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Weekly Comment: Danny McDonald and Colum McCann Honored at NYU Gala

By Julia Brodsky, Editorial Assistant
February 26, 2016

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Glucksman Ireland House hosted its annual gala this past Wednesday, honoring acclaimed writer Colum McCann and restaurant proprietor Danny McDonald. The event featured music from Lúnasa and freshly poured pints of Guinness. New York Times writer and memoirist Dan Barry acted as master of ceremonies, introducing McDonald and McCann for the Lewis L. Glucksman Award for Leadership … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment: Danny McDonald and Colum McCann Honored at NYU Gala

We Will Not See His Like Again

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief, and Adam Farley
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Remembering Seamus Heaney. Lightenings viii The annals say: when the monks of Clonmacnoise Were all at prayers inside the oratory / A ship appeared above them in the air. The anchor dragged along behind so deep / It hooked itself into the altar rails And then, as the big hull rocked to a standstill, A crewman shinned and grappled down the rope / And struggled to release it. … [Read more...] about We Will Not See His Like Again

Bean an Tí – Celebrating Loretta & 20 Years of Glucksman Ireland House

By Mary Pat Kelly, Contributor
April / May 2013

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Glucksman Ireland House, NYU’s center for Irish Studies celebrated 20 years and its founders, Loretta Brennan Glucksman and her late husband Lewis Glucksman. Seamus Heaney read “Lauds for Loretta,” his praise poem for Loretta Brennan Glucksman at the Gala Dinner celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Glucksman Ireland House, New York University’s renowned center for Irish and … [Read more...] about Bean an Tí – Celebrating Loretta & 20 Years of Glucksman Ireland House

The Four Irish Nobel Laureates

By Turlough McConnell
December / January 2013

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"Without the titanic vision of one man, Brian P. Burns, none of this would have been possible,” writes Roger Kohn of The Four Irish Nobel Laureates, a series of sculptures created by noted Irish artist Rowan Gillespie, now permanently housed in the John J. Burns Library, in the historic, leafy suburb of Chestnut Hill, at the heart of the Boston College campus. Under the … [Read more...] about The Four Irish Nobel Laureates

Seamus Heaney Donates Papers to Library of Ireland

By Molly Ferns, Editorial Assistant
February / March 2012

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The National Library of Ireland has become the new home to Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney’s collection of literary papers. “I’m overwhelmed at the number of people that the library has brought in to celebrate this moment and I’m deeply indebted and deeply honoured,” said Heaney at a reception held in the reading room of the National Library on December 21. Among  those who … [Read more...] about Seamus Heaney Donates Papers to Library of Ireland