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MU researchers win Research Ireland enterprise scheme funding
Three Maynooth University researchers have received awards under Research Ireland's Enterprise Partnership Scheme.
Date: Friday, 20 December 2024
Dr Elizabeth Boyle - Honorary Senior Fellow in Humanities at the University of Suffolk
Dr Elizabeth Boyle of the Maynooth University Department of Early Irish has been appointed Honorary Senior Fellow in Humanities at the University of Suffolk. This fellowship will help facilitate future teaching and research collaborations between the two institutions in key areas related to Dr Boyle's expertise such as medieval history and creative writing.
Date: Thursday, 19 December 2024
Dr Joanne Cusack Named Recipient of the Harry White Doctoral Prize 2025
The Music Department congratulates Dr Joanne Cusack, who was announced as the winner of the third Harry White Doctoral Prize competition.
Date: Monday, 16 December 2024
Fáiltíonn OMN roimh Scríbhneoir Cónaithe nua Ré Ó Laighléis
Fáiltíonn Ollscoil Mhá Nuad roimh an Scríbhneoir Cónaithe, Ré Ó Laighléis faoi scéim nua atá cómhaoinithe ag Comhairle Contae Chill Dara agus Ollscoil Mhá Nuad.
Date: Tuesday, 10 December 2024
MU Chamber Choir celebrates 150 years of Irish Rugby
The Maynooth University Chamber Choir, under Artistic Director Michael T. Dawson, recently performed at the Irish Rugby Football Union's (IRFU) 150th-anniversary celebration, held at the RDS in Dublin.
Date: Wednesday, 04 December 2024
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