VU Irish Studies

The official twitter account for the Center for Irish Studies at Villanova University

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Join us in Falvey Library Speaker's Corner on Monday, March 20 at 4pm for a lecture, "Shadow of a Taxman: Who Funded the Irish Revolution (1919-21)?" Dr. Robin Adams is a Leverhulme Research Fellow at Queen's University Belfast.

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Join our Fulbright Irish language instructor, Alswyn Hennessy Doyle, for an informal Irish language conversation circle. No previous Irish required! All Villanova students and faculty/staff are welcome. The next session is this Wednesday, March 15 from 1-2pm in SAC 103.

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Join us for our annual reception, reading, and talk by the Charles A. Heimbold Jr. Chair for Irish Studies, Mary O'Donoghue, an award-winning poet, fiction writer, editor and translator, Thursday, February 23rd at 6:00 p.m. in the Presidents' Lounge in Connelly Center.

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Join our Fulbright Irish language instructor, Alswyn Hennessy Doyle, for an informal Irish language conversation circle. No previous Irish required! All Villanova students and faculty/staff are welcome. The next session is this Wednesday, Feburary 22 in SAC 400 from 1-2pm.

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Join our Fulbright Irish language instructor, Alswyn Hennessy Doyle, for an informal Irish language conversation circle. No previous Irish required! All Villanova students and faculty/staff are welcome. The next session is this Wednesday, February 8 in SAC 400, from 1-2pm.

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The Center for Irish Studies seeks to place three student interns for a new 8-week summer internship program.
Deadline: February 1, 2023

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Join our Fulbright Irish language instructor, Alswyn Hennessy Doyle, for an informal Irish language conversation circle. No previous Irish required! All Villanova students and faculty/staff are welcome. The first session is this Wednesday, January 25 in SAC 400, from 1-2pm.

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Our Fulbright Irish Language Instructor, Sorcha Gallagher, will be teaching an online Introductory to Irish Language II course this spring semester, in partnership with the CPS
To register for the course, visit our website! The deadline to register is end of day 1/11/2023.

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Join us for a screening of the film Belfast in Connelly Cinema on November 14, at 7pm. Dr. Jennifer Joyce will introduce Kenneth Branagh's Oscar-Winning, coming-of-age film which follows a young boy's childhood in Belfast, Northern Ireland at the beginning of The Troubles in 1969

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Join our Fulbright FLTAs and the Irish Cultural Society for a taste of traditional Irish Halloween with Irish chocolate, customs, games and ghost stories. Drop in anytime between 4:30 - 6pm in Garey 10A on October 31!

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Join us on October 25 from 6-7pm in Bartley Hall, room 34. Hosted by the Office of Education Abroad, LCA Faculty Program Coordinators and EUSA, our on the ground partner. For program information & application deadlines please visit https://t.co/QNfy0Am0cF

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Join us for a presentation by Ian Lynch, member of the Dublin folk music group, Lankum on Thursday, 10/20 at 7pm in the Mullen Center.

To reserve your (free) ticket, contact the Mullen Center Box Office at [email protected] or 610-519-5006.

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Yes and Yes by Liz Roche is a co-production between Solas Nua in Washington DC and Liz Roche Company in partnership with Cork Opera House. Commissioned by Solas Nua. Kindly supported by Culture Ireland and The Arts Council/ An Chomhairle Ealaíon.

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Yes and Yes by Liz Roche is a co-production between Solas Nua in Washington DC and Liz Roche Company in partnership with Cork Opera House. Commissioned by Solas Nua. Kindly supported by Culture Ireland and The Arts Council/ An Chomhairle Ealaíon.

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Graduate student, Emily Poteat, has had an article published on her GA work on Joseph McGarrity in the Society of American Archivists journal.
Check it out here: https://t.co/M6ocASZC2b

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In celebration of Bloomsday, check out a recent blog post by Falvey Memorial Library's, "Bloomsday Marks Ullysses' Centennial Celebration."
Check it out here: https://t.co/po7E8rSANJ

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Sharing Falvey Memorial Library's most recently posted blog article, "Green Voices of the Past: Final Reflections."
Check it out here: https://t.co/w0gZ2kSDmh

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So excited for this pre-Bloomsday. This Tuesday at 6 EST, hear Paul Saint-Amour, @seanplatham, @BonnieLRoos , and some amazing students discuss Why Read Ulysses 100 Years on! @TheRosenbach @IrishStudiesVU @JoyceFound https://t.co/aVea8fTsYr

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Join us for a lecture, "The Politics of the Irish Harp Symbol from Henry VIII to Brexit," and harp performance from Mary Louise O'Donnell on Wednesday, April 20 at 4pm in Speakers' Corner, Falvey Library.

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Join us for a conversation with the Heimbold Chair of Irish Studies. Emma Dabiri, will talk with Kimberly DaCosta, PhD, about the newly formed African-American Irish Diaspora Network on which Dr. DaCosta sits as a board member. 4/4 at 6pm in Speakers' Corner, Falvey Library.