Ireland
1923: Ireland joins the League of Nations
October 25, 2023
STUDIES :: One hundred years ago, the Irish Free State – not even one full year in existence – joined the League of Nations.
Read moreStudies: Art, literature and national identity
September 26, 2023
The autumn 2023 issue of 'Studies' has as its main theme the "web of indebtedness" into which Irish art and literature is woven.
Read moreA key to understanding Mary Lavin
June 7, 2023
STUDIES :: An essay from winter 1963 by Augustine Martin, Professor of Anglo-Irish Literature at University College Dublin, on the great short story writer Mary Lavin.
Read moreThe re-birth of Patrick Kavanagh
March 29, 2023
JOHN BIRD :: A look at Kavanagh's fascinating essay in 'Studies' (1959) about his transformation on the banks of the Grand Canal after his cancer treatment.
Read moreThinking ahead to Ireland’s future
March 7, 2023
DERMOT ROANTREE :: What kind of Ireland do we want in 2030? Many concrete issues need attention, but most of all we must ask from where we will draw our...
Read moreGarret Fitzgerald on the European project
January 12, 2023
JOHN BIRD :: Ireland joined the EEC 50 years ago. Garret Fitzgerald helped pave the way to this event, as his 1962 article in the Jesuit journal 'Studies' shows.
Read moreJRS Ireland’s call to action
May 20, 2022
JRS Ireland is marking World Diversity Day, Sunday 21 May, with a call to action against racism in all its forms.
Read moreAn Irish Camino experience
July 27, 2021
Three Jesuits, including Bishop Alan McGuckian of Raphoe, are helping to establish a new pilgrimage route in Ireland, the Slí Cholmcille in Donegal and Derry
Read moreStudies: Ireland and euthanasia
June 9, 2021
The Summer 2021 issue of Studies contributes to the public scrutiny of issues raised by Gino Kenny's 'Dying with Dignity Bill' in Dáil Eireann
Read moreIrish Jesuits and the London IRA, 1921
February 8, 2021
Damien Burke :: Archival background on Fr William McElligott SJ, whose IRA service medal for the War of Independence years was gifted to the Irish Province recently
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