Bringing Ireland to Notre Dame, Notre Dame to Ireland, and Ireland to the World
The Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies is a research institute dedicated to the study and understanding of Irish culture—in Ireland and around the world—in all of its manifestations.
The Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies is part of the Keough School of Global Affairs, advancing integral human development through research, policy, and practice.
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‘Daniel O’Connell: The Emancipator’ documentary launched by Notre Dame Dublin
The University of Notre Dame Dublin welcomed over 280 guests for the Gala Premiere of Daniel O’Connell: The Emancipator, a landmark documentary on the life and legacy… -
Notre Dame, The Gallery Press celebrate Derek Mahon in Dublin
Over 280 people gathered at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin on Nov. 4, 2025, to mark the fifth anniversary of renowned poet Derek Mahon’s death. -
Irish Writers Initiative connects Notre Dame with Ireland’s new golden age of fiction
The initiative, funded by the Keough School of Global Affairs’ Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies and the College of Arts & Letters, will bring a prominent writer-in-residence and critic-in-residence to Notre Dame each year.
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The Clingen Family Center for the Study of Modern Ireland
A new initiative at the Institute expands our study of Ireland and its place in the world.
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At the heart of the Institute: The Lectures and Public Talks Series
Every semester, the Institute invites scholars, diplomats, writers, artists, and public figures to participate in its lively Lectures and Public Talks series. Explore the 2024 offerings.
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Irish Art . . . Amplified
In this monthly feature, we highlight a work of Irish art—and then amplify its meaning through music and poetry.
Spotlight
Shinjini Chattopadhyay received her PhD in English, with an Irish Studies minor, in May 2022. Now an assistant professor at Georgia's Berry College, she studies global literatures from the early 20th century to contemporary times.
What are the points of similarity—and difference—between the Dublin of 1904 chronicled and celebrated in James Joyce’s "Ulysses" and the 21st-century city of Kolkata? Dr. Shinjini Chattopadhyay explores this question as a contributor to the newly published "The Book About Everything" (Head of Zeus, 2022), edited by Declan Kiberd, Enrico Terrinoni, and Catherine Wilsdon. The book was launched at Notre Dame Dublin on Bloomsday 2022, as the culmination of the Keough-Naughton Institute’s year-long Global Ulysses project.