The Fund for Irish Studies is generously supported by The Durkin Family Trust and The James J. Kerrigan, Jr. ’45 and Margaret M. Kerrigan Fund for Irish Studies

Free public events celebrating Irish culture & history

2024-2025 Season

Guests in the 2024-25 Fund for Irish Studies (FIS) series include:

September 27, 2024 — Robert Spoo, Leonard L. Milberg ’53 Professor in Irish Letters at Princeton
November 15 — Paul Muldoon, Howard G.B. Clark ’21 University Professor in the Humanities at Princeton
December 6 — Conversations with Abbey Theatre: Artistic Director Caitríona McLaughlin and Jen Coppinger, Head of Producing
February 7, 2025 — Conversations with Abbey Theatre: Literary Director Ruth McGowan and actor Derbhle Crotty
February 21 — Irish novelist Colm Tóibín
March 20 — Author Niall Williams
March 21 — Author, critic and scholar Fintan O’Toole