Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies

Shared Media & A Divided Island - Royal Irish Academy A century after partition, Ireland’s media still struggles to speak across borders. This July, five journalists asked whether it’s time to imagine a truly shared media landscape across the island, and...

Write up of our recent Shared Media event, which you can also watch back.

Thanks to Amanda Ferguson @eamonquinnnews.bsky.social Eoin Brannigan and @saraita101.bsky.social
for participating and to our host Sarah Carey

www.ria.ie/2025/07/25/s...

The 45th @macgillschool.bsky.social concluded last night after three days of energetic discussion, differing opinions and audience feedback. That openness is worth celebrating in our time, Keough-Naughton Institute Director Colin Barr said. “This is something that you in Ireland should be proud of.”

Our two incredible interns at the close of ⁦MacGill2025: Jane Palmer and Emmie O’Neill. 👏🤩

We have been very lucky to have you on the team this summer. Thanks for all your hard work and best of luck for your final year @notredame.bsky.social

@ndirishstudies.bsky.social @macgillschool.bsky.social

Today is the final day of the 45th @macgillschool.bsky.social, held in association with the University of Notre Dame in Glenties, County Donegal, in the west of Ireland.

It’s been an enlightening three days of open, frank discussions about our fractured world and Ireland’s future. #MacGill25

Trump, Tariffs and China Prof. Mary Gallagher, Dean of the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame

Mary Gallagher, dean of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, is in Ireland this week for the @macgillschool.bsky.social in Glenties, County Donegal.

She was interviewed on @rte.ie yesterday for a segment about President Trump, tariffs, and China.

🔊 Listen here: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Mary Gallagher, dean of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, kicked off the 45th @macgillschool.bsky.social this morning in Glenties, County Donegal.

“Notre Dame has a long and special connection with Ireland. And today, Notre Dame is more committed than ever to that relationship.”

45th MacGill Summer School to bring Ireland’s thought leaders together for conversations about our ‘fractured world’ More than 40 scholars, writers, and cultural and political leaders will gather from July 17-19 in a small town in the west of Ireland for the 45th MacGi...

The @macgillschool.bsky.social has become one of Ireland’s most important spaces for dialogue around social, economic and political issues.

The 45th annual gathering, held in association with @notredame.bsky.social, is next week in Co. Donegal.

▶️ Read a preview: irishstudies.nd.edu/news/2025-ma...

ARINS (Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South) hosted this event today at Notre Dame Dublin.

Follow the thread for some highlights and photos from the conversation. 🧵

Northern Ireland: What the numbers tell us - Royal Irish Academy What do people in Northern Ireland really think about Irish unity, Brexit, and their political institutions? A landmark survey, conducted by Professor Pete Shirlow and Professor Jon Tonge of the Unive...

What do people in Northern Ireland really think about Irish unity, Brexit, and their political institutions?

A landmark new survey by Professor Peter Shirlow & Professor Jon Tonge reveals surprising shifts in identity and attitudes.

📊 Read more: www.ria.ie/2025/07/04/n...

Our dean, Mary Gallagher, will be one of the speakers at the upcoming MacGill Summer School in Glenties, Co. Donegal.

See more details below!

Job opportunity at the National Museum of Ireland.

Check it out! 👇

Just 2 weeks until #MacGill2025 kicks off in Glenties!
3 days. Big debates. Bold ideas. Are you coming?👀

In association with @notredame.bsky.social

Tickets: 🎟️ macgillsummerschool.com
#debates #donegal #glenties #Politics #summerschool #2weekstogo

🎤 Live at the National Concert Hall 30th November 19:00

Join Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride in conversation around their new book For and Against a United Ireland, exploring the questions, challenges, and hopes behind this pivotal topic.

🎟️ Secure your tickets: bit.ly/4nwI1A4
📘 Out this October

Participants included @brucealexb.bsky.social, @kfullagar.bsky.social, @historymatterssyd.bsky.social, @amcgrath.bsky.social, @amclarenhistory.bsky.social, and more.

Sydney, located in Gadigal Country, was the venue last month for a Symposium on Indigeneity, Mobility, and the Age of Revolutions.

It was organized by Keough-Naughton Visiting Fellow Sam Fisher and Michael McDonnell of the University of Sydney.

▶️ Read a recap: irishstudies.nd.edu/news/symposi...

Theme Reveal 🌍

This July in Glenties, we’re tackling: 'A Fractured World.'
From geopolitics to identity, can Ireland find clarity in the chaos?

Join the conversation → #MacGill25 | July 17–19

🔗 macgillsummerschool.com

#IrishPolitics #AFracturedWorld #Donegal #PublicDebate #Glenties #Summerschool

‘It is to be assumed that members of C. na m Ban cannot be kept out of such a body!’: women, Irish republicanism, and prisoner support work 1939–45 The historical consensus on Cumann na mBan, Ireland’s republican women’s organisation, suggests that by the period of the Second World War (or Emergency as it was known in independent Ireland) it w...

Serendipitous to be sitting in the final panel of the Future of Irish Studies conference and get the email that my first article has been published - open access - in Women’s History Review. 😍

@irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @ndirishstudies.bsky.social

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For and against a united Ireland - pre-sale - signed copy This book will be available in October 2025 - pre-orders will be sent out the week of publication.    The prospect of Irish unification is now stronger than at any point since partition in 1921. Voter...

Irish Unity: For? Against? Both.

Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride explore both sides of the Irish unity debate with intellectual depth and balance.

📆 Out 20th October
📚Preorder now bit.ly/4ei6x3I
🎤 National Concert Hall & Lyric Theatre Belfast to come
@fotoole.bsky.social @sjamcbride.bsky.social

Learning about the wonderful Irish Studies work going on across the world at the ‘Future of Irish Studies’ conference at the Irish College Leuven - Co-hosted by @lcis-leuven.bsky.social and @ndirishstudies.bsky.social

Written by two of the island’s most renowned political journalists, @sjamcbride.bsky.social and ‪@fotoole.bsky.social, ‘For and Against a United Ireland’ gives an up to date, comprehensive, evidence-based examination of the arguments for—and against—Irish unity.

Pre-order your copy today.

Belfast conference honors legacy of Irish art historian S.B. Kennedy More than 80 people gathered at the Ulster Museum and Queen’s University Belfast on May 22-23 for the conference “New Histories of Irish Art...

The Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies organized the conference to celebrate the gift of Kennedy’s papers to the University of Notre Dame’s Hesburgh Libraries. 🧵 (2/2)

Read a full recap here: irishstudies.nd.edu/news/sb-kenn...

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Scholars and art lovers from across Ireland, Europe, and the U.S. gathered in Belfast last month for a conference honoring the late S.B. Kennedy — a longtime curator at the @ulstermuseum.org and an art historian who authored the seminal work “Irish Art and Modernism, 1880-1950.” 🧵 (1/2)

Pre-order now and book to attend our accompanying events with Fintan and Sam - 17 Nov in Belfast and 30 Nov in Dublin at arinsproject.com

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This morning representatives from the ARINS project were invited to meet with the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee to discuss the project’s research

Read our research: www.ria.ie/research-pro...

podcasts: open.spotify.com/show/08pJYRf...

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“How do we talk about our shared island when our media remains so divided?”

Join Sarah Carey, Eamon Quinn, Amanda Ferguson, Sarah Creighton & Eoin Brannigan on July 9th for a powerful panel on media, borders & belonging.

🎟️ Get your tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...

The Keough-Naughton Institute recently held a conference commemorating 400 years of an official Irish presence in Rome that began in 1625 with the establishment of St. Isidore’s College by Irish Franciscan Luke Wadding.

▶️ Read a recap of “The Irish in Rome” here: irishstudies.nd.edu/news/irish-i...

🚨1 Month until #MacGill2025 🚨

We’re counting down to MacGill Summer School 2025, returning to Glenties, Donegal, from July 17–19.

#MacGill2025 #PolicyDebate #IrishPolitics #Donegal #Leadership #PublicDiscourse #CivicEngagement
#InternationalRelations #FutureOfIreland #ThinkInPublic

Next Wednesday, June 25th!

Join us at the Royal Irish Academy for “The 2024 Northern Ireland General Election Survey” with Professors Peter Shirlow & @jontonge.bsky.social

The event is free, but registration is required🎟️
Still some tickets left: www.ria.ie/events/arins...

MacGill Summer School 2025 The MacGill School is Ireland’s international forum for thought leaders to discuss the critical issues facing Ireland, Europe & the world.

🎟️ Registration is now OPEN for #MacGill25

Secure your spot for July 17-19 in Glenties, Donegal:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/macgill-su...

🚨Limited tickets available! Register Now!

In partnership with @notredame.bsky.social
#IrishDebate #Donegal #MacGillSummerSchool

The latest #ARINS podcast is now available!

Listen to Paul Anderson, Coree Brown Swan, and Rory Montgomery on European Perceptions of Scottish Independence Before and After Brexit.

🎙️ spoti.fi/3HsW0GG
🎙️ bit.ly/3FyMzFb

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