Arts and Letters

We had a fantastic second-to-last day of lectures with our honored guest and friend of the program, Claire Keegan, winner of many awards including the 2009 Davy Byrnes Irish Writing Award and the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. 

Keegan led two sessions for students -- one a spirited reading from her story "Foster;" the other a lecture and discussion of John McGahern's "The Gold Watch," which developed into a lively conversation about character.  As always, students couldn't stop talking afterward about how inspiring their time with Keegan had been.

We then took a docent-led tour of the Model Arts Center in Sligotown, featuring the exhibit "Celtic Twilight."