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Thanks to all who joined us for the recent launch of Gaelic Wexford 1400-1660 at the Spiegeltent, Wexford. Support from Wexford Historical Society and @notredame.bsky.social, Dublin.

Thanks Dominda for the tunes, Stephen Rea for the reading and hurling legend Liam Griffin for launching.

📚 Out now
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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♀️Last week we celebrated the launch of Thirty Years of Change Through Women’s Eyes: Ireland, 1993–2023 by Íde B. O’Carroll at the @nlireland.bsky.social

The final book in a trilogy by the author under our Attic Press imprint was launched by Gráinne Healy.

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Director of the National Library of Ireland, Audrey Whitty and author Íde B. O'Carroll on the main staircase at the National Library of Ireland. Launch speaker Gráinne Healy and author Íde B. O'Carroll on the main staircase at the National Library of Ireland. Author Íde B. O'Carroll surrounded by copies of her trilogy of books under the Attic Press imprint in the reading room at National Library of Ireland.
November 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Celebrating 100 years of books from Cork University Press. From early academic research to bestselling atlases, @marjbrennan.bsky.social takes us through the highlights in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
October 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Hollywood meets hurling?

Seán Crosson recounts the origins of his award-winning book Gaelic Games on Film (2019) which inspired TG4’s new documentary Iománaíocht Hollywood: Cluichí Gaelacha ar Scannán/Hollywood Hurling

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October 23, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Thanks to everyone who joined us last night for the launch of Irish Dressers and Delph by Meredith Chesson.

Our launch speaker Professor Diarmuid Ó Giolláin spoke beautifully about the way communities and individuals make homes out of houses.

Out now: www.corkuniversitypress.com/978178205067...
October 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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We love seeing our authors with their books!

Here’s Kevin Whelan outside University of Notre Dame, Dublin with and advance copy of Gaelic Wexford 1400–1660: Culture, Landscape, Settlement.

This new book, co-authored with Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich, explores the rich heritage of The Model County.
A smiling man stands outside a Georgian-style brick building with a blue door, holding a large book titled Gaelic Wexford 1400–1660: Culture, Landscape & Settlement by Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich and Kevin Whelan
October 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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"...the definitive account of the bodhrán"

Delighted to see this thoroughly engaged review of Beating Time from Tristan Rosenstock in @journalofmusic.bsky.social this week journalofmusic.com/book-reviews...
October 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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September 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Thanks to everyone who joined our Centenary Symposium! It was a joy to celebrate 100 years of publishing. We're continuing the celebration with 25% off all print books until 2 Oct—use code CUP100YEARS at checkout. (1/2)
September 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Our Symposium is tomorrow – we can’t wait to see you!
📘 Session 4 features Linda Connolly on Attic Press, Thomas McCarthy on Irish Review, Fergal Keane on the Atlas Series + a new series announcement
📝 a few tickets remaining
🔗 Registration & Full programme: bit.ly/CUPSymposium
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September 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Fergal Keane reflects on the culture that shaped him in today’s @irishexaminer.bsky.social ahead of our symposium Cork University Press and Irish Intellectual Life this week:
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September 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Waitlist still open for our Symposium next week!
📘 Session 3 features
Heather Laird on Daniel Corkery,
Virginia Teehan on The Collegiate Chapel,
Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh on Ogam Stones at UCC
Margaret Lantry on The College

🔗 Full programme: bit.ly/CUPSymposium
September 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Waitlist now open for our Symposium next week
📘 Session 2 features:

Claire Connolly on Irish Women’s Writing,
Michelle McKeown on Irish Flora,
Ciara Chambers on Gaelic Games on Film,
Eoin Reardon on Irish Furniture

🔗Full programme: bit.ly/CUPSymposium
September 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Looking forward to seeing you at our Symposium next week.
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📘 Session 1:
Paul McSweeney on Urban Milk Supply.
Síle Ní Mhurchú on Dánta Gráda.
Iarla Ó Lionáird on Irish Music.
Cormac Ó Gráda on Cork’s Economic History
Other session details to follow
September 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Tá ríméad orainn go léir ag Cló Ollscoile Chorcaí go bhfuil Glór ón Sceilg ainmnithe do Ghradam Uí Shúilleabháin ag Gradaim Foilsitheoireachta an Oireachtais. Tréaslaími le heagarthóirí an leabhair, Mary Shine Thompson agus Máirín Nic Eoin. @forasnagaeilge.bsky.social @loveleabhargaeilge.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Celebrate 100 years of Cork University Press, Ireland’s oldest university press
Join us Thu 11 Sept in UCC’s Dora Allman Room for a symposium on landmark works, from Dánta Grádha to the award-winning Atlas Series, (plus an evening reception.)
Free & open to all

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August 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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🌊Thanks to everyone who joined us for today's sold out event @wcorklitfest.bsky.social on The Lived Experience of Ireland’s Coast: Perspectives From The Coastal Atlas of Ireland. We hope everyone enjoyed the lively discussion and left with fresh considerations on how we engage with our coastlines.
July 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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🎵 The history of the bodhrán might surprise you. Fintan Vallely's piece in today's Irish Times tells the story of the Irish frame drum.

Learn more in Beating Time: The story of the Irish bodhrán. Out now 📚.

www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
July 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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The Lived Experience of Ireland’s Coast
📍 @wcorklitfest.bsky.social | 15 July 2025

Join Prof. Robert Devoy & panel to explore Ireland’s coastal identity via The Coastal Atlas of Ireland.

🎟️ Book: westcorkmusic.ie/events/2025/the-coastal-atlas-of-ireland

#WestCorkLiteraryFestival
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July 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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📚 Last night we celebrated the launch of Beating Time: The Story of the Irish Bodhrán by Fintan Vallely. Huge thanks to @nmireland.bsky.social for hosting us in their majestic rotunda, to Kevin Conieff for launching and to everyone who joined us 🎶

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July 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Read an extract from The Birds of County Donegal in @irishexaminer.bsky.social highlighting factors affecting bird populations in the county and ways to conserve these rich and varied communities www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...

Illustration: @robertvaughani.bsky.social
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July 2, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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The Birds of County Donegal by Ralph Sheppard will be launched by Eric Dempsey today as part of Le Chéile don Dúlra (Together for Nature) a festival of events in the beautiful surroundings of Glenveagh National Park to celebrate #biodiversityweek2025.
A graphic promoting the Le Chéile don Dúlra festival featuring silhouettes of a sun, trees, leaves and hills with sponsor logos from National Parks Wildlife Service, Glenveagh National Park, Natura 2000, Creative Ireland Programme and Donegal County Council. The cover image for The Birds of County Donegal fearturing an illustration by @robertvaughanillustration of a Stonechat on Greenan Mountain, overlooking Inch and Lough Swilly. Photo by author Ralph Sheppard of two Black Guillemots on a rocky outcrop in front of a lake Photo by author Ralph Sheppard of a Spotted Flycatcher on a leafy tree branch.
May 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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A lovely obituary for Dr Elizabeth Wincott Heckett appeared in the Sunday Independent this weekend. A leading textile historian and archaeologist, she was also a valued Cork University Press author.

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"Obituary for Elizabeth Wincott Heckett, expert in Irish archaeological textiles, with a blurred photo of her in academic regalia. The obituary headline and byline read: 'Obituary: Elizabeth Wincott Heckett, archaeologist and author who was a leading expert on Ireland’s textiles.' By Lorna Siggins, May 18, 2025, 2:30 AM. The main text notes that she passed away at age 90 and had specialized in Irish archaeological textiles for over 30 years.
May 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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We’re excited to let you about "The Wexford Landscape Trilogy" event a special evening honouring Billy Colfer.

📅 Thurs 30 May, 6pm
📍 Murphy’s Barn, Wexford

With Kevin Whelan, John Banville, Eoin Colfer & Helen Corish-Wylde. Music, poetry & song.

Free – RSVP: corkuniversitypress@ucc.ie
Photo of Kevin Wilson Photo of John Banville Photo of Helen Corish Wylde Photo of Eoin Colfer
May 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Yesterday we celebrated the launch of Ireland and Britain in the Age of Bede: The Jennifer O’Reilly memorial lectures 2017–2024 edited by Máirín MacCarron and Tom O'Reilly.
www.corkuniversitypress.com/978178205047...
Left to right, editors and contributors, Tom O'Reilly, Jane Hawkes, Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, Máirín MacCarron and Carol Farr are pictured with copies of the book in their hands. Editors Tom O'Reilly and Máirín MacCarron speak to a crowd of launch attendees. Copies of the book, Ireland and Britain in the Age of Bede: The Jennifer O’Reilly memorial lectures 2017–2024, are stacked on a table with green table cloth.
May 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM