UCC Launch, Cambridge History of Irish Poetry (2026), ed. by Eric Falci. 3-6pm, Thursday 5 November, NW Council Room

The Cambridge History of Irish Poetry is a one-volume, multi-authored history of the poetic traditions on the island of Ireland and their relation to the courses of poetry beyond its shores. It attends to the crucial developments in the history of Irish poetry as well as the social, political, and cultural conditions underlying those developments, including the complex position of poets in Ireland during different historical eras. Individual chapters describe the ways in which formal, aesthetic, and compositional practices were inflected by political and social structures; provide expert accounts of the institutional and textual histories that have shaped the body of Irish poetry as we have it; and highlight the tradition's major texts, writers, and formations. Unparalleled in scope and depth, this book offers the most comprehensive and authoritative critical account of the Irish poetic tradition.

UCC Launch for The Cambridge History of Irish Poetry (2026), ed. by Eric Falci

3-6pm, Thursday 5 November, 2026Venue: North West Council Room, Main Quad, UCC

3-3:10pm, Welcome from Stephen Graham, Head of CACSSS, UCC

3:10–3:45pm, Introduction by Eric Falci (UC Berkeley)

3:45–5:00pm, Roundtable with Eric Falci and the UCC Contributors

Chair: Lee Jenkins (English)UCC Contributors: Alex Davis (English, Emeritus); Adam Hanna (English); Síle Ní Mhurchú (Irish Learning); Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (Irish Learning); Pádraig Ó Macháin (Department of Modern Irish).Respondent: Patricia Coughlan (English, Emerita)

5:00–6:00pm, Reception

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