2016 Events
![Black and white profile picture of Professor George O'Brien](https://globalirish.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2018/12/George-O’Brien.jpg)
February 17, 2016: George O’Brien, Professor Emeritus of English at Georgetown, spoke about his new book, The Irish Novel, 1800-1910 (Cork University Press, 2015).
![Picture of Professor Timothy Meagher giving a lecture at a podium](http://sites.georgetown.edu/globalirish/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2018/12/Timothy-Meagher-1024x597.jpg)
March 29, 2016: Lecture by Professor Timothy Meagher (Catholic University of America) on Irish-American Nationalist politics, 1916-1921. More Info.
![Picture of poets Caoilinn Hughes and Stephen Sexton standing next to each other posing in front of a landscape portrait](https://globalirish.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2018/12/Caoilinn-Hughes-Stephen-Sexton-169x300.jpg)
October 20, 2016: Poets Caoilinn Hughes and Stephen Sexton read from their work. Listen to the recording.
![Headshot of Irish poet Caitriona O'Reilly](https://globalirish.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2018/12/Caitriona-O’Reilly.jpg)
October 18, 2016: Irish poet Caitriona O’Reilly read from her work as part of the Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice Readings and Talks series. More Info. Watch Video.
![Picture of Irish novelist Colm Tóibín against a gradiant background giving a serious look to the camera](http://sites.georgetown.edu/globalirish/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2018/12/Colm-Toibin-1.jpg)
November 9, 2016: George P. Lacay Endowed Lecture. Irish novelist Colm Tóibín gave the annual George P. Lacay Lecture of the English Department at Georgetown. More Info. Watch Video.
![Picture of poet Martin Dyar at the podium reading from his work to a crowd of people in a room with columns. Paula Cunningham, too, reads from her work at this event](http://sites.georgetown.edu/globalirish/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2018/12/Martin-Dyar-Paula-Cunningham.jpg)
November 17, 2016: Poets Martin Dyar and Paula Cunningham read from their work as part of the continuing commemoration of the 1926 Irish Uprising. More info.