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Patrick Lonergan @pflonergan.bsky.social · 19h

Very happy that my new article has just been published in _Green Letters_ - "‘To Know How It Ends/And Still Begin to Sing It Again’: Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown, the Climate Crisis, and Recursive Ecodramaturgies"

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘To Know How It Ends/And Still Begin to Sing It Again’: Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown, the Climate Crisis, and Recursive Ecodramaturgies

Hadestown is a musical play that is preoccupied with the importance of cycles, both in life and in art. That characteristic is evident musically, theatrically, thematically and dramaturgically – as...

www.tandfonline.com

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Deirdre Flynn @deirdreflynn.bsky.social · 25d

📣 📣 The CFP for IASIL 2026 is now LIVE! 📣 📣

Pázmány Péter Catholic University (PPCU) Budapest – 6-10 July 2026
Translating Ireland

The deadline for receipt of abstracts is Friday, November 28, 2025.

#IrishStudies #Translation #IrishLiterature

Full CFP:
www.iasil.org/2025/09/conf...

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CONFERENCE 2026: Pázmány Péter Catholic University (PPCU) Budapest – 6-10 July 2026 – International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures

www.iasil.org

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Patrick Lonergan @pflonergan.bsky.social · Aug 15

I was delighted to interview Lisa McInerney yesterday as part of ASLE-UKI at @uniofgalway.bsky.social

Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · Aug 14

The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE-UKI) conference in Galway is concluding with novelist Lisa McInerney reading from her Cork novels and in conversation with Patrick Lonergan. A fabulous end to a fantastic conference! @asleuki.bsky.social

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Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social · Aug 14

The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE-UKI) conference in Galway is concluding with novelist Lisa McInerney reading from her Cork novels and in conversation with Patrick Lonergan. A fabulous end to a fantastic conference! @asleuki.bsky.social

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Peter W. Marx @peterwmarx.bsky.social · Nov 15

Today, we send out our Newsletter #2 about IFTR 2025 in Cologne. If you want to be updated and in the loop, go and subscribe @ www.IFTR2025.org

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Druid Theatre @druidtheatre.bsky.social · Nov 20

Meet the cast of Three Short Comedies by Seán O'Casey 👋

Venetia Bowe, Caitríona Ennis, Liam Heslin, Marie Mullen, Rory Nolan and Marty Rea will tour to 11 venues across Ireland next spring with these hilarious tales of misadventure

‘wildly entertaining’ The Irish Times

A grid of 6 headshots on a dark background

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ISTR @irishtheatreres.bsky.social · Jan 13

CFP Deadline for ISTR Conference 2025 in IADT Dún Laoghaire is today ⌛️

Abstracts & bios should be sent to Dr Siobhán O’Gorman ([email protected]) & Dr Kevin Wallace ([email protected]).

All relevant information can be found here: istr.ie/ends-of-empi...

ISTR Conference 2025 – CFP and Conference Information - Irish Society for Theatre Research

ISTR 2025 Call for Papers and Conference Information: The End(s) of Empire: Place, Politics, Performance, 6-7 June, IADT Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland.

istr.ie

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Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley @sarahannebuckley.bsky.social · Jan 29

All welcome to tomorrows webinar and talk by Tara Mozafari, to register go to universityofgalway-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · Feb 6

We are delighted to announce The Poems of Seamus Heaney. This is the long-awaited, definitive edition of Seamus Heaney’s poetry, featuring a number of previously unpublished poems.

Out 9 October 2025: https://linktr.ee/seamusheaney

Cover of The Poems of Seamus Heaney on a cream background

The final four lines of Seamus Heaney's poem, 'Postscript'

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Gate Theatre Dublin @gatetheatredublin.bsky.social · Feb 18

KING LEAR Previews begin THIS FRIDAY 👑⚔️⛈️

❗OPENS 26th FEBRUARY
🎟️ BOOK NOW: gatetheatre.ie

The Gate Theatre presents
KING LEAR by William Shakespeare
Directed by Roxana Silbert
Starring Conleth Hill as 'Lear'

Photos by Ros Kavanagh

Conleth Hill, playing Lear, rests his head on Emma Dargan-Reid's in rehearsals.

Eavan Gaffney and Jolly Abraham laugh during rehearsals

Emma Dargan-Reid studies her script and Terry O'Neill reads on.

Terry O'Neill and Ryan Hunter look on from the side of the rehearsal room, sitting cross-legged.

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The Stinging Fly @stingingfly.bsky.social · Mar 6

Today is the day!

Every One Still Here is now available to purchase in all good bookshops and on our website.
stingingfly.org/product/ever...

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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · Mar 3

Recently catalogued - a run of Theatre Ireland magazine, issue 1 in 1982 and ran until 1993. If only such a thing (or later Irish Theatre Magazine) were such a thing today.

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AEDEI @aedei.bsky.social · Jun 26

Welcome to the new official AEDEI account on Bluesky! We’ll be using this channel to share the latest news on our association and everything Irish Studies related 🍀🍀

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Patrick Lonergan @pflonergan.bsky.social · Jul 15

Charlie Byrnes here in #galway has created this beautiful window of Irish theatre books and posters, most of them from @druidtheatre.bsky.social!

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Patrick Lonergan @pflonergan.bsky.social · Jul 14

Sabotage at #Giaf25 is brilliant - from NoFitState circus in the Claddagh here in #Galway

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Patrick Lonergan @pflonergan.bsky.social · Jul 10

Strongly recommending @gatetheatredublin.bsky.social's production of THE PILLOWMAN. Lovely balance of cruelty and tenderness in the acting, design, direction - confirming my hunch that this is Martin McDonagh's best play.

Will be going again for definite.

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Patrick Lonergan @pflonergan.bsky.social · Jul 3

A Bluesky welcome to AEDEI, the Spanish Association of Irish Studies

AEDEI @aedei.bsky.social · Jun 26

Welcome to the new official AEDEI account on Bluesky! We’ll be using this channel to share the latest news on our association and everything Irish Studies related 🍀🍀

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Patrick Lonergan @pflonergan.bsky.social · Jun 8

#IFTR2025 ready to go...

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Patrick Lonergan @pflonergan.bsky.social · Jun 6

Come and work with us in Drama and Film in Galway - newly advertised role covering at least 2 areas in performance studies, screen studies, acting, stage and screen design, playwriting, directing/devising, practice-based research, or short-form filmmaking.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNJ402/l...

Lecturer (B) in Performance Practices at University of Galway

Explore an exciting academic career as a Lecturer (B) in Performance Practices. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Patrick Lonergan @pflonergan.bsky.social · Jun 2

A bit of Galway in Dublin - Macnas bringing Con Mór to the Phoenix park for Bloom

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Céline Thobois-Gupta @celinethoboisgupta.bsky.social · May 28

Fantastic day at the @ria.ie, learning about intersectional and interdisciplinary #ecological practices and reflecting on what the #Arts and #Humanities do and can do. Many thanks to all organisers, particularly @pflonergan.bsky.social, and all speakers!

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Patrick Lonergan @pflonergan.bsky.social · Apr 15

I'm a couple of years late to it but am exceptionally impressed by Audrey Magee's the Colony. Feels thematically important but also so precise on the small details of ordinary lives.

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Patrick Lonergan @pflonergan.bsky.social · Apr 2

Excited that, as part of @druidtheatre.bsky.social's 50th birthday we're publishing two new books - an anthology of plays with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social and a new history of the company (written by me) with @lilliputpress.bsky.social

www.druid.ie/about/news/d...

Druid's 50th anniversary season | Druid Theatre

Druid to mark its 50th anniversary with a double bill of Synge’s Riders to the Sea and Shakespeare’s Macbeth in Galway this July, followed by a Dublin transfer of Macbeth and a New York transfer of...

www.druid.ie

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Patrick Lonergan @pflonergan.bsky.social · Mar 24

Would agree with most of the @irishtimes.com review of @irishnationalopera.bsky.social's FLYING DUTCHMAN - Francis O'Connor's designs are stupendously good, the direction was carefully balanced between intimacy and excess, and two male leads were outstanding.

www.irishtimes.com/culture/stag...

The Flying Dutchman review: INO’s marriage of music and drama draws you into Wagner’s retelling of a legend

Rachael Hewer directs a vibrant production featuring Giselle Allen as Senta and Jordan Shanahan as the Dutchman

www.irishtimes.com

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Patrick Lonergan @pflonergan.bsky.social · Mar 20

In Galway next Monday? Do come along to the O'Donoghue Centre to hear Caitriona McLoughlin deliver the annual Siobhan McKenna lecture. She'll also present the McKenna scholarship award and will launch Charlotte McIvor and Ian Walsh's Contemporary Irish Theatre: Histories and Theories.

Siobhán McKenna Lecture featuring keynote Caitríona McLaughlin

We are delighted to announce Caitríona McLaughlin, Artistic Director and Co-Director of the Abbey as the Siobhán McKenna lecture keynote.

www.eventbrite.ie

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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · Mar 1

The inaugural Climate Fiction Prize shortlist to be announced on Wednesday 19th March, below is the longlist. "The Morningside", which I adored, brilliantly and subtly imagines a near future with a higher ocean.

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Patrick Lonergan @pflonergan.bsky.social · Mar 12

I'm very happy that our @ria.ie committee on Languages, Literature, Culture and Communications is organising this seminar and workshop - 'The Climate Crisis - What Can the Arts and Humanities Do?'

More information soon but registration is already open!

www.ria.ie/events/the-c...

The Climate Crisis: what can the arts and humanities do? - Royal Irish Academy

Conference and workshop exploring how Arts and Humanities scholarship can understand and respond to the climate crisis. The Arts and Humanities have always played a crucial role in inspiring and respo...

www.ria.ie

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Peter Mandler @petermandler.bsky.social · Mar 10

Three-year postdoc at Cambridge on 'Ireland and the "ends" of the British Empire'. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50601/

Research Assistant/Research Associate - Ireland and the - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

Research Assistant/Research Associate - Ireland and the in the Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge.

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk

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Patrick Lonergan @pflonergan.bsky.social · Mar 7

Sounds brilliant; congrats and good luck with it.

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Patrick Lonergan @pflonergan.bsky.social · Mar 7

Theatre Ireland now sadly gone, as is ITM. I agree with Barry about the need for a replacement, not least because of the huge gap in the historical record since 2008. Future historians will know more about theatre in the 1810s and 1910s than they will about the 2010s - is that the legacy we want?

Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · Mar 3

Recently catalogued - a run of Theatre Ireland magazine, issue 1 in 1982 and ran until 1993. If only such a thing (or later Irish Theatre Magazine) were such a thing today.

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