Conference on Irish Catholicism to be held at Notre Dame | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Conference on Irish Catholicism to be held at Notre Dame Conference on Irish Catholicism to be held at Notre Dame Published: April 07, 2003 Author: Michael O. Garvey An interdisciplinary conference of scholars entitled “Irish Catholics: Belief, Practice and Representation” will be held April 10-12 (Thursday-Saturday) in the University of Notre Dame’s McKenna Hall.p. Sponsored by the Keough Institute for Irish Studies, the conference will open at 7 p.m. Thursday in the McKenna Hall auditorium with an address on “The Catholic Church in Contemporary Ireland” by Patsy McGarry, religious affairs correspondent of the Irish Times.p. The conference will bring together historians and literary and cultural critics from Ireland and the United States, including James S. Donnelly Jr. of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Louise Fuller of the National University of Ireland at Maynooth, David W. Miller of Carnegie Mellon University, Claire Connolly of Cardiff University, Marjorie Howes of Boston College, and Diarmuid O Giollain of University College in Cork.p. Notre Dame faculty members speaking at the conference include Jay Dolan, professor emeritus of history; Luke Gibbons, professor of English and Keough Institute fellow; Timothy Matovina, director of the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism; and Kevin Whelan, Smurfit Director of the Keough-Notre Dame Centre in Ireland.p. TopicID: 3256 Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn