A Deep Well of Want: Photographs and Archives of McGahern Country – A New Exhibition Event: Exhibition Opening as part of Cúirt Festival 2024 Date: 24th April Time: 4pm-5pm Venue: Room G10, Hardiman Building, University of Galway Q and A discussion with the curators, moderated by Professor Tom Inglis (McGahern Barracks Museum) This new exhibition of photographs by Paul Butler documents
» Read moreThe DCU School of English is delighted to announce the relaunch of the ‘John McGahern Commemorative Evening’ to take place on Thursday 4th April – 6.30pm in the John McGahern lecture hall, St Patrick’s Campus. More info below, including an eventbrite link to book (free) tickets. If of interest, please do come along to celebrate McGahern’s connection to the St
» Read moreJohn Singleton Routledge, 2023 John McGahern (1934–2006) believed that fiction could act as a window on the world. Such windows, however, frame our fields of vision, alter and shape our perspectives. Far from being static, the artist’s perspective must continually evolve. This book provides a literary analysis of John McGahern’s artistic and poetic vision – his ‘ways of looking’, examining
» Read moreDate: 20 March Colm Tóibín, Niamh Campbell and Caitríona Crowe discuss the 60th Anniversary of John McGahern’s, The Barracks. Moderated by Dr. Barry Houlihan, Archivist at NUIG with an introduction from Tom Inglis. Time: 7pm, March 20Link for Tickets and Info: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/johnmcgahernbarracksmuseum/862487#
» Read moreEamon Maher, Director of the National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies, has been given a TU Dublin Scholarship to recruit a PhD student who will work on the general theme of Cultural Tourism: A Case Study of John McGahern’s Leitrim. Dr Eugene O’Brien, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick will co-supervise the project with Professor Maher, and their joint expertise on the theory of space/place will undoubtedly prove a big advantage to
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