Document Type
Newsletter
Publication Date
Spring 2024
Abstract
Spring 2024 was a busy semester for Irish Studies at SHU! During a brilliant Saint Patick’s week celebration, “Tradition and Complexity: A Week of Art, Music, Literature, and Scholarship,” SHU faculty members Richard Falco, June-Ann Greeley, Marie Hulme, Nathan Lewis, Luciana McClure, Hilary Sweeney, and Chesley Zimmerman all presented work related to Irish Studies courses, research, and creative/fine arts. Our Irish language and traditional Irish music students also shared public readings and a performance. Visiting speakers included scholars Malcolm Sen (University of Massachusetts), Claire Bracken (Union College), Seth Mulliken (Northeastern University), and award-winning Irish novelist Caoilinn Hughes. The Chapel graciously hosted a powerful event reflecting on the legacy of the late musician and activist Sinéad O’Connor. You can find our events page here. Meanwhile, our Dingle campus has been buzzing with summer courses and research— including the newsworthy discovery of the remains of a bronze age tomb by faculty member Billy Mag Fhloinn—as well as the renovations to our beautiful new building. In nearby Limerick in June, two SHU faculty members, John Roney (History) and Kevin Power (Philosophy, Dingle campus), presented papers on John Moriarty—part of a SHU research initiative—at the American Conference for Irish Studies. Finally, we are grateful for our work study students Emma Jerue and Ciara Smith for their work this year (including on this newsletter!), and we look forward to showcasing our Dingle staff and faculty in our upcoming Fall 2024 issue of the newsletter.
Recommended Citation
Irish Studies, "Irish Studies News and Events Spring 2024" (2024). News, Magazines and Reports. 137.
https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/univpub_newsletters/137
