Events

The 2025-26 season of the Fund for Irish Studies includes the following events, with more guests still to be announced:

  • September 12, 2025 — Award-winning writer Anne Enright
  • October 3 — Writer and editor Sinéad Gleeson
  • October 30 (Thursday) — Award-winning film & TV director Aoife Kelleher
  • February 8, 2026, in Lee Music Room at Lewis Arts complex — Musician Matt Molloy, member of traditional Irish folk band The Chieftains
  • March 20 — Author, critic and scholar Fintan O’Toole delivers the annual Robert Fagles Memorial Lecture
  • April 10 — Biographer and editor Merlin Holland

Events are free and open to the public.

For all 2025-26 events, free tickets will be required. Reserve tickets through University Ticketing.

All events begin at 4:30 p.m. in the James Stewart Film Theater at 185 Nassau St. in Princeton, New Jersey, unless noted otherwise.

 Event details and dates are subject to change.

Be sure to sign up to receive future event details by email.