The 2026 Annual Conference of the Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society/An Cumann Éire san Ochtú Céad Déag will take place in Queen’s University Belfast on 11-12 June 2026.
The programme for the conference can be downloaded here, and features a rich array of papers exploring all aspects of eighteenth-century Irish history, literature, language, and culture.
You will also find links to previous ECIS conferences below.
Previous ECIS Conferences
The ECIS Annual Conference is a highlight of the Society’s work. The annual conference has taken place in venues across Ireland since 1986.
- 2025: Trinity College Dublin
- 2024: University of Galway
- 2023: Dublin City University
- 2022: University College Cork
- 2021: University of Limerick (online)
- 2020: No conference (COVID-19)
- 2019: Queen’s University Belfast
- 2018: Waterford (in conjunction with Waterford Cathedral and Waterford Treasures)
- 2017: Royal Irish Academy
- 2016: NUI, Galway
- 2015: University College Cork
- 2014: Armagh (in conjunction with the Robinson Library of Armagh)
- 2013: Maynooth University
- 2012: Trinity College Dublin
- 2011: Trim, Co. Meath (in collaboration with the Trim Swift Satire Festival)
- 2010: University of Limerick
- 2009: University College Dublin
- 2008: University College Cork
- 2007: Queen’s University Belfast
- 2006: University of Ulster
- 2005: University of Limerick
- 2004: Queen’s University Belfast (in collaboration with the Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society)
- 2003: Trinity College Dublin & Dublin City Public Libraries
- 2002: NUI, Maynooth (May). Coláiste gan Smál, Ollscoil Luimnigh (January)
- 2001: Queen’s University Belfast (in collaboration with the Linen Hall Library)
- 2000: St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra
- 1999: University College Dublin (in collaboration with the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies)
- 1998: Ballymahon, Co. Longford (in collaboration with the Goldsmith Summer School)
- 1997: University of Ulster
- 1996: University of Limerick
- 1995: Trinity College Dublin (in collaboration with the TCD Conference to mark the 250th anniversary of the death of Jonathan Swift
- 1994: University College Galway
- 1993: University College Dublin
- 1992: Dublin (in collaboration with British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies and Société francaise d’étude du XVIII siècle)
- 1991: St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra
- 1990: Queen’s University Belfast
- 1989: University College Dublin
- 1988: St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth
- 1987: University College Dublin
- 1986: Trinity College Dublin