Annual Conference

Ballynahinch Castle, Connemara. Built in 1754, it was home to Richard ‘Humanity Dick’ Martin, famous animal lover who also established Kirwan’s Lane Theatre in Galway in 1783.

The 2025 Annual Conference of the Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society/An Cumann Éire san Ochtú Céad Déag is taking place in Trinity College Dublin on 5-6 June 2025.

The conference will feature keynote addresses from Professor Mark Caball (UCD), Professor James Kelly (Dublin City University), and Professor Christina Morin (University of Limerick).

The Call for Papers is now available here.