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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In this month’s edition of Marine Times Newspaper, author Colin Breen caught up with Tom MacSweeney to discuss his book Lords of the Sea, the first examining the archaeology and history of Irish ‘sea lords’ and their coastal communities in Ireland and Scotland throughout the later Middle Ages.
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We are deeply saddened to hear about the death of Elmarie Mawe, an immense champion of arts and culture in Cork city and beyond. Our sincere condolences to her husband Conor, her family, and friends. Our city has suffered a great loss. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam.
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The book is a collaboration between the Centre for Socially Engaged Practice-Based Research, @tudublin.bsky.social and Create, the national development agency for collaborative arts and Fire Station Artists’ Studios. Available to pre-order on the CUP website now: bit.ly/4zGat94
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Out next month 📖 ... ‘Contemporary Socially Engaged Art Practice in Ireland’ – written by a mix of emerging, mid-career and established socially engaged art practitioners – explores interdisciplinary art forms in the context of social, cultural and political transformations unfolding in Ireland.
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
In 1997 Cork University Press acquired Attic Press. Our archive includes the original contract signed by Nell and offers a fascinating insight into the genesis of the book title with earlier versions struck through and initialled by publisher Mary Paul Keane and Nell McCafferty.
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Today we remember Nell McCafferty on the 2nd anniversary of her death. In 1985 she signed an agreement with Attic Press, the feminist publisher, to write a book on the infamous Kerry babies case. ♀️ A Woman to Blame is a searing depiction of "a witch trial" in modern Irish history.📚
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We’re delighted to see Cathal Póirtéir’s review of 'Glór ón Sceilg: Scríbhinní le Mícheál Ua Ciarmhaic' published today by @booksireland.bsky.social . Póirtéir describes the collection as “a feast of traditional life and lore”. Read the full review: bit.ly/3UElkQw
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
'Anthology', out this October, spans 70 years of the Irish photographer's career from his fashion photography, to his more local series of Irish Travellers. It's available to pre-order from our website. An exhibition of MacWeeney’s work will take place at Photo Museum Ireland (Dec '26 - Feb '27).
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
In last weekend’s @irishtimes.com, Gemma Tipton asked Irish photographers to choose their favourite image from their career. Alen MacWeeney’s choice is 'White Horse [...]'. The image – which features as the cover image of our forthcoming publication – was captured during a 1965 trip to Donegal.
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Thank you to Neslihan Şenocak for her detailed review of 'Mendicants on the Margins' in the Journal of Medieval Monastic Studies. Şenocak says that the book is "an excellent contribution to" the topic of mendicant friars, and is "very well researched". The book is available at bit.ly/4pxjNXW
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TheBookshop.ie @thebookshopie.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Coming from @corkup.bsky.social on 11.09, the latest in their Atlas Series - Atlas of Irish Sport, edited by Mike Cronin, @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social , John Crowley & @charlieroche.bsky.social. Contains a HUGE array of essays on all aspects of Irish sporting history. thebookshop.ie/john-crowley...
Sport in all its forms is central to many people's lives and is an expression of culture that is very much rooted in place. It creates its own emotional attachments and loyalties.

Different localities across Ireland have been defined by their sporting endeavours and achievements. This new atlas will trace the history of Ireland's sporting culture and identity from the earliest times to the present. It will look at the evolution of different sports before the advent of rules and codification in the late Victorian period.

The modernisation of Irelands sporting culture will be explored through the prism of major sports like horse racing, Gaelic football, hurling, soccer, rugby, athletics etc. as well as minority sports. The history of Irish sport extends beyond the island and the sporting traditions of Ireland's diaspora will also be examined in detail.

Comprehensive in scope and richly illustrated the atlas will include contributions from Ireland's leading historians and sports writers.
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Author Tom Spalding, whose recent book ‘Designed for Life' details the twentieth century architectural patrimony of Cork city, gives a brief historical account of these buildings. The article is just a taster of the insights that one will find in this book. Read the full blog post bit.ly/3TebKmO
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The Homes of Cork University Press - Cork University Press
A year after Cork University Press's Centenary, author Tom Spalding looks back on the various offices CUP has occupied and their history from the last
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
From a former set of stables and a former shoe factory to a more fitting home in the Boole Library (@ucclibrary.bsky.social) at the heart of UCC’s campus, Cork University Press has occupied numerous interesting and unique office spaces throughout our one-hundred-year history.
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Born in Co. Armagh, William McCrum was a goalie and member of the Irish Football Association. Although originally rejected for lacking sportsmanship, his motion was accepted in 1891. If you want to read more about McCrum and other Irish sport, keep your eyes peeled for the ‘Atlas of Irish Sport’.
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
With the #FIFAworldcup Final coming up this weekend, tensions are high as football fans eagerly wait to see who the 2026 winner will be. But did you know that the penalty kick – a part of the game that can drastically alter the outcome of a match – was invented by an Irishman?
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
He notes that the volume is “the product of decades of archival work, linguistic expertise, cartographic recovery, genealogical reconstruction and historical interpretation." The book is available from our website and all good bookshops. Learn more at bit.ly/4eXlCd8 .
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Thanks to Michael Potterton for his fantastic review of ‘Gaelic Wexford 1400–1660’ in @historyireland.bsky.social's July-August 2026 edition. Published in December 2025, Potterton describes the book as “one of the most substantial regional studies to appear in Irish historiography in recent years”.
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The 'Atlas of Irish Sport' is an upcoming landmark publication for readers interested in sports history and the history of Ireland and its people. It will be released on 11 September 2026 and can be pre-ordered on the CUP website bit.ly/4f299DM Thank you to our endorsers for their comments.
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Read an excerpt from Titley’s speech on our blog. Plus, from the Belfast launch, watch a short video featuring co-translators Dr Aidan Doyle and Ken Ó Donnchú. bit.ly/4vqIOGA
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‘Dánfhocail: Irish epigrams in verse’ launched in Cork and Belfast - Cork University Press
Uncover a Hidden Ireland with Dánfhocail: Learn more about this new work of translated Irish epigrams which has recently been launched at Cork and Belfast
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
📚We recently celebrated the launch of ‘Dánfhocail: Irish epigrams in verse’ in Cork and Belfast. In Cork, Professor Alan Titley MRIA provided a fascinating insight into the “bits and shards [...] of wisdom” of the old Irish epigrams which are published with English translations for the first time.
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
“Folklore’s age of innoncence […] is coming to an end” declares Stiofán Ó Cadhla, author of the newly published ‘Inventing Irish Folklore’, which offers a retrospect of the keywords and worlds of Irish folklore/béaloideas. Read more about it at bit.ly/4ewFQcf
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Did you know that “dánfhocail” is a word invented and adapted by T.F. O’Rahilly to translate the word “epigram”? Listen to an episode of the Pat Kenny Show, where Dr Ken Ó Donnchú – co-translator of ‘Dánfhocail: Irish epigrams in verse’ – discusses Irish sayings dating back centuries bit.ly/3S2PKef
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
🥇 The C.B. Oldman prize is awarded “for an outstanding work of music bibliography, music reference or music librarianship by an author resident in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland.”
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
👏🏻 Congratulations to Dr. Fintan Vallely who has been awarded the C.B. Oldman Prize 2025 by the UK & Ireland branch of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives & Documentation Centres for his work as editor of The Companion to Irish Traditional Music, 3rd ed (2024).
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Discover how sea lords and their coastal communities on the margins of Europe were shaped by their relationships with the tempestuous sea whilst forming strategic networks. Richly illustrated with maps and photographs, it is available now from bookshops and our website bit.ly/4dSaldw
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Lords of the Sea - Cork University Press
Lords of the Sea: An archaeology of the medieval Gaelic maritime world is the first book to examine the archaeology and history of the sea lords and their as...
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Our latest spring publication has just arrived. 'Lords of the Sea: An archaeology of the medieval Gaelic maritime world' builds on thirty years of primary research on the coastal archaeology of the medieval Gaelic maritime world by author Colin Breen.
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Join us tomorrow evening for the launch of 'The Irish Pub: Invention and re-invention', edited by Moonyoung Hong and Perry Share. The book will be launched by Chris Morash. RSVP to corkuniversitypress@ucc.ie. The book will be available for purchase by card payment only at this event. bit.ly/4uOZCGh
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh opened the event on behalf of the Department of Modern Irish, UCC and her colleagues, the volume’s translators, Ken Ó Donnchú and Aidan Doyle. An enormous thank you to illustrator Ellie Farr @fullsalmoon.bsky.social who travelled from Vermont, US to celebrate with us.
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the launch of Dánfhocail: Irish epigrams in verse on April 23. We were honoured that Alan Titley MRIA launched the book in such an entertaining manner and with an emphasis on the importance of translation.
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Last year @ucclibrary.bsky.social, in partnership with Cork Print Makers, commissioned a set of 4 prints by Cork artist Craig Carry in editions of 25 each to total 100 to mark a centenary of publishing from CUP. Email corkuniversitypress@ucc.ie for info about prices, or read our blog bit.ly/4cgHBdS
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Own a piece of Cork University Press’ one hundred year legacy - Cork University Press
Last year UCC Library, in partnership with Cork Printmakers, commissioned a set of fourdistinct prints in editions of twenty-five each to total one
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
As the winner of the 2017 Bord Gáis Energy Book of the Year, "[t]his volume makes an important and innovative contribution to our understanding of the Irish Revolution" (Professor Senia Pašeta, University of Oxford). @drjohnborgonovo.bsky.social
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20th Anniversary Vote - Irish Book Awards
Sixty Books. One Public Vote. The best of Irish writing. For two decades, the Irish Book Awards have celebrated the stories that moved us, challenged us, comforted us and stayed with us long after the...
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
We are delighted to be selected as part of the #20YearsOfIBA Campaign of the @irishbookawards.bsky.social 📚 Vote for our publication on bit.ly/4dBscFM The 'Atlas of the Irish Revolution' is a landmark publication that presents scholarship on the revolutionary period in an accessible manner.
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RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
A guide to Medieval Gaelic's witty advice, sayings and guidance. Aidan Doyle & Ken Ó Donnchú @ucc.ie @corkup.bsky.social on the witty dánfhocail containing advice and guidance on topics like wealth, love and drink www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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A guide to Medieval Gaelic's witty advice, sayings and guidance
Medieval Gaelic writers provided advice and guidance on topics like wealth, love and drink in the form of witty dánfhocail
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
"The book’s drumbeat is deeply researched, fastidiously marshalled arguments that probe and reveal." bit.ly/4rZNa5x We were delighted to see this review of 'The Irish Pub' by Brendan Daly in the Irish Examiner. Congratulations to editors Moonyoung Hong and Perry Share, and the team of contributors.
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Book review: The Irish pub: Evolving and reinvented itself through time
Consisting of 20 scholarly but accessible essays, the book explores its subject through the prism of history, design, sociology, literature, and psychology
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Discover books which touch upon a variety of disciplines: 📘 ‘Dánfhocail’ (Aidan Doyle, Ken Ó Donnchú) 📗 ‘Beware of Imitations’ (Jeffrey O’Leary) 📕 ‘Lords of the Sea’ (Colin Breen) 📙 ‘Inventing Irish Folklore’ (Stiofán Ó Cadhla)
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
To celebrate #WorldBookDay we’re offering 20% off* spring publications. Use code WBD20 at the checkout until Sunday 8 March linktr.ee/corkuniversitypress * this discount is not available in America and Canada
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
'Dánfhocail: Irish Epigrams in Verse' features poetic commentaries found throughout Irish manuscript and oral traditions translated for the first time by Aidan Doyle, Ken Ó Donnchú. Read a blog post by the translators on their inspiration behind the new volume: bit.ly/4cmWPOQ #SNAG2026
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New Collection of Irish Wisdom in Translation - Cork University Press
Illustration by Ellie Farr, excerpt from book cover image.
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Thanks to all who joined us for the recent launch of Gaelic Wexford 1400-1660 at the Spiegeltent, Wexford. Support from Wexford Historical Society and @notredame.bsky.social, Dublin. Thanks Dominda for the tunes, Stephen Rea for the reading and hurling legend Liam Griffin for launching. 📚 Out now
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
♀️Last week we celebrated the launch of Thirty Years of Change Through Women’s Eyes: Ireland, 1993–2023 by Íde B. O’Carroll at the @nlireland.bsky.social The final book in a trilogy by the author under our Attic Press imprint was launched by Gráinne Healy. 📸 Maxwell Photography
Director of the National Library of Ireland, Audrey Whitty and author Íde B. O'Carroll on the main staircase at the National Library of Ireland.Launch speaker Gráinne Healy and author Íde B. O'Carroll on the main staircase at the National Library of Ireland.Author Íde B. O'Carroll surrounded by copies of her trilogy of books under the Attic Press imprint in the reading room at National Library of Ireland.
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Celebrating 100 years of books from Cork University Press. From early academic research to bestselling atlases, @marjbrennan.bsky.social takes us through the highlights in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Hollywood meets hurling? Seán Crosson recounts the origins of his award-winning book Gaelic Games on Film (2019) which inspired TG4’s new documentary Iománaíocht Hollywood: Cluichí Gaelacha ar Scannán/Hollywood Hurling www.thejournal.ie/hollywood-ga...
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Thanks to everyone who joined us last night for the launch of Irish Dressers and Delph by Meredith Chesson. Our launch speaker Professor Diarmuid Ó Giolláin spoke beautifully about the way communities and individuals make homes out of houses. Out now: www.corkuniversitypress.com/978178205067...
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
We love seeing our authors with their books! Here’s Kevin Whelan outside University of Notre Dame, Dublin with and advance copy of Gaelic Wexford 1400–1660: Culture, Landscape, Settlement. This new book, co-authored with Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich, explores the rich heritage of The Model County.
A smiling man stands outside a Georgian-style brick building with a blue door, holding a large book titled Gaelic Wexford 1400–1660: Culture, Landscape & Settlement by Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich and Kevin Whelan
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
"...the definitive account of the bodhrán" Delighted to see this thoroughly engaged review of Beating Time from Tristan Rosenstock in @journalofmusic.bsky.social this week journalofmusic.com/book-reviews...
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
@ucclibrary.bsky.social @ucc.ie @claudiakinmonth.bsky.social @drjohnborgonovo.bsky.social @ claireconnolly  @lindaconnolly.bsky.social @silenimhurchu.bsky.social @sineadneville.bsky.social @paulmcs.bsky.social @olionaird.bsky.social (2/2)
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Thanks to everyone who joined our Centenary Symposium! It was a joy to celebrate 100 years of publishing. We're continuing the celebration with 25% off all print books until 2 Oct—use code CUP100YEARS at checkout. (1/2)
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Claudia Kinmonth MRIA FSA @claudiakinmonth.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Brilliantly inspiring presenters for today's symposium in Uni College Cork, for example Prof Claire Connolly MRIA, Feargal Keane & Eoin Reardon who brought some of his vernacular-inspired furniture: celebrating 100 yrs of publishing by Cork University Press @ucc.ie @ucclibrary.bsky.social @ria.ie
5 Speakers seated to answer questions from the audience after their presentations, including Prof Claire Connolly MRIA 2nd from right, & Eoin Reardon, woodworker & social media influencer, centre.Author Claudia Kinmonth stands with woodworker Eoin Reardon. He is holding a copy of her latest book, 'Irish country furniture & furnishings 1700-2000' (Cork University Press, 2020) that he had been telling the audience about. Beside him is a chair & a stool typical of what he makes.Author reporter Fergal Keane at the podium discussing realism and journalism and the Atlas of the Irish Revolution Eoin Reardon at the podium talking about the sugan chairs & three legged stools that he makes
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Our Symposium is tomorrow – we can’t wait to see you! 📘 Session 4 features Linda Connolly on Attic Press, Thomas McCarthy on Irish Review, Fergal Keane on the Atlas Series + a new series announcement 📝 a few tickets remaining 🔗 Registration & Full programme: bit.ly/CUPSymposium
A collage of four images with the text "CUP Symposium Session Four" in the center. The top left image shows a person standing indoors with arms crossed. The top right image shows a person outdoors with mountains in the background. The bottom left image shows a person standing against a blue background. The bottom right image shows an open book and several red books on a shelf.
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Fergal Keane reflects on the culture that shaped him in today’s @irishexaminer.bsky.social ahead of our symposium Cork University Press and Irish Intellectual Life this week: www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
Picture of a smiling Fergal Keane - with a blue background
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Waitlist still open for our Symposium next week! 📘 Session 3 features Heather Laird on Daniel Corkery, Virginia Teehan on The Collegiate Chapel, Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh on Ogam Stones at UCC Margaret Lantry on The College 🔗 Full programme: bit.ly/CUPSymposium
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