Congratulations to SEIC & @cemslimerick.bsky.social student Emma Barrett who presented a paper at the Tragedy & Resistence conference hosted by the Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus in Berlin, organised by staff of Northumbria University and Ghent University! @unioflimerick.bsky.social
There's still time to register for this event! #speirgorm #UL @ulhistory.bsky.social @ulenglish.bsky.social
Join us for the annual Máire Ní Chrualaoich lecture taking place at the People's Museum, Limerick, 14 April, from 6pm to 8pm to hear Dr Emma Nic Cárthaigh's lecture on the subject of ‘Prudentia versus politia: bardic encouragement in a poem by Tadhg Mac Bruaideadha for the fourth earl of Thomond’.
Date for your diaries! Our next lunchtime seminar will be on 4 March when our own David Coughlan will speak on "The Laws of the Locked Room Mystery". All welcome! @unioflimerick.bsky.social #ULEnglish #spéirgorm
Banshee is of course co-founded and -edited by Eimear Ryan, a PhD researcher with us here in English and Creative Writing! Well done Eimear and colleagues! @unioflimerick.bsky.social
Limerick History Research Seminar series, in association with CEMS: Tues 10 February, Dr David Brown (Trinity College Dublin): ‘Beyond the black box: critical AI pipelines for historical research.' 5.30pm in room G08 (Foundation Bdg) in MIC @ulresearch.bsky.social @ulhistory.bsky.social
Macbeth: SHIT
Two of our terrific graduate students in UL English, Emma Barrett and Jack Reid, have established a new journal! _Early Modern Society_ has a #CFP out currently for its first issue -theme = gender & the supernatural! #ecr #graduate @ulresearch.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social #research
PSA: English lunchtime research seminars! On 18th February we welcome Raphael Zähringer, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; & on 4th March our own David Coughlan. All welcome to attend! @ulresearch.bsky.social @ullibrary.bsky.social #research #english @unioflimerick.bsky.social
Reminder that the #paperback edition of mine and Hannah Ryley's _Recipes and Book Culture_ can be pre-ordered here: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10..... There are also 2 #openaccess chapters available on the same site! #research @ulenglish.bsky.social @livunipress.bsky.social
Our colleague Prof @drtinamorin.bsky.social reviews the latest book by @claireconnolly.bsky.social for @irishtimes.com. Congratulations both! www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Congratulations to our colleague @drtinamorin.bsky.social! Wonderful news.
My flights are booked! I'm off to Notre Dame later this spring to complete research on my monograph, Irish Gothic in the Global Nineteenth Century, thanks to the Keough-Naughton Library Research Award in Irish Studies. Super excited!
@ndirishstudies.bsky.social @ulenglish.bsky.social
See the call for papers from The Early Modern Society below for the first issue of their e-journal. #centreforearlymodernstudies #cems #earlymodernsociety #ems #ullibrary #ul_eic #ul_history #irishworldacademy #ul.languagecentre #earlymodern #supernatural
Well done to our colleague Professor Joseph O'Connor! 😍
An important and powerful piece in @theconversation.com by our wonderful PhD student Clodagh Guerin: theconversation.com/if-i-must-di... #gaza
UL Chair of Creative Writing, Professor Joseph O'Connor. He is standing at a microphone and gesturing with a pen in his hand. He is wearing a blue shirt and glasses. In the background, there is a pop-up sign that says 'School of English, Irish, & Communication'.
"In terms of Irish writing, it would be hard to think of a better or healthier time than the one we're going through at the moment"
Professor Joseph O'Connor, UL Chair of Creative Writing, spoke on Arena on RTÉ Radio 1 about his award-winning novel, The Ghosts of Rome
🎧 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Thank you to everyone who attended/spoke at our 4th Winter School this week! It was a fantastic event that featured talks by staff & students, a wonderful keynote lecture by Dr Jason Harris of History @ucc.ie, all expertly & generously faciltated by @ullibrary.bsky.social special collections staff.
several of our colleagues and graduate students in English will present at the @cemslimerick.bsky.social Winter School in Archival Research Skills and Book History, 2-3 Dec, @ullibrary.bsky.social emslimerick.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/4... @ulresearch.bsky.social
A group of four people gathered around a glass cabinet containing documents. They are gesturing at the items in the cabinet and discussing them. They are in a large, bright room with light wooden floors and a wall behind them with maps, diagrams and pictures on it as part of a display
New exhibition celebrating legacy of The Earls of Limerick opens at UL
The rich archival collection focuses on the Pery family, with the exhibition highlighting several notable items from the Limerick Papers, a rich archival collection spanning nearly 500 years
www.ul.ie/news/new-exh...
#StudyatUL
Reminder! Our next research seminar takes place on 5th November, 12pm, LCB012!
Kerry priest and anti-Nazi activist, Hugh O'Flaherty. He is wearing a black shirt and a white clerical collar. He has short curly hair and round glasses. He is seated at a desk with a lamp overhanging. He is writing with a pencil in a large book.
In The Irish Times, UL Professor of Creative Writing, Joseph O'Connor, writes about Hugh O'Flaherty whose wartime heroism was fictionalised in Professor O'Connor's best-selling novels, 'My Father's House' and 'The Ghosts of Rome'.
Read on: www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...
#StudyAtUL #StayCurious
The next #English Lunchtime Research Seminar takes place on 5th November, 12pm, LCB012. Professor Michael Griffin will talk to us about Editing Goldsmith for @universitypress.cambridge.org. All welcome! #spéirgorm @ulresearch.bsky.social
Huge congratulations to our colleagues Donal Ryan, Joseph O'Connor and Gráinne O'Brien on nominations for @irishbookawards.bsky.social! #bród #spéirgorm @ulresearch.bsky.social
Another #samhain themed article, this time by English UL graduate student Emma Barrett on The Witch of Edmonton for @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social! Congratulations, Emma! 👻@ulresearch.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2... #research @cemslimerick.bsky.social
Congrats to our colleague @drtinamorin.bsky.social on a spooktacular piece for @theconversation.com about scary tales for kids! 👻#samhain #spéirgorm @ulresearch.bsky.social
Baths and a tree without leaves with a person dressed in a clock, hat and broom. It says Samhain Trail, Strokestown Park Woodland. There is a self guided trail from October 24th until November 2nd. Guided trail with Scealta Beo on October 27th at 12pm and 3pm. The Veiled Trail. Guided trail with scealta Beo on October 27th at 6pm.
Baths and a tree without leaves with a person dressed in a clock, hat and broom. It says Samhain Trail, Strokestown Park Woodland. There is a self guided trail from October 24th until November 2nd.
Baths and a tree without leaves with a person dressed in a clock, hat and broom. It says Samhain Trail, Strokestown Park Woodland. Guided trail with Scealta Beo on October 27th at 12pm and 6pm.
Baths and a tree without leaves with a person dressed in a clock, hat and broom. It says Samhain Trail, Strokestown Park Woodland. The Veiled Trail. Guided trail with scealta Beo on October 27th at 6pm.
From October 24th until November 2nd, the National Famine Museum is hosting various Samhain tours to discover the customs and traditions of Samhain / Halloween. Check out their Instagram site and book your tickets: @strokestownpark 📸:@strokestownpark #HI6171 #Samhain #TheNationalFamineMuseum
