Ireland Stories

Podcast: East and West, Notre Dame in Ireland

1993 Keough Irish Studies program starts at Notre Dame under the leadership of Seamus Deane
1996 John Hume, 1998 Nobel Peace Laureate, receives the Notre Dame Award for international humanitarian service
1996 Notre Dame plays Navy in Croke Park; 10,000 Fighting Irish fans attend
1998 Notre Dame's Ireland program starts at Newman House on St. Stephen's Green
1999 Inaugural Irish Seminar held in Dublin; ND establishes Ireland Council under chairs Don Keough and Martin Naughton
2001 Keough internship program in Dublin begins
2003 Hesburgh Library acquires the landmark Loeber Collection of Irish Fiction
2004 Keough Centre, later named Dublin Global Gateway, moves to historic O'Connell House on Merrion Square
2011 Inaugural Dublin Summer Programme
2012 Taoiseach Enda Kenny presents Father Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C., with Irish citizenship in recognition of his service to Ireland
2014 Keough-Naughton Dublin Centre is designated as Dublin Global Gateway
2016 Newman Centre for Faith and Reason opens at Newman Church in Dublin
2017 Inaugural Dublin Notre Dame Pre-College Program
2023 Notre Dame celebrates 25 years in Ireland
2023 Notre Dame plays Navy in Dublin's Aviva Stadium; over 30,000 Fighting Irish fans in attendance

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