English, University of Galway

27/08/2026

The journalist and writer’s new essay collection dissects the concepts of beauty and identity in the present age

24/08/2026

Rewarding your academic excellence.

Applications are now open for the University of Galway Postgraduate Excellence Scholarship.
If you're an EU student with a First Class Honours bachelor's degree and are planning to begin a postgraduate taught programme, you could be eligible for this prestigious scholarship.

📅 Application deadline: 30 September 2026.

Take the next step in your academic journey and apply before the deadline.

24/08/2026

We will be launching The Most Normal Woman: Essays on Appearances by Roisin Kiberd on Friday 28th August at 6pm in Hodges Figgis, introduced by Elaine Feeney. We hope to see you all there!

24/08/2026

Prof Daniel Carey recently went live on CBS58 Milwaukee News to talk about the Imirce Project, on show at Milwaukee Irish Fest.
Catch the replay to learn how to search the archive online yourself, and hear a moving letter reading from James Butler — writing home from Milwaukee to his brother in Kildare, 1849.

https://wsocdn.weigelbroadcasting.com/cbs58news/ab%20irish%205_1786717934/ab%20irish%205_1786717934.m3u8

20/08/2026

Congratulations to Róisín, who currently lectures on our undergraduate and postgraduate Writing programmes.

In this dynamic new collection of essays, critically acclaimed author Roisin Kiberd dissects the business of attaining perfection – or even normality – through consumption and body modification. Kiberd explores subcultures including the underground drag scene and competitive dog shows to better understand how differing groups define and judge excellence, and takes us on a journey of obsession with an unanticipated answer to the question: am I normal yet?

The Most Normal Woman: Essays on Appearances by Roisin Kiberd will be launched on Friday 28th August at Hodges Figgis at 6pm!

20/08/2026

The Imirce Project and the Kerby A. Miller Collection were displayed at Milwaukee Irish Fest, the world's largest celebration of Irish music and culture, taking place from 13-16 August 2026, and featured on the front page of the Milwaukee Sentinel.

Through original programming across the Festival's Theatre Pavilion, Hedge School, and Genealogy Tent, festivalgoers had the opportunity to explore the letters and life stories of Irish emigrants who journeyed to North America. These remarkable personal archives offer a unique window into the emigrant experience and may help visitors trace the same journey their own ancestors once made.

Professor Daniel Carey and the Imirce team are committed to continuing the work of Kerby Miller and his colleagues by collecting and transcribing Irish emigrant letters and life stories and adding them to the database.

05/08/2026

Christian Wallace, graduate of our MA in Writing programme, recently joined the Cois Coiribe podcast to reflect on his time studying with us, as well as his love of Galway.

Christian is an American writer, journalist, and screenwriter from West Texas. He is best known as the co-creator and executive producer of the Paramount+ hit series Landman, which he co-created with Taylor Sheridan.

He is in conversation here with Mike McCormack.

In this episode of the Cois Coiribe Podcast, host Mike McCormack, author and lecturer at the University of Galway, speaks with Christian Wallace, writer, journalist, screenwriter and University of Gal

29/07/2026

📑 Dr Henry Obi Ajumeze's essay “Between Artwashing and Insurgency: Dramatising Oil Spillages in the Niger Delta,” has been published in The Routledge Companion to World Literature and the Environment. Drawing on Eni-Jologho’s The Scent of Crude Oil and Sam Okala’s Fumes of Fuel, Dr Ajumeze's essay discusses the different ways in which extractive infrastructures are performed in Niger Delta drama to argue that techno-modernity is an implicated subject in petro-insurgency.

The Routledge Companion to World‑Literature and the Environment takes a broad, global overview of the history, present and potential futures of environmental and literary studies, demonstrating that world‑literature is itself a world‑ecological force. Over 36 chapters, the collection moves fro...

29/07/2026

Congratulations to all our staff and students from Mayo. 💚❤️
Especially Mike! 😉

Hup Mayo! Comhairdeas mór! 💚 ❤️