Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) in Northern Ireland, the Boston College Irish Studies Program will present a two-day symposium this month that offers a less explored outlook on the milestone event.“Writing the Troubles: A Perspective on the 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement,” which takes place April 28 and 29 at Connolly House
Acclaimed Irish author Paul Murray and innovative historian Guy Beiner will be featured speakers at two events this month sponsored through the Boston College Irish Studies Program.Murray, who is at BC this fall as the Burns Visiting Scholar in Irish Studies, will present the Burns Scholar Lecture, “How to Write a Novel,” on November 9 at 5:30 p.m. in the Thompson Room of the
The Boston College Center for Irish Programs was co-host, along with the BC Center for Human Rights and International Justice, in early September to the American launch of “REDRESS: Ireland’s Institutions and Transitional Justice,” a book of essays based on a 2018 Boston College conference examining the controversy over the Magdalene Laundries and other institutional abuses in
On Thursday March 3t the Gaelic Roots Series at Boston College invites you to an in-person presentation and performance, "Remembering Seán Ó Riada (1931-1971) and Ceoltóirí Chualann."Peadar Ó Riada's talk will be followed by music performed by:Peadar Ó Riada, piano, concertinaJoey Abarta, uilleann pipes, whistleAnna Colliton, bodhránSheila Falls, fiddleOisín McAuley,
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