconnolly.bsky.social new book, Irish Romanticism: A Literary History. Thank you @martindoyle.bsky.social for the opportunity!
January 31, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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Next Saturday, February 7, #BCIrishStudies is thrilled to host the 9th #Comhfhios conference - an event for grads, run by grads
This year's theme, "Violence: Legacies of Conflict in Ireland," has drawn grads from around the globe & we cannot wait to hear what they're working on!
This year's theme, "Violence: Legacies of Conflict in Ireland," has drawn grads from around the globe & we cannot wait to hear what they're working on!
January 29, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Next Saturday, February 7, #BCIrishStudies is thrilled to host the 9th #Comhfhios conference - an event for grads, run by grads
This year's theme, "Violence: Legacies of Conflict in Ireland," has drawn grads from around the globe & we cannot wait to hear what they're working on!
This year's theme, "Violence: Legacies of Conflict in Ireland," has drawn grads from around the globe & we cannot wait to hear what they're working on!
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For the weekend that's in it, why not read a Life of St Brigid, or, Betha Brigte. An Leabhar Breac (RIA MS 23 P 16) contains a copy of the Life on starting on p. 61. You can see the "incipit" (Latin for "beginning") outlined in red pigment here, with Brigte spilling over from one line onto another.
January 30, 2026 at 3:55 PM
For the weekend that's in it, why not read a Life of St Brigid, or, Betha Brigte. An Leabhar Breac (RIA MS 23 P 16) contains a copy of the Life on starting on p. 61. You can see the "incipit" (Latin for "beginning") outlined in red pigment here, with Brigte spilling over from one line onto another.
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On Monday 2 Feb. Ciara McAllister will be speaking about ‘A class apart: Representing the “Troubles” and the working class’ - all welcome in-person or online www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
January 27, 2026 at 8:45 AM
On Monday 2 Feb. Ciara McAllister will be speaking about ‘A class apart: Representing the “Troubles” and the working class’ - all welcome in-person or online www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
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Looking forward to this seminar series kicking off in February!
Our spring 2026 seminar series programme is here! We'll be adding eventbrite links soon so you can join us online or in person - all are welcome!
First up we have Neil Murphy on 19 February at 6pm. Neil will speak on 'Violence, colonialism and the mid-Tudor monarchy: Ireland in context'.
First up we have Neil Murphy on 19 February at 6pm. Neil will speak on 'Violence, colonialism and the mid-Tudor monarchy: Ireland in context'.
January 26, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Looking forward to this seminar series kicking off in February!
Abbey Theatre riots: All theatrical hell broke loose at The Plough and the Stars 100 years ago
Abbey Theatre riots: All theatrical hell broke loose at The Plough and the Stars 100 years ago
Critic Joseph Holloway witnessed the chaotic scenes, where actors broke character to forcibly remove audience members from the stage
www.irishtimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:33 AM
If you missed Connal Parr's talk this week on 'No borders: The Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement and its legacies', a recording is now available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OLY...
Irish Studies Seminar: Connal Parr 26.1.26
YouTube video by QUB Irish Studies
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January 28, 2026 at 12:24 PM
If you missed Connal Parr's talk this week on 'No borders: The Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement and its legacies', a recording is now available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OLY...
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January 28, 2026 at 8:13 AM
On Monday 2 Feb. Ciara McAllister will be speaking about ‘A class apart: Representing the “Troubles” and the working class’ - all welcome in-person or online www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
January 27, 2026 at 8:45 AM
On Monday 2 Feb. Ciara McAllister will be speaking about ‘A class apart: Representing the “Troubles” and the working class’ - all welcome in-person or online www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
I am very happy my article on the secret training facilities of the British Army of the Rhine for postings in Northern Ireland during the Troubles has now been published!
Thank you @ghilondon.bsky.social for the excellent cooperation.
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Thank you @ghilondon.bsky.social for the excellent cooperation.
www.ghil.ac.uk/publications...
GHIL Bulletin 47 (2025), No. 2
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January 26, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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It is publication today for Late Heaney I am told, although I imagine it’ll be a while before I see it between ice storms and the broad Atlantic. I thought I’d share a few thoughts about it, as it’s a different kind of book for me in form and style.
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January 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
It is publication today for Late Heaney I am told, although I imagine it’ll be a while before I see it between ice storms and the broad Atlantic. I thought I’d share a few thoughts about it, as it’s a different kind of book for me in form and style.
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A 3 year JRF at Magdalene and Notre Dame in Irish Studies – sounds like a pretty great opportunity for someone.
‘Parnell’ Stipendiary Research Fellowship in Irish Studies Competition at University of Cambridge
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a ‘Parnell’ Stipendiary Research Fellowship in Irish Studies Competition on jobs.ac.uk!
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January 24, 2026 at 1:48 PM
A 3 year JRF at Magdalene and Notre Dame in Irish Studies – sounds like a pretty great opportunity for someone.
Our Irish Studies seminar programme for Spring 2026 www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
January 24, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Our Irish Studies seminar programme for Spring 2026 www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
The Brimming World: Collection gives insight into rich texture of Ciaran Carson’s work
The Brimming World: Collection gives insight into rich texture of Ciaran Carson’s work
Late poet found meaning through lowering the volume and paying attention to life
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January 24, 2026 at 12:30 PM
The Brimming World: Collection gives insight into rich texture of Ciaran Carson’s work
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The talk will highlight different examples of migration in Ulster related to the textile industry looking at links to America with the "Gilford mill colony" in Greenwich, immigration of Huguenots and Quakers and emigration of 34 Derry shirt workers to Melbourne in 1911.
January 21, 2026 at 11:38 AM
The talk will highlight different examples of migration in Ulster related to the textile industry looking at links to America with the "Gilford mill colony" in Greenwich, immigration of Huguenots and Quakers and emigration of 34 Derry shirt workers to Melbourne in 1911.
SF/NI: Sci-Fi Panel
Th 22 January 17:30
Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Seamus Heaney Centre
RB Kelly and Ian McDonald join Sam Thompson to speak on the speculative fiction that shaped them.
Th 22 January 17:30
Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Seamus Heaney Centre
RB Kelly and Ian McDonald join Sam Thompson to speak on the speculative fiction that shaped them.
Sci-Fi NI Panel 22.1.26 | Seamus Heaney Centre | Queen's University Belfast
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January 22, 2026 at 12:27 PM
SF/NI: Sci-Fi Panel
Th 22 January 17:30
Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Seamus Heaney Centre
RB Kelly and Ian McDonald join Sam Thompson to speak on the speculative fiction that shaped them.
Th 22 January 17:30
Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Seamus Heaney Centre
RB Kelly and Ian McDonald join Sam Thompson to speak on the speculative fiction that shaped them.
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You have 10 days left to get your abstracts in for the SSNCI 'Intimacies' conference at Maynooth next June.
We are delighted to announce that we'll be hosting the SSNCI conference in Maynooth next June. Call for papers attached. Please spread far and wide!
January 22, 2026 at 9:45 AM
You have 10 days left to get your abstracts in for the SSNCI 'Intimacies' conference at Maynooth next June.
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A windswept Irish peninsula. A country decimated by the Great Hunger. A story of loss, reunion, and hope.
Maggie O’Farrell, Author of Hamnet, is to return with Land, her most ambitious novel yet, publishing June 2026.
Maggie O’Farrell, Author of Hamnet, is to return with Land, her most ambitious novel yet, publishing June 2026.
January 21, 2026 at 6:03 PM
A windswept Irish peninsula. A country decimated by the Great Hunger. A story of loss, reunion, and hope.
Maggie O’Farrell, Author of Hamnet, is to return with Land, her most ambitious novel yet, publishing June 2026.
Maggie O’Farrell, Author of Hamnet, is to return with Land, her most ambitious novel yet, publishing June 2026.
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Rebecca Brown (@ulsteruni.bsky.social) is kicking off the @qubhistory.bsky.social seminar series for the semester this Friday at 4pm (more details below and on the Eventbrite link). Snacks and drinks provided as usual. All welcome!
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January 21, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Rebecca Brown (@ulsteruni.bsky.social) is kicking off the @qubhistory.bsky.social seminar series for the semester this Friday at 4pm (more details below and on the Eventbrite link). Snacks and drinks provided as usual. All welcome!
www.eventbrite.com/e/qub-histor...
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From the Bog to the Cloud by Patrick Bresnihan and Patrick Brodie, book launch
12th Feb,
7pm
The A Centre, 6 Wellington Street
Belfast
12th Feb,
7pm
The A Centre, 6 Wellington Street
Belfast
January 21, 2026 at 8:34 AM
From the Bog to the Cloud by Patrick Bresnihan and Patrick Brodie, book launch
12th Feb,
7pm
The A Centre, 6 Wellington Street
Belfast
12th Feb,
7pm
The A Centre, 6 Wellington Street
Belfast
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Delighted to have a short essay on reading Barbara Pym in today’s Irish Times. #MyYearWithBP
January 21, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Delighted to have a short essay on reading Barbara Pym in today’s Irish Times. #MyYearWithBP
Connal Parr will be talking about his book on the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement on Monday 26 January at 4.30
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Solidarity and Pressure: A thorough history of the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement
Clear-sighted book by Connal Parr confirms even the noblest political campaigns can get a little prickly
www.irishtimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Connal Parr will be talking about his book on the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement on Monday 26 January at 4.30
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...