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Táin Bó Cuailnge: Ireland’s National Epic? This year’s Noel O’Connell lecture will address the literary and historical background of the Táin, its transmission through the centuries, the main characters and their roles in the tale, and the possible messages it may have been intended to convey. Táin Bó Cuailnge, is one of the most extensive tales to have been transmitted ...
The 2013 ILS/Irish Texts Society Noel O’Connell Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Professor Seán Ó Coileán, Professor Emeritus of Modern Irish at University College, Cork and Member of the Royal Irish Academy. The subject of his lecture will be, ’The ITS volume that never was: Robin Flower and The Great Blasket’. This annual lecture is organised in conjunction with ...
The ILS / ITS Noel O’Connell Annual Memorial Lecture will be given by Dr Pádraigín Riggs on the subject of 'The role of London in the life and work of Pádraic Ó Conaire (1882-1928)'. This lecture is organised in conjunction with the Irish Texts Society. Pádraig Ó Conaire was born in Galway city in 1882 and died in Dublin in ...
Renowned poet Ní Chuilleanáin is the current Ireland Professor of Poetry, she was a founding member and editor of the literary journal Cyphers and is one of the major Irish poets of her generation. This is her first visit to the Irish Literary Society and she will be reading from her own work. Ní Chuilleanáin is the Vermeer of contemporary ...
Professor Mícheál Mac Craith will deliver the 2017 joint Irish Texts Society / Irish Literary Society Noel O’Connell Lecture on the subject of 'Robin Flower and Irish Love Poetry'. Presented in association with the Irish Texts Society: Speaker: Mícheál Mac Craith Mícheál Mac Craith is a Franciscan priest who was Professor of Modern Irish at the National University of Ireland, ...
The ILS is delighted to announce that the ILS / ITS Noel O’Connell Annual Memorial Lecture will be given by Micheál Ó Conghaile on his Irish language translations of the London-Irish playwright Martin McDonagh and the Irish language literary scene today. Ag aistriú Martin Mc Donagh ansin dfheadainn labhairt faoi scribhneoireacht agus foilsitheoireacht na Gaeilge inniu agus ceisteanna a fhreagairt. ...
UNFORTUNATELY THIS EVENT IS NOW CANCELLED. NOTICE OF A REPLACEMENT EVENT WILL BE SENT OUT TO SUBSCRIBERS ASAP. TICKET REFUNDS WILL BE ISSUED. The poet Ciaran Carson visits the Society to deliver our joint annual Noel O'Connell memorial talk with the Irish Texts Society. Carson's title for this talk 'From There to Here: Some Reflections on Translation' references his retrospective ...
