Ireland's class of 2023 ESTEEM graduates walk away with masters degrees, new Irish family ties
Last May’s graduation day at the University of Notre Dame was bittersweet for at least two graduates. Though celebrating their degrees, Laura Hession and Robbie Matthews, natives of Ireland, were saddened that their time in South Bend was drawing to a close. For while they’d come for Notre Dame’s…
“Loss is what feeds narrative”: Claire Keegan in conversation with Declan Kiberd
Claire Keegan and Declan Kiberd in conversation at the Notre Dame Dublin Global Gateway, O'Connell House. Declan Kiberd, Donald…
H.E. Ambassador Larysa Gerasko, Ambassador of Ukraine to Ireland's Address to University of Notre Dame Dublin
Prepared text of H.E. Ambassador Larysa Gerasko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Ireland's Address at the Notre Dame Forum “War…
Ukrainian Ambassador Larysa Gerasko addresses "War & Peace": Transatlantic Youth Perspectives event
Noelle O Connell, Dr. Matthew O'Neill, Raleigh Kuipers, Zak Aboukrhes, Tim…
Patrick Griffin admitted as honorary member to Royal Irish Academy
Patrick Griffin, the Thomas Moore and Judy Livingston Director of the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies in the Keough School of Global Affairs and the Madden-Hennebry Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, was admitted to the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) as an honorary member in a ceremony...
Miguel Coste: 2023 Invocation
Miguel Coste was named salutatorian of the 2023 University of Notre Dame graduating class. A neuroscience and behavior major in the College…
Junior Lizzie Stifel named 2023 Phi Beta Kappa Key into Public Service Scholar
University of Notre Dame junior Lizzie Stifel, of Easton, Pennsylvania, has been named a 2023 Phi Beta Kappa Key into Public Service Scholar. She is the University’s fourth Key into Public Service scholar since the program was established in 2020.
A Bog's Life
As Ireland contemplates its energy future, a Notre Dame student works to restore its ecological past. On a typical gray, rainy day along Ireland’s west coast, Tom Nee leads a group of Notre Dame students around the grounds of his sheep farm along the Killary Fjord. On the far side of...
Junior Kendra Lyimo named 2023 Beinecke Scholar
As a Beinecke Scholar, Lyimo plans to study art and art history with the goal of advancing scholarship around East African art and its ideas and expanding access to East African art through teaching and outreach.
From Dublin to London to D.C., American studies major pursues research, internships, and coursework focused on improving affordable housing for urban communities
In just the past year, Notre Dame junior Jasmine Mitchell has studied in Dublin, London, and Washington, D.C. In each location she’s traveled to, Mitchell has studied how localities are addressing affordable housing, and she hopes to eventually bring innovative solutions back to urban communities in the United States. Because no...
East and West, Notre Dame in Ireland Episode 3: The Legacy of The Liberator
We round out our time in Ireland by exploring Dublin, from its familiar sounds to its famous Georgian homes. One such home is the first stop for Notre Dame students studying here: O'Connell House, the former residence of Daniel O'Connell, known as "The Liberator."
The beauty of saying 'yes': A student reflects on her time in Dublin
Megan is pictured in front of Blarney Castle Megan Hughes, a junior from Tampa, Florida, is studying Business Analytics with a…
East and West, Notre Dame in Ireland Episode 2: Common Home
In episode two, we explore Notre Dame students' work on environmental issues in Ireland. None is more pressing than the role of bogs, a quintessential feature of the Irish landscape. They've been plowed over for generations to harvest the underlying peat for fuel. As the practice is phased out, one...
East & West: Notre Dame in Ireland
Between Dublin and Kylemore, Notre Dame is able to offer a singular breadth of experience on the Emerald Isle that redefines the traditional meaning of a study abroad program to include cultural fluency, a way of understanding another way of life that leads to global thinking and global citizenship.
East and West, Notre Dame in Ireland Episode 1: May the road rise up to meet you
There’s a traditional Irish blessing…
Professor Brian Ó Conchubhair’s biography of novelist and satirist Flann O’Brien garners two awards prior to publication
Brian Ó Conchubhair’s Irish language book about author Flann O’Brien has won two literary awards. And it’s not even on bookshelves yet. Based on its advanced copy, the Notre Dame faculty member’s The Poor Life was named winner of the Best Nonfiction and Best Overall Prose awards at Oireachtas...
A St. Brigid’s Day reflection
Today, on a sunny morning with a blue sky over Dublin, we celebrate Lá Féile Bríde – St Brigid’s day – traditionally, the first day of spring in Ireland. The Celtic calendar stressed four seasonal hinges:…
The Gallery Press launches poet Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin’s "Second Voyages" at the Dublin Global Gateway
The Dublin Global Gateway hosted the launch of Second Voyages: Writers on Poems by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (2022) on November 28, 2022. The collection of poems and essays was launched…
St. Kevin and the Blackbird: A Reflection by Dublin Campus Minister Ryan McNelis
Ryan McNelis graduated from Notre Dame in 2021 with a BA in economics and minors in theology and data science. After graduation, he…
Profile: Abigail Keaney '24, a student of the interwoven history and politics of Ireland, Britain, and the United States
To read Abigail's story --- https://politicalscience.nd.edu/news-and-events/news/profile-abigail-keaney-24-studying-the-interwoven-history-and-politics-of-ireland-britain-and-the-united-states/…
A brand new major and four internships on three continents helped senior Grace Connors prepare for a career blending computer science and peace studies
Grace Connors had long been interested in computer science, but she wasn’t sure if she could major in it when she first started at Notre Dame. Then, the College of Arts & Letters launched a new major that would allow her to develop her expertise in computer science while also expanding...
Understanding Europe, in Ireland
Ciara Fitter ’23 is a major in political science and global affairs with a concentration in transnational European studies. In summer 2022, she received a grant to participate in the Notre Dame Irish Internship Program, which is supported by the Nanovic Institute and facilitated by the Notre…
Ulysses Goes Global: Notre Dame celebrates 100 years of James Joyce’s masterpiece
Kevin Whelan is standing on a street corner of Merrion Square, just across the park from Notre Dame’s Dublin Global Gateway where he is the director, spinning a story about how James Joyce haunts every part of Dublin, if you know where to look.
New anthology of Irish poetry offers ‘underground perspective’ on history and culture of Ireland
“Bone and Marrow,” to be released on St. Patrick’s Day (March 17), is printed in Irish and English side-by-side. It traces Irish history from the sixth century to the present day and is the first anthology of its kind since the 1980s.
Notre Dame students in Ireland celebrate Pancake Tuesday
Pancakes might be a weekly, or even daily, staple for some red-blooded Americans (or perhaps better yet, golden-brown-maple-syrup-blooded).…