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Sept. 22, 2005 • Volume 14 Number 2

Highlights from the Center of Irish Programs' first five years

*Irish Studies co-sponsors development of a new database on Irish immigration, "Information Wanted," based on a long-running newspaper column in the Boston Pilot; collaborates on an annual Irish film festival with West Newton Cinema; hosts several major conferences, including one commemorating renowned Irish writer Patrick Kavanagh.

*Irish Institute receives consistent funding support from the US Department of State; offers programs in education, local politics, journalism, among other fields, to professionals from Ireland and Northern Ireland; hosts campus appearances by many leading figures in Irish politics, among them Ian Paisley Jr. and Martin McGuinness.

*Burns Library continues to strengthen its world-class Irish holdings, adding ó among numerous acquisitions ó a noteworthy George Bernard Shaw collection, correspondence by the playwright Samuel Beckett and thousands of photos by leading Northern Ireland photojournalist Bobbie Hanvey, as well as some 5,000 books on Irish history from the library of late Trinity College historian T. W. Moody.

*BC-Ireland is established in 2000 with acquisition of buildings in St. Stephen's Green section of Dublin, now known as the Boston College Centre for Irish Programmes, as the cornerstone of the non-profit BC-Ireland Corp.; welcomes Academic Director Michael Cronin and Programs Assistant Thea Gilman as first full-time administrators. •