I repost this each October in the hope that the complexity of Halloween's origins and customs are more widely appreciated. Claims of a simple historical & mononational genealogy for this celebration are themselves examples of contemporary folklore/mythmaking. limerick1914.medium.com/customs-vary...

“Customs vary wi’ the times, At Hallowe’en”

Customs, Myths and Messiness

A new square in Dublin is to be named after the Irish writer, Mary Lavin. It is been described as the first significant commemoration of an Irish female writer. Bowman:Sunday covering Lavin's work on RTE Radio 1 www.rte.ie/news/regiona...

Public space to be named after writer Mary Lavin

A new square in Dublin is to be named after the Irish writer, Mary Lavin.

Thank you @frankie49.bsky.socialwww.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...

Red lines – Frank McNally on the little-known story of an Irish translator in 1920s Moscow

Perhaps the greatest legacy of May O’Callaghan’s communist sojourn was a story of enduring friendship and eventually love

Our historian colleagues Sean O’Connell (QUB) and Leanne McCormick (UU) are leading this initiative: www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/...

Task force asks for help from victims of mother and baby homes

Victims and survivors have been asked to help establish how mother and baby homes were run.

There’s a recording of our last seminar with Anne Jamison on 'Revising folklore and fairy tale in 19th-century Ireland: Rosa Mulholland’s "The Girl From Under the Lake"’ at www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5Q6...

Irish Studies Seminar: Anne Jamison

YouTube video by QUB Irish Studies

Here’s our autumn semester programme of seminars. Most are also available online via Teams and all are welcome - more info at www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...

New day new platform - you can find us online at www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...