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

2026-2027 Season

Guests in the 2026-27 Fund for Irish Studies (FIS) series include:

September 18, 2026 — Reading by Irish biochemist and immunologist Luke O’Neill
October 30 — Reading by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and Princeton Professor of Creative Writing Yiyun Li
November 13 — Lecture by Peter Kelly, Assistant Professor of Classics at Princeton
February 12, 2027 — Performance by Irish fiddler Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
March — Author, critic and scholar Fintan O’Toole delivers the annual Robert Fagles Memorial Lecture