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Dr Laura Watson gives guest lecture at Trinity College Dublin
Dr Laura Watson gives a guest lecture at the Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin, entitled 'Voices for Choice: Songs of the Repeal and Reproductive Rights Movement.'
Date: Monday, 02 December 2024
Dr Richard Fitzpatrick article on RTE Brainstorm
Our colleague Dr Richard Fitzpatrick has written a piece for RTE Brainstorm examining the career of an 18th century Tipperaryman in Spain and Colonial Peru. The brief piece on George (or ‘Jorge’) Ryan will provide readers with an idea of the factors that drew Irish people to Latin America during this period. A second article on Richard’s current IRC research focusing on the Irish in Tenerife will be published by Brainstorm in January.
Date: Thursday, 28 November 2024
Prof Karen Desmond delivers Inaugural Lecture on medieval music
Prof Karen Desmond, an internationally recognised scholar in medieval musicology, delivered her inaugural lecture at Maynooth University, titled "Medieval Parchment Fragments and Musical Reconstruction: Building New Histories of Music for the Later Middle Ages."
Date: Thursday, 21 November 2024
Irish Cultural Heritage students at Newgrange
Irish Cultural Heritage Students at Newgrange in November 2024
Date: Tuesday, 19 November 2024
Ogham and the Manuscripts of the Royal Irish Academy
On Tuesday 5 November 2024 we celebrated Ogham and the Manuscripts of the Royal Irish Academy, with a presentation of a magnificent art piece by artist Thomas Keyes to the RIA.
Date: Tuesday, 12 November 2024
From the 'Death of God' to the 'End of Man (Guest Speaker event)
Charles Piecyk will host a seminar based on his PhD research on Monday, November 11th, courtesy of the Maynooth Philosophy Society.
Date: Friday, 08 November 2024
MU names percussionist Ruairí Glasheen as new Artist-in-Residence
Maynooth University's Department of Music is delighted to announce the appointment of award-winning Irish percussionist, composer and filmmaker Ruairí Glasheen as Artist-in-Residence for 2024–25.
Date: Monday, 04 November 2024
MU graduates nominated for An Post Irish Book Awards
Two MU graduates have been nominated for two An Post Irish Book Awards 2024- Oisin McKenna and Páraic Kerrigan
Date: Friday, 01 November 2024
History PhD student Ben Casey receives IRC Postgraduate Scholarship
History PhD student Ben Casey awarded IRC Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship
Date: Tuesday, 29 October 2024