Dubliner. Senior Lecturer @UMassEnglish. Joyce nerd. Drifting somewhere in the space between words and music.

Joined July 2011
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Delighted to announce that my edited collection is now available! Essays on Music and Language in Modernist Literature: Musical Modernism (Rout... amazon.com/dp/B0791G22VY/ref… via @amazon

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Come to Amherst Books for a celebration of @malcolmsen ‘s Irish Anthropocene on May 29th. @AmherstBooks @UMassAmherst @UMassEnglish
Friends, I am having a small book launch to welcome Irish Anthropocene into the world on the 29th of May at 4pm in Amherst Books. If you are around and can spare the time, it will be wonderful to have you there. Please come along!
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If you'd told me we'd have a weasel as a prime minister I'd have laughed you out of the room. Yet here we are
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Look at our Chaoimh 💚🤍🧡

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So many brutal aspects of the war on Gaza but this is specifically on the destruction of the universities - from the perspective of a quantum physicist
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Dublin airport pub right now. 90 6 #Ireland off to the playoffs
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Troy Parrott has done it!!!!!!!! One of the great moments. Look at those scenes ☘️☘️☘️

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Irish studies folks/ readers of Irish literature: Emma Donoghue's Haven has been once of my best teaching experiences ever. Can't believe how much my 21st century students loved 7th century monks heading to Skellig Michael!
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@emmadonoo I'm probably doing this wrong because I've haven't a clue re social media
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11 Nov 2025
These words from President Catherine Connolly deserve a place in Irish 🇮🇪 history: ‘🇮🇪 will never accept normalisation of genocide’ ‘History of colonisation & manmade famine’ ‘A lived understanding’ ‘Of dispossession, hunger & war’ ‘Gives 🇮🇪 a mandate to lead’ Immense 🇮🇪 🤝 🇵🇸
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Just need a bigger ladder
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9 Oct 2025
Very excited about a new publication called Equator, featuring the talents of the likes of Pankaj Mishra, Mohsin Hamid, Nesrine Malik, Jonathan Shainin, Gavin Jacobson, Negar Azimi, Samanth Subramanian, Ratik Asokan and Krithika Varagur. Link below.
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ALL EYES ON THE GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA! The next 24 hours are crucial! Watch mainstream media with a critical eye. Seek the facts.
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Sally Rooney 👏👏👏 "Because of my support for non-violent anti-war protest I'm advised I can no longer enter the UK without facing arrest"

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I want u to hear these 2 doctors from Australia sending their last words, fully aware they could be killed any second. What they’re describing is horror that defies belief. 70% of their patients are kids…
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17 Sep 2025
I was invited on @rtenews for an Irish Inquisition: "I will read you the charges, and you will tell me why you're guilty."
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"Hunger and occupation are cultural triggers in our society," "This is a tiny, easily accessible area but we cannot get basic supplies in, and children are being intentionally starved as a weapon of war," rte.ie/news/2025/0911/153292…
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We’re delighted to announce that Caoilinn Hughes will be the writer in residence for the 2025 Trieste Joyce School! Caoilinn’s latest novel is The Alternatives, a New York Times Editor’s Choice. She was recently Oscar Wilde Writer Fellow at Trinity College Dublin.
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I'm so delighted that the absolutely brilliant Siobhán McDonald will be joining us for the 2025 Trieste Joyce school. We had the pleasure of hearing her speak @UMassAmherst @UMassEnglish last year. She will be speaking on her upcoming project on Dublin bay and environs!
We’re delighted to announce that Siobhán McDonald will be speaking at the 2025 Trieste Joyce School! Siobhán is a visual artist based in Dublin, and the recipient of numerous prestigious international awards. Her work is held in public and private collections.
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