Center for Irish Studies

Over the past year, the President of the Republic of Ireland presented the Center’s O’Shaughnessy Award at Trinity College Dublin and this autumn the current O’Shaughnessy Award winner will be introduced at the new Poetry Ireland center, supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, the Tourist Board, Books Ireland, and New Hibernia Review.

With your support, over the past four years, we have established an academic program that boasts nearly 100 students.

Over the past year, we have instituted the first ever essay prize for best article published in New Hibernia Review — subscribed to in over 600 countries and 1,100 institutions. Also, thanks to your support, we are hosting the Dean of DCU from Dublin to teach in our new curriculum as well as establishing the first Gaeilge Scholar to work in the 20,000 volume Celtic Collection at the University of St. Thomas.