Book Club Events in November and December

The last two book club events will be held in the Embassy again. The books which will be discussed are the following: Claire Keegan: Small Things Like These Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan – between happiness and ruin | Fiction | The Guardian Paul Murray: The Bee Sting The Bee Sting by Paul Murray review …

Heaney Memorial lecture by Roy Foster

THE SZÉCHENYI ACADEMY OF LETTERS AND ARTS cordially invites you to join the 10th SEAMUS HEANEY MEMORIAL LECTURE “BARBAROUS CLANGOURS”? SEAMUS HEANEY, W.B.YEATS AND MEDITATING IN TIME OF CIVIL WAR” by ROY FOSTER Roy Foster is the Professor of Irish History at the University of Oxford and the Honorary Fellow of Trinity College Dublin Date: …

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 …

Kevin Higgins – Mindig azt hittem, élek

Mindig azt hittem, élek annyit, hogy megtanuljak úszni, és olimpiai szinten pillangózzak háton, és megérem, hogy a leszivárgó gazdaság kiprésel legalább egyetlen, mégoly szennyezett cseppet. Mindig azt hittem, élek annyit, hogy megtanuljak vezetni, és legalább egy Forma-1 futamot megnyerjek, és megérem, hogy a Demokraták döntenek az ingyenes, egyetemes egészségügyi ellátásról. Mindig azt hittem, élek annyit, …

Cultural Programmes for January and February by the Embassy of Ireland in Budapest

The Young Plato   Facebook event link: https://fb.me/e/3SqX6wJhC With the support of the Embassy the Budapest International  Documentary Film festival will screen the documentary film titled The Young Plato in the Cinemacity Mamuth for 3 days in January. You can meet the Irish directors Declan McGrath and Neasa Ní Chianáin after the screening in the cinema. If you …

CORKONIANS IN A MULTICULTURAL IRELAND – AN INTERVIEW WITH LISA MCINERNEY INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY KRISZTINA KODÓ

INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY KRISZTINA KODÓ The interview is published in Freeside Europe Online Academic Journal 2022 Issue 13 link: http://www.freesideeurope.com/articles/-corkonians-in-a-multicultural-ireland-an-interview-with-lisa-mcinerney-110 Abstract. The theme of the interview is “Global English(es)”, which presupposes that English is no longer the exclusive terrain of the English people, as it has transcended its original role and has come to be …

ULYSSES 100 CONCERT – A TRIBUTE TO JAMES JOYCE

2022 has been the centenary of the publication of James Joyce’s most famous novel, Ulysses. The programmes throughout the year were sponsored by the Embassy of Ireland in Budapest, and the Irish Government and Ministry for Culture. The final programme of the year offered a concert as a tribute to James Joyce. This was held …