Maynooth University English Department

Welcome back to all of our students and staff, and best wishes for a great coming term! ☀️ @maynoothuniversity.ie

There's our own Belinda McKeon writing about her relationship to the @newyorker.com, ahead of the 12th October event 'A Century of the New Yorker's Irish Writers' at the @abbeytheatre.bsky.social. @maynoothuniversity.ie

An exciting day here at the Department of English as we meet our first group of students on the BA in Creative Writing and English. 🎊🤩 Welcome!! And on your tour of our gorgeous library, be sure to stop by the Pride stand and grab a pin or a bookmark! @mulibrary.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie

We are so proud of Edie, and can't wait to celebrate the launch of her brilliant novel! ⭐ @maynoothuniversity.ie @mu-alumni.bsky.social @oonaf.bsky.social

We are so excited to have @aingealaflannery.bsky.social with us for the coming year! ⭐

Our colleague Belinda McKeon will be in conversation w/ Deborah Treisman (fiction editor of @newyorker.com) Anne Enright, Roddy Doyle & Colin Barrett @abbeytheatre.bsky.social on 12 Oct. for this special event: A Century of The New Yorker's Irish Writers'. ⭐ www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/the...

We're looking forward to meeting incoming first-years at the Arts Subjects Talks tomorrow and Wednesday @maynoothuniversity.ie! Come and say hello! @mulibrary.bsky.social @muahi.bsky.social

Residency alert! In partnership w/ @artscouncilireland.bsky.social, we're seeking a Writer-in-Residence for 2026. Pls spread the word and consider applying to come and work with us! 🙏

@maynoothuniversity.ie @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @muahi.bsky.social
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I’m thrilled too. This time 38 years ago, I left home and moved to Maynooth. The first person in my family to finish secondary school and go to college. It was a life-changing experience. ❤️ 📚

@maynoothuniversity.ie & @kildarelibrary.bsky.social are thrilled to announce @aingealaflannery.bsky.social as Writer-in-Residence. Aingeala is an award-winning writer, journalist, & broadcaster. It is a great pleasure to welcome Aingeala back to Maynooth! @mu-alumni.bsky.social @muahi.bsky.social

Congratulations to all of our prizewinners, and thanks to our wonderful Head of Department Conrad Brunstrom for awarding certificates today. We were delighted to host students and their families for such a lovely occasion! @maynoothuniversity.ie

The best books for summer 2025: our critics’ top picks Sarah Moss, Joseph O’Connor, Wendy Erskine, John Banville, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne and other authors and reviewers choose their top reads for the holidays

I was delighted to see This Interim Time in the @irishtimes.com's 'best books for summer 2025': www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...? Thank you @martindoyle.bsky.social & @jesstraynor.bsky.social 🙏🙏
@lilliputpress.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @maynoothenglish.bsky.social @muahi.bsky.social

We are hiring! Details about 2 x 10 month contract posts are available here: my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr... @maynoothuniversity.ie

This Interim Time by Oona Frawley: Moving essays by the daughter of Irish actors in New York Rooted in the writer’s own experience, this collection offers the intriguing viewpoint of a person neither truly here nor there

So pleased to see a lovely review of This Interim Time in Saturday's @irishtimes.com (by the brilliant writer @jesstraynor.bsky.social no less). 🙏 🙏

@lilliputpress.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @maynoothenglish.bsky.social
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QUB Irish Studies Posting talks, public lectures and other events given at the Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University Belfast.

Thanks again to everyone who supported our academic programme in #IrishStudies this year. You can find recordings of most of our events on our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/@QUBIrishStu...

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Good luck to all of the students starting the Leaving Cert exams tomorrow with English: we look forward to welcoming you in the autumn! ⭐💪 @maynoothcao.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie

Book review: Oona Frawley brings readers on a raw exploration of the past As both her parents are now dead, Frawley feels able to tackle the thorny subject of her father’s alcoholism, his struggles as an actor, and her mother’s reasons for enduring dysfunction for so long

So grateful for this generous and thoughtful review of This Interim Time. 🙏🙏 @irishexaminer.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @maynoothenglish.bsky.social @muahi.bsky.social @lilliputpress.bsky.social
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We are excited to see our new degree programme in Creative Writing and English highlighted in the @irishtimes.com. Full article link: www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ... @maynoothuniversity.ie @oonaf.bsky.social

Our colleague @oonaf.bsky.social's new book has been published with @lilliputpress.bsky.social and an extract was in this weekend's Irish Times ⬇️😊

Today's the day! 😊

Our last event of the term sees our brilliant Writer-in-Residence Catherine Prasifka in conversation with novelist Naoise Dolan this Thursday 8 May. 🤩
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To mark the launch of our brilliant colleague Karl O'Hanlon's new book, Official Voices: Poets and the Irish State, @livunipress.bsky.social is offering a 30% discount. Pls spread the word&order this terrific book for yr library! @mulibrary.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie
#irishstudies #irishlit

Residency opportunity, closing tonight! ⬇️

@maynoothuniversity.ie @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social

Opportunities for Writers 🖊️

Check out late April, May and June deadlines for submissions, competitions, bursaries, residencies and other opportunities!

🔗Read the FULL LIST here: irishwriterscentre.ie/resources/co...

Next Thursday 1 May 2.30pm, we're delighted to welcome @brianlangan.bsky.social & Edie May Hand. A graduate of our MA in CW, Edie won the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social Novel Fair in '23. Join us to hear about their work together! @maynoothuniversity.ie @muahi.bsky.social

Thrilled (& a bit terrified!) that this will be out soon. Grateful to all @lilliputpress.bsky.social, to @brianlangan.bsky.social for all of the support & encouragement, and to @jackflag.bsky.social for the gorgeous cover. 🙏

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This Thursday: Colin Barrett in conversation with Writer-in-Residence Gavin McCrea! @maynoothuniversity.ie @muahi.bsky.social @artscouncilireland.bsky.social 🤩

Our brilliant colleague Paul Lynch has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the @unioflimerick.bsky.social. Paul is Distinguished Writing Fellow @maynoothuniversity.ie. Congratulations Paul! @muahi.bsky.social

Deevy is one of the main subjects in my @researchireland.bsky.social project "Celibacy in Irish Women's Writing, 1860s-1950s", and it was a great opportunity to work on her archives while @maynoothenglish.bsky.social, especially her late career non-fiction essays, which I plan to write on this year.

Alien and Sedition Acts, 1798 As an eighteenth-centuryist, I feel sort of obligated to read the 18th century legislation that is being used to round up people in the USA and transport them to gulags. The relevant legislation co…

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