Over the Irish Sea

Atlantic Archipelagos Research Project

Over the Irish Sea

A Symposium of the Atlantic Archipelagos Research Project

26-27 April 2012  University College Dublin

Welcome to the website for ‘Over the Irish Sea’, a symposium which was held in University College Dublin, 26-27 April 2012.

The purpose of the symposium was to provide a platform for current research on pre-occupations with, and crossings of, the Irish Sea in the modern period in Irish, English, Welsh, and Scottish literatures.

Please visit the links on the left navigation bar to find out more about the symposium, and details of how we intend to build on its success.

The symposium was kindly supported by UCD College of Arts and Celtic Studies, UCD School of English, Drama and Film, UCD John Hume Institute for Global Irish Studies, NUI Galway Moore Institute, and the University of Exeter.

Dr John Brannigan (organiser)

Irish Sea Symposium

School of English, Drama and Film

University College Dublin

Dublin 4, Ireland

To contact us:

Phone: +353 1 7168181

E-mail: john.brannigan@ucd.ie

Text Box: If it comes down to allegiance or a straight choice between a trickle of shingly beaches that are slightly less than clean and the rugged western coastline draped in visionary mystique, give me the likes of Bray or Bettystown any day of the week. Conor O’Callaghan, from ‘East’

The north ‘gateway’ of the Irish Sea: Rathlin and Kintyre seen from Antrim
OystercatchersThe north ‘gateway’ of the Irish Sea: Rathlin and Kintyre seen from Antrim

Click on the image above for a PDF version of the Symposium Poster