Lecturer in Irish, UL.Masculinities, literary translation. Organist, pianist.Tweeting in personal capacity.
Joined February 2016
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24 Jan 2024
Nothing like the death of a loyal,trusted,lifelong friend to focus the mind on what really matters in life. Beautiful tribute by David. Rock journalist extraordinaire, and so much more. 😢
Nick Kelly obituary theguardian.com/media/2024/j…
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2 Apr 2025
Comhghairdeas leis an Dr Sorcha de Brún as caint fhíorshuimiúil a thabhairt inniu in @FiontarGaeilge. “An cóiriú scannánaíochta agus an charachtracht fhireann: 'Seacht gCéad Uaireadóir’ le Micheál Ó Conghaile (Seoighe/Ó Braonáin, 2011)" ab ea teideal na cainte. @UL. @DeSorcha
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8 Apr 2025
Ar Blas le Dáithí:
🎭 @DeSorcha ar a hobair le Gaeilge a chur ar shaothar Shakespeare.
🧭 Jake Mac Siacais ar Slí na Gaeltachta, a seoladh ar na mallaibh.
📚 Paul Laughlin ar a leabhar úr filíochta.
19:30 @bbcsounds, BBC Raidió Uladh ⁊ BBC Raidió Feabhail
#gaeilge
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24 Mar 2025
@RTE_PrimeTime you should investigate the Ella Deasy case in UL - serious questions to be asked and answered
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26 Mar 2025
Agallamh agus léargas an-suimiúil @DeSorcha
11 Mar 2025
Antioch LitCit #57 Sorcha De Brún part 1 antiochlitcit.libsyn.com/ant…
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20 Mar 2025
It was an honour to join Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence @ThomasByrneTD at the launch of the Communicating Europe Initiative 2025. CEUROS was represented by Dr Sorcha de Brún & Dr Michaela Schrage-Frueh, who presented her CEI-funded project. @UL @DeSorcha
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11 Mar 2025
Comhghairdeachas mór a Ailín! 🙂
9 Mar 2025
Áthas orm cuan a bheith sroichte! 🚣An-bhuíoch de na stiúrthóirí @tj_oceallaigh agus @nichlochasaigh, de na scrúdaitheoirí agus den phobal foghlama a tacúil a bhuail liom ar mo thuras. Buíoch chomh maith de @UCCSchoolofEd , @CoggOid agus tacaíocht leanúnach @Larionad
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3 Mar 2025
Tá seachtain iontach os ár gcomhair! Beidh Seachtain na mBan i dTaighde 2025 ar siúl ó Dé Luain an 3 Márta go dtí Dé hAoine an 7 Márta agus beidh go leor deiseanna foghlama, líonraithe agus inspioráide ar fud champas Choláiste na Tríonóide!
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3 Mar 2025
70 years ago, a woman discovered the structure of DNA.
But 2 Cambridge men stole her work and won the Nobel Prize.
She was erased from history and died of cancer.
Here’s how the biggest theft in science buried Rosalind Franklin’s name in history… 🧵u
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27 Feb 2025
Amazing night in Oxford! 😊 @BrookesSpecColl @BrookesLibrary
Thank you to everyone who came along & connected! And of course a huge thank you to the wonderful staff at @oxford_brookes for their support! 🙌❤️
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19 Feb 2025
Tonight in Enniskillen! ⏰
A return to where it all began! 🕊️
7:45PM | IMC Enniskillen
In partnership with @niscifest & Fermanagh Film Club 🍿
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12 Feb 2025
More remarkably, @artscouncil_ie director Maureen Kennelly had nothing to say about the agency's €7m drama in her own statement published in the delayed annual report.
#ArtsCouncil #PatrickODonovan #Goldhawk
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15 Feb 2025
Unsafe practices & a “culture of heroes” at the @artscouncil_ie
Makes @rte look frugal during its worst excesses.
@podonovan
Internal Arts Council report advised scrapping €6.7m abandoned IT project four years ago independent.ie/irish-news/in…
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15 Feb 2025
The Arts Council’s commitment to value for money and expertise.
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12 Feb 2025
Arts Council demands high standards of cultural organisations. It failed to meet them itself – The Irish Times irishtimes.com/culture/2025/…
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13 Feb 2025
Pioneering UL project uses Shakespeare’s sonnets to contemporise the Irish language
Dr Sorcha de Brún has translated several sonnets into Irish to share the universal emotions and experiences that Shakespeare depicts
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13 Feb 2025
It was a pleasure to introduce the @burkitt_film @UL joined by filmmaker and cancer survivor Éanna Mac Cana. The documentary details the life of Irish surgeon Denis Burkitt and the impact of his work on infectious disease and understanding of lymphomas @MedicineAtUL @DeSorcha
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