DePaul University Irish Studies Program

01/22/2026

Attention, DePaul Irish Studies alumni, and all our wonderful friends!

Today is the Blue Demon Challenge. Please consider making a small donation today to support DePaul's mission -- a gift in any amount today would be more helpful than we can express! If you choose to designate your gift for Irish Studies, it will come directly to our program. There are also lots of other great challenge grants across the university, if you're interested in directing your gift to another area.

Thank you to our many wonderful past and present supporters, and thank you for considering making a gift in any amount today. Scrolling down a bit on this page will show you the Irish Studies fund link. Many thanks again!

Join me and make a gift to the Blue Demon Challenge!

03/05/2019

Please join us tomorrow, March 6, 2019!

04/12/2018

Please join us a week from today (Thursday 4/19) for our event "The Good Friday Agreement at 20: Achievements, Opportunities, and Challenges for the People of Northern Ireland". We are excited to hear from our featured guest speakers Mr. John Saville, consul general of the United Kingdom in Chicago and Mr. Brian O'Brien, consul general of Ireland in Chicago. The event will take place in Arts and Letters Hall room 103 from 5:30-6:30 pm. We hope to see you all there!

03/05/2018

Join us for our event today at 4:30pm in Arts and Letters Hall Room 304!

Join us next week, Monday March 5th, as we welcome Irish poet Desmond Egan. The event is from 4:30-5:30pm in Arts and Letters Hall Room 304. We hope to see you there! This event is sponsored by the Irish Studies Program and the Department of English.

02/28/2018

Join us next week, Monday March 5th, as we welcome Irish poet Desmond Egan. The event is from 4:30-5:30pm in Arts and Letters Hall Room 304. We hope to see you there! This event is sponsored by the Irish Studies Program and the Department of English.

11/07/2017

Join us for a presentation by Dr. Angela Bourke tomorrow at 4:30pm in the library (Room 300). This event is free and open to the public. See you there!

10/19/2017

Please join us next Thursday, October 26th, from 4:30-5:30 in room 300 at the Richardson Library!

06/06/2017

Wonderful reception hosted last night by the Irish Consulate and the Irish Fellowship Club. Best wishes as your next chapter opens, Taoiseach Kenny!

05/16/2017

Join us tomorrow (Wednesday, May 17) from 4 to 5:30pm in Room 400 of the Richardson Library for Reading and Remarks by Eilís Ní Dhuibhne, Irish author, novelist, and poet. She will read from her work and also address the changes she has experienced and observed in the atmosphere for contemporary women fiction writers in Ireland. This event is free and open to the public!

04/28/2017

Interested in adding a minor? Adding an Irish Studies minor is easy to do! See our informational flyer for required courses and for more information about the Irish Studies minor.

10/28/2016

On October 27, 2016, the Irish Studies Department hosted a turnip decorating event and discussed how Halloween is a collection of different cultural traditions, heavily influenced by Ireland's Samhain (pronounced sow-wen). Students helped themselves to snacks and candy, professors shared their Halloween experiences, and everyone enjoyed sticking googly eyes and felt on turnips.