Lovely write up of the recent Flann O’Brien Conference, hosted by the Alley Theatre in collaboration with Derry City & Strabane District Council, Tourism NI, Strabane History Society, & @ndirishstudies.bsky.social. Congrats to all involved, especially Maebh Long and our own Brian Ó Conchubhair.

Irish abroad and Irish diaspora:

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Belated, but what a good time the @flannobriensoc.bsky.social conference in Strabane was 🚲

Incredibly excited to share that the special issue on Citizenship and Migration that @migrantherstory.bsky.social and I coedited for the Journal of American and Ethnic History is out: scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss.... The introduction we wrote is open access

Thank you for coming! Lots of work to do now…

Very excited to see this book (supported by the @arinsproject.bsky.social, a joint initiative of @ndirishstudies.bsky.social and @ria.ie) coming to fruition. More here: shop.ria.ie/products/for...

Wonderful joyous evening at the Irish Embassy launching the 'Aunties in England' podcast

Delighted to be part of the panel discussion alongside the brilliant author Catherine Dunne and Ashford Place's Renee Gallagher

🎙️You can listen to the podcast here👇
open.spotify.com/episode/09pJ...

“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...

As part of the Ulster Fleadh in Warrenpoint next month, I’ll be talking about Dirty Linen alongside Eoin McNamee, who’ll be talking about his
great new autobiographical novel, The Bureau. It’s free in!
ulsterfleadh.ie/events/local...

Excellent opportunity here!

Read more about the full book (and the many excellent contributions from my esteemed co-contributors) in this blogpost by our wonderful editors Kevin Kenny and Maddalena Marinari nyupress.org/blog/2025/05..., and then read the book itself! 4/4

Mairéad in Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s short story “Floodtide” & Eilis from Colm Tóibín’s “Brooklyn.” As young women, daughters, wives, & neighbours, they navigate their returns to Connemara & Enniscorthy, in very different historical moments, with a mixture of nostalgia, naivety, regret & ambivalence. 3/4

During my own (many) migrations and re-migrations, I’d noticed these fictional characters, identifying with certain rituals in their returns. There’s a multitude of “Returned Yanks” in Irish literature, but few are written from the perspective of the returnee in a sustained way. I focus on two… 2/4

My chapter in “Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move” (out this month with @nyupress.bsky.social) looks at the “Returned Yank” in literary representations of Irish return migration. 1/4 @gihnyu.bsky.social @kevinkenny.bsky.social @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @ndirishstudies.bsky.social

Reason #485 why we love, love LOVE (and will always support) @realdollyparton.bsky.social’s Imagination Library.

Delighted to share that the special issue of Irish University Review (IUR 55.1) that I co-edited with Dr Emma Radley — ‘Irish Studies: Beyond the Text’ — has now been published by Edinburgh University Press: www.euppublishing.com/toc/iur/55/1. Our thirteen essays (plus intro) follow!
#IrishStudies

Delighted to be here at the @ulstermuseum.org in Belfast for New Histories of Irish Art and Modernism: A Conference in Honor of S.B. Kennedy. @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @keoughglobalnd.bsky.social @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social

One of the many fine works of the Irish poet, Paul Durcan, who passed away this weekend - few have ever written better on death

This blog post captures the focus and spirit of “Rituals of Migration” so well, and the tangible and intangible ways in which ways in which we experience migration, as individuals, families, and communities. Thanks again to @kevinkenny.bsky.social and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social

I'm so honored to contribute a chapter to "Rituals of Migration"! My chapter examines how the Irish poor became deportable upon entering public almshouses in the US and Britain in the 19th century. Admission into almshouses served as a ritual for forced exit from the country. @nyupress.bsky.social

This was such a personal joy to work on, with a wonderful bunch of colleagues, and two exceptional editors. I’m thrilled with the feedback we’re getting so far! @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @keoughglobalnd.bsky.social @notredame.bsky.social

73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need:

-Paid family leave
-Equal pay
-Universal childcare

(But get your mom flowers, too)

Applications are open for the 2026 O’Donnell Fellowship in Irish Studies at St Mary's Newman Academic Centre, University of Melbourne, Australia. Information about the program and how to apply is in the link. The application deadline is Friday 11 July 2025. www.snac.unimelb.edu.au/odonnell-fel...