Paula Meehan

Tomorrow (22 June) will be the centenary of the opening of the northern parliament and the king’s speech which helped advance peace moves towards a truce, a period of intense political and diplomatic activity which I’ll be discussing next week.

What a superb idea! American Conference for Irish Studies Midwest ACIS Check this out!

Sunrise at Ryan's Quay this morning, calm, cool and the Three Sisters have started to ebb #Cheekpoint #Waterford

Rapid rise in coronavirus Delta variant in Ireland over past week to be discussed at Cabinet: have we learned absolutely nothing from Summer 2020 when near elimination of Covid was undone and the disastrous reopening in December? Indoor pints the priority? irishtimes.com/news/politics/…

Jeffrey Donaldson has been declared the new leader of the Democratic Unionist Party after becoming the sole candidate rte.ie/news/brexit/20…

So much of our to-be-read list comes from New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social) and so we’re thrilled for an Irish Studies iteration!

Lads, that’s Jeff Daniels there on the left.

(8/n) great to back to our digitisation series with @costelkh's thought-provoking 'Who is Kim?: Rudyard Kipling and the haunting of the colonial imagination' edepositireland.ie/handle/2262/96… #ssnci-oa Midwest ACIS ACIS 2020 American Conference for Irish Studies

Marquette History alum Kenneth Shonk’s #newbook is out from CorkUniversityPress Those with interests in the Irish Free State & gendering of politics in early days of Fianna Fáil will be esp’ly interested. American Conference for Irish Studies Midwest ACIS @DrMelFarrell Marie Coleman @MaryMcAuliffe4 Marquette University College of Arts & Sciences

Thomas Tormey Tim McMahon Libraries Ireland @Centenaries Midwest ACIS American Conference for Irish Studies Irish American Heritage Museum EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum Global Irish Studies Consulate General of Ireland, Chicago Embassy of Ireland, USA Ted Smyth Justin Dolan Stover

Good Morning America! Hoping that you can join us for Tim McMahon’s talk later on! All shares/RTs appreciated Midwest ACIS American Conference for Irish Studies Irish American Heritage Museum EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum Global Irish Studies Consulate General of Ireland, Chicago Embassy of Ireland, USA Ted Smyth Justin Dolan Stover Registration details below:

Still time to register for this evening's lecture with Tim McMahon as part of #louthlibraries #DecadeofCentenaries programme with Historian in Residence Thomas Tormey Libraries Ireland @Centenaries EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum Embassy of Ireland, USA Global Irish Studies Midwest ACIS American Conference for Irish Studies

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How the holy hell is it almost August? So much writing to do before teaching resumes.

Announcing the Call for Contributors for a new edited volume on the work of #GeorgeEgerton. Retweets warmly welcomed. IrishWomensWriting British Association for Irish Studies (BAIS) IASIL

Linda Doyle will formally take up office as provost today, becoming the first woman to hold the position in Trinity's 429-year history universitytimes.ie/2021/08/linda-…