Reader, Writer. Not doing much Arithmetic. Author Contemporary Irish Women Poets @LivUniPress. Associate Professor @ucddublin. Opinions few, but my own.
Dublin, Ireland
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RT @lizabethswann: This is APPALLING. Deciding that English Lit degrees are “no longer viable in the current climate” is a disgrace - Engli…
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“I can't think of a case where poems changed the world, but what they do is they change people's understanding of what's going on in the world.”
― Seamus Heaney
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Dear friends in the US, please read this and share it as much as you are able. Thank you. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Palestinian poet, teacher and writer @MosabAbuToha was born in Gaza. That’s where many of the poems in his new collection, "Forest of Noise," were written, amidst the chaos and uncertainty of war.
@IAmAmnaNawaz spoke to him for more.
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📢LATEST ISSUE📢Terry Gunnell explores the collaborative relationships between Irish writers Thomas Crofton Croker & Thomas Keightley, artists Daniel Maclise & William Henry Brooke, & fairy collections, evincing the powerful dimensions artwork gave these stories & beliefs
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Banning UNRWA is not just about allegations of staff members bring connected to Hamas. It’s about the fact that UNRWA legitimises Palestinians’ refugee status and the ‘right to return’ to what is now Israel. There is more to this than meets the eye.
The vote by the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) against @UNRWA this evening is unprecedented and sets a dangerous precedent. It opposes the UN Charter and violates the State of Israel’s obligations under international law.
This is the latest in the ongoing campaign to discredit UNRWA and delegitimize its role towards providing human-development assistance and services to #Palestine Refugees.
These bills will only deepen the suffering of Palestinians, especially in #Gaza where people have been going through more than a year of sheer hell.
It will deprive over 650,000 girls & boys there from education, putting at risk an entire generation of children.
These bills increase the suffering of the Palestinians & are nothing less than collective punishment.
Putting an end to UNRWA & its services will not strip the Palestinians from their refugee status. That status is protected by another UN General Assembly resolution until a fair and lasting solution is found to the plight of the Palestinians.
Failing to push back these bills will weaken our common multilateral mechanism established after World War 2.
This should be a concern to all.
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On Monday night, President Higgins read Paul Durcan's poem ‘The Haulier's Wife Meets Jesus on the Road Near Moone’ as part of the event Paul Durcan: 80 at 80 presented by @poetryireland and @GateTheatreDub to celebrate the poet's 80th birthday
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Lucky #ABEI to have @CPMacCarthy on your hands! Looks like a great symposium #IrishStudies #IrishPoetry
Exciting to participate in the XIX Symposium of Irish Studies (at USP) in South America! My thanks to Profs Laura Izarra and Mariana Bolfarine (ABEI)
@poetryireland @MunLitCentre
@LimerickWriters @PoetrySiobhan @TedSmyth
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Well worth listening to @KathleenMacM & @roisiningle discuss why the naming of Mary Lavin Place at Wilton Park is so important. ✍️Open to the public from this afternoon as well as the newly restored one-acre Victorian Park. Meticulous work from @IPUT_plc 👏 #marylavinplace
New Episode
Tomorrow, Mary Lavin Place will be officially unveiled in Dublin, the first public space to be named after a female Irish writer. Lavin’s granddaughter @KathleenMacM reflects on her life and legacy.
In association with @KildareVillage
pod.link/1040117877
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💙💛 Professor Tom Garvin: 1944 - 2024
With deep sadness, the UCD community mourns the loss of Emeritus Professor Tom Garvin, Professor of Politics at University College Dublin from 1991 - 2008.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
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Loved talking to the wonderful @VKennefick about her latest collection #Egg/shell, her evolving writing practice, women’s bodies (again!) and all kinds of wildness. She’s brilliant! #Irishpoetry @Carcanet
In the newest episode of the #IrishItinerary Podcast, #poet Victoria Kennefick talks to Lucy Collins about her #poetry collection Egg/Shell (2024)!
Listen at efacis.eu/podcast or on spotify, google podcasts or other platforms.
#irishstudies #irishpoetry #poeticform
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We were delighted to welcome writer Seán Hewitt @seanehewitt to the museum today to read an extract of De Profundis to mark 170 years since the birth of Oscar Wilde, as well as the announcement of a new exhibition on Wilde which will run from March 2025.
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I genuinely don't remember making you all this stupid.
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This ⬇️ #uncannylikeness
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Wishing our dear friend Paul Durcan a happy 80th birthday - and in gratitude for the brilliant poetic gifts he has given us over the decades. Here he is with SH in 1992. Pic by @millerfrank1 and @IrishTimes
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Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I can think of about 20 women poets/academics/literary critics - many of whom wear all of these hats - who could speak authoritatively about #eavanboland but now, we have Diarmuid Ferriter yet again @TodaywithClaire
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Great CFP for next summer’s IASIL conference - looking forward to heading westward! @IASIL3 @uniofgalway
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