The Institute of Irish Studies was founded in 1965 with Prof. Emyr Estyn Evans as its founding Director.

QUB History PhD student Constantin Torve talks about his research on Irish secret societies in the nineteenth century

Welcome to our Autumn 2025 Irish Studies seminar programme

The event, co-sponsored by our partners at the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at Notre Dame University, and the Leuven Centre for Irish Studies, was held at the Irish College Leuven, 26-28 June 2025.

The US-UK Fulbright Commission's Queen's University Belfast Award in Irish Studies covers a six-month appointment to research, lecture and teach in Irish Studies in Northern Ireland.

Two Queens' historians received awards for their Irish-Studies research at the 2025 ACIS Conference in Savannah, GA.

Professor Sean Farrell of Northern Illinois University has been appointed a QUB Global Fellow as part of the AHSS Global Fellowship Scheme for 2024-25.

PhD Student Lucy Cullen (AEL) represented QUB Irish Studies at the Comhfhios Postgrad Conference at Boston College.

Conference on 'Unions and Partitions in Ireland' 24-27 August 2023

Weekly seminar listings available

We are happy to announce the launch of the Irish Studies Working Papers Series.

A film by Niamh Dolan (MA Irish Studies, 2018)