


Irish Embassy book club with Jack Byrne
The forthcoming Irish Embassy book club will take place in James Joyce pub at pm,on Wednesday 7 June 2023. The author of the book titled Under the Bridge, Jack Byrne will be also there and he will speak about Under the Bridge. The address of James Joyce Irish Bar and Gastro: Budapest, Podmaniczky Frigyes tér 4, …

Call for Papers – Freeside Europe Online Academic Journal 2023 Issue
Call for Papers Freeside Europe Online Academic Journal 2023 Issue Kodolányi János University Freeside Europe Online Academic Journal is an interdisciplinary journal that was first established in 2005. Since the beginning of 2009, the journal has been given a new profile with the aim of connecting the different fields of academic studies (literature, arts, media, intercultural …

Irish Cultural Event 18 April 2023
The event was organized by The Fifth Province blog, the Embassy of Ireland in Budapest and the Foundation for Inter-Culture Multicultural and Intercultural Connections. The event was hosted by Kodolányi János University, Budapest. The event was officially opened by H.E. Ronan Gargan, Ambassador to Ireland in Hungary and was followed by two very interesting and …
Local and Universal: The Canadian Inuit and the Irish Aran Islanders in the Films of Robert J. Flaherty”
Abstract The article considers the question of locality and universality regarding two locations and populations: the Inuit of the Canadian North, and the Aran Islanders living off the western coast of Ireland. These locations provide the setting for Robert J. Flaherty’s documentary films Nanook of the North (1922) and Man of Aran (1934). The two films attempt to reveal …



YOUNG PLATO – “If I can dream…”
Film Review by Krisztina Kodó 6 February 2023 Young Plato is an observational documentary filmed in Ardoyne North Belfast in 2020 and 2021. The film features as the opening film within the documentary festival. The screening of the film was sponsored by the Embassy of Ireland in Budapest which took place in Mammut Cinema City, …

Emerald Film Club podcast – 18th October 2022
We are pleased to share this podcast which was recorded at the first Emerald Film Club event in October at KJU. We would like to thank His Excellency Ronan Gargan, the Ambassador of Ireland to Hungary for his support. The podcast features the opening speech of His Excellency Ronan Gargan, a presentation on The Banshee …