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One of our students, Donal Connaughton, spoke with @rte.ie Raidió na Gaeltachta about his experience working in Washington, DC, this summer. The full interview was in Irish/Gaeilge. Fair ple duit, a Dhónaill! 👏 📻 Listen here: www.rte.ie/radio/rnag/c... @notredameindc.bsky.social

Donal Connaughton, Macléinn.Ní chuile dhuine a fhaigheann deis dhá mhí taithí oibre a dhéanamh i Capitol Hill i Washington agus iad ag freastal ar an Ollscoil. Sin é go díreach a d-éirigh le Dónal Connaughton atá ag staidéar pol...www.rte.ie

“Korea and Ireland set out from almost the same place: colonised, partitioned, poor, emptied by emigration.” Korean Constitution Day is July 17. What economic lessons can Ireland learn from Korea? 🇰🇷 Blog post by @arinsproject.bsky.social intern Faiza Filali: irishstudies.nd.edu/news/student...

Scholars and writers gathered in Galway last month to explore how the lived realities as well as artistic and media portrayals of the Irish working class have shaped and been shaped by the socioeconomic and cultural dimensions of globalization. 👉 Read a recap: irishstudies.nd.edu/news/global-...

We mourn the loss — and celebrate the remarkable life and legacy — of Martin Naughton, who passed away over the weekend at the age of 87. It’s hard to overstate his impact on Ireland, Notre Dame, and the Keough School of Global Affairs. Read our in memoriam: irishstudies.nd.edu/news/in-memo...

Grace Fuchs, one of this summer’s @arinsproject.bsky.social interns, reflected on what America and Ireland can learn from each other. Read her analyses here: 🇺🇸 “What America can learn from Ireland”: go.nd.edu/America-Ireland 🇮🇪 “What Ireland can learn from America”: go.nd.edu/Ireland-America

Congratulations to @laurenjean1693.bsky.social on winning the Adele Dalsimer Prize for Distinguished Dissertation from ACIS! Lauren earned her Ph.D. in history from Notre Dame this year. She also completed the graduate minor in Irish studies through the Keough-Naughton Institute. 👏

Congrats to Notre Dame Ph.D. student Paul Kyumin Lee on his new @peacebuildingj.bsky.social publication. 👏 His paper examines oral history initiatives in Northern Ireland and their resistance to an “official” oral history billed as reconciliation. Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Reconciling ‘official’ and ‘unofficial’ oral history initiatives: understanding civil society resistance to the 2023 Northern Ireland Legacy ActIn a context where ‘unofficial’, community-led initiatives have filled the absence of an ‘official’, government-sponsored system of memorialising stories since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, the p...www.tandfonline.com

ICYMI: “For and Against a United Ireland,” a book commissioned by @arinsproject.bsky.social, received the Ewart-Biggs Prize earlier this spring. Authors @fotoole.bsky.social and @sjamcbride.bsky.social also spoke to packed crowds on a U.S. tour. 👉 Read more: irishstudies.nd.edu/news/for-and...

📣 Call for Papers 📣 The Keough-Naughton Institute is hosting the American Conference for Irish Studies (ACIS) Midwest and South Regional Conference this fall, Sept. 24-27, at the University of Notre Dame. 👉 Visit go.nd.edu/acis for all the details. 🗓️ Deadline for submissions: June 20

We recently celebrated the 12 students in the University of Notre Dame’s Class of 2026 who graduated with a minor in Irish Studies. Special congratulations to Malachy Burns — this year’s recipient of the Donald and Marilyn Keough Award for Excellence in Irish Studies. 🎓

The public is invited to this free symposium on 11-12 June at @uniofgalway.bsky.social. It aims to expand understandings of class in Ireland and bring local conditions into dialogue with global issues and international contexts. 👉 Register and see details here: go.nd.edu/irish-working-class

Poet, theologian, and conflict resolution mediator Pádraig Ó Tuama shared a thoughtful conversation on poetry and peacebuilding with Paul Kyumin Lee, a Ph.D. student in sociology and peace studies, last month at Notre Dame. 📺 Watch the conversation here: youtu.be/1Iwcn8z7d0s?...

Poetry and Peacebuilding: A Conversation with Pádraig Ó Tuama and Paul LeeYouTube video by Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studiesyoutu.be

ICYMI: We were fortunate to host former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at Notre Dame earlier this year as a distinguished policy fellow. He’s pictured here lecturing in the “Policy Lab: Borders and Brexit” course taught by Keough-Naughton Institute Director Colin Barr. 👉 Read more: go.nd.edu/varadkar

🎓 Postdoc Opportunity 🎓 Ph.D. scholars in any area of Irish studies are eligible to apply for our National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship. NEH Fellows continue their research while in residence at the Keough-Naughton Institute for up to three years. 👉 Apply here: go.nd.edu/neh-fellowship

Congratulations to Stephen O’Neill — a former NEH Fellow of the Keough-Naughton Institute — on the publication of his book, “Irish Culture and Partition, 1920-1955.” The room was packed last night at Notre Dame Dublin for the book launch. @oneillsb.bsky.social @livunipress.bsky.social

Notre Dame student Scarlett Powell was on the #NDday broadcast to talk about her experience working at Carriganóg Racing last summer in Kilkenny. The Keough-Naughton Institute arranged the opportunity for Scarlett, who is an aspiring veterinarian. 🐎 📺 Watch the interview: youtu.be/Y_cdpbkEyDA?...

A Global Path to Veterinary Medicine at Notre Dame—ND Day 2026YouTube video by ND Loyalyoutu.be

The @arinsproject.bsky.social was featured yesterday on the #NDday broadcast. Our director, Colin Barr, and ARINS student intern Jane Palmer talked about this important partnership between Notre Dame and the Royal Irish Academy. @ria.ie 📺 Watch the interview here: youtu.be/iSA2Pbuanik?...

Changing the Conversation on Ireland with ARINS—ND Day 2026YouTube video by ND Loyalyoutu.be

Congratulations to Keough-Naughton Institute postdoc Robert O’Sullivan on winning the Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland Essay Prize! 👏 @rosulli.bsky.social 👉 Read his article that earned the award: doi.org/10.1017/ihs.... @irishhistsoc.bsky.social @irishhiststudies.bsky.social

Colm Tóibín compliments “For and Against a United Ireland” in this piece for @nybooks.com. The book, written by @fotoole.bsky.social and @sjamcbride.bsky.social, was commissioned by @arinsproject.bsky.social — a joint project of the Keough-Naughton Institute and the Royal Irish Academy (@ria.ie).

The Feis Ceoil recently staged its first Comórtas Larchet for choral work in the Irish language. The Keough-Naughton Institute sponsored the competition held in the RDS Grand Hall. 🏆 Winning choir from @wesleycollegedub.bsky.social is pictured below. Read more 👉 irishstudies.nd.edu/news/keough-...