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Rencontre with Jan Carson

Post date: Tuesday 4 Mar 2025

Centre Culturel Irlandais · Rencontre avec Jan Carson

Rencontre on 21 novembre 2024 - in English

Listen Jan Carson's discussion with journalist and critic Mirna Helou, about her novel Le fantôme de la banquette arrière (2024), the French translation of Quickly, While They Still Have Horses, published by Sabine Wespieser. In this collection of short stories, Jan invites readers on sixteen fantastic journeys set in Northern Ireland and coloured by tragicomedy and tenderness.

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Rencontre with author Mark O'Connell

Listen to the recording of the discussion between author and journalist Mark O'Connell with his translator Charles Bonnot of Sur le fil de la violence, published in September by Stock.

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Conference about Daniel O'Connell's legacy

2025 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Daniel O'Connell, a major figure in Irish politics. The Embassy of Ireland and the Centre Culturel Irlandais organized a conference to open a conversation on the resonance of Daniel O'Connell's ideas today and on contemporary political issues such as democracy and citizen participation in political affairs.

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Conversation between Daragh Soden and Henrietta McKervey

If yo missed the the opening night of Daragh Soden's exhibition Ladies and Gentlemen, listen to this recording of the discussion between Daragh Soden and writer Henrietta McKervey.

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This online exhibition retraces the life and legacy of Daniel O’Connell (1775–1847).

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Rencontre with Katriona O'Sullivan

Did you miss this event ? Listen to the recording of the Rencontre with Katriona O'Sullivan on the occasion of the publication of Poor in French, which is named Pauvre, published this fall 2025 at Sabine Wespieser Editions.

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Rencontre with Martin Doyle

Listen to the meeting with Martin Doyle, discussing his memoirs in Dirty Linen: The Troubles in My Home Place, in a discussion with Neil Hegarty.

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Rencontre with Paul Lynch

Listen to the riveting talk between Booker Prize winner Paul Lynch and journalist Lara Marlowe about his new book Prophet Song, set in an imagined Ireland that is descending into tyranny.

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Celtic languages: A revitalisation?

Missed this event ? Listen to the talk about the place of minoritised Celtic languages of Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

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