Launch of Celibacy in Irish Women’s Writing

  • Free to visit

Friday, 10 July 2026

Event times:

17:00 - 19:00

Event location:

James Joyce Centre

Event price:

€0.00

About this event

Please join us for the launch of a new special issue and podcast series dedicated to the untold history of Ireland's unmarried women.

Celibacy in Irish Women's Writing, edited by Dr. Paul Fagan, is an open-access Humanities special issue dedicated to less familiar feminist, queer, and activist versions of celibacy in Irish women’s movements and literature. Boasting new research from leading experts in Irish women's writing, the essays explore representations of unmarried and widowed women in writing by Elizabeth Bowen, Kate O’Brien, Mary Lavin, Molly Keane, Eva Gore-Booth, Edna O’Brien, and more, in order to better understand the historical trajectories of the 'female celibate' as a political and cultural figure in Ireland.

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