Derick Thomson – Ruaraidh MacThòmais – was one of the most prolific and influential Scottish Gaelic poets of the twentieth century. His work pushed forward the boundaries of Gaelic poetry, taking it from its traditional heartlands in the Highlands and Islands to Scotland’s Lowland cities, Glasgow in particular. He was the first poet to use […]

The latest Irish Itinerary Podcast by EFACIS (The European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies) features Dr Daniela Theinová and the Irish-language poet Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh. In her conversation with Daniela Theinová, Irish language poet Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh reads from her poetry, discusses the socio-geographical situatedness of her work, talks about her experiences […]

Cultural Convergence: The Dublin Gate Theatre, 1928-1960, edited by Ondřej Pilný, Ruud van den Beuken and Ian R. Walsh (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020). Based on extensive archival research, this open access book examines the poetics and politics of the Dublin Gate Theatre (est. 1928) over the first three decades of its existence, discussing some of its remarkable productions […]

The new collective monograph Anglophone Literature in Second Language Teacher Education, edited by doc. Justin Quinn and Dr Gabriela Klečková (University of West Bohemia), is now available from Routledge. The monograph proposes new ways that literature, and more generally culture, can be used to educate future teachers of English as a second language. Doc. Quinn’s […]