DrRíona Nic Congáil

Associate Professor

School of Irish, Celtic Studies and Folklore

  • Associate Professor
    School of Irish, Celtic Studies and Folklore
  • University College Dublin, School of Irish Celtic Studies and Folklore, Newman Building Belfield Dublin 4

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION / PARTICIPATION
    Conference
    6 Jun 2025
    Comhdháil ar an Óige agus an Míchumas / Conference on the Irish language, youth, and disability. Main organiser
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Léacht Uí Chadhain, 2024
    24 Oct 2024
    Organiser of the annual 'Léacht Uí Chadhain' lecture hosted by UCD School of Irish, Celtic Studies & Folklore.
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    The life and literature of Prof. Agnes O’Farrelly (1874-1951)
    12 Oct 2024
    Talk celebrating the Centenary of the Irish Federation of University Women
  • JOURNAL/SERIES EDITED
    1 Sep 2024 - 31 Dec 2024
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION / PARTICIPATION
    4 Jul 2024
    Main organiser of conference focused on 120 years of the Irish language summer college. Members of committee: Ríona Nic Congáil, Fintan Keegan, Máire McCafferty, Eoin McEvoy, Jamie Murphy, Lydia Uí Ruairc
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION / PARTICIPATION
    Symposium
    30 May 2024
    Organiser of School Research Day
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    12 May 2024
    Contributor to 'Camán na mBan’ documentary on BBC Northern Ireland and TG4
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    14 Apr 2024
    Contributor to special episode on literature for teenagers in minority languages, based on 2024 conference in UCD.
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION / PARTICIPATION
    22 Mar 2024
    Main organiser of conference on Teenage Literature in Minority Languages. Members of conference committee: Ríona Nic Congáil, Lydia Uí Ruairc (UCD), Eoin McEvoy (UCD), Jamie Murphy (UCD), Bairbre Ní Chonchúir (UCD) Hannah Sams (Swansea)
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    15 Mar 2024
    Contributor to Macha Media's 'Uan Uladh' documentary on TG4.
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION / PARTICIPATION
    Symposium
    8 Mar 2024
    Aoichaint mar chuid de Lá Idirnáisiúnta na mBan: Ceiliúradh ar Scoláireacht na mBan agus ar Cheist na hInscne i Léann na Gaeilge, Coláiste na Tríonóide
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION / PARTICIPATION
    Seminars
    6 Dec 2023
    ‘Litríocht na gColáistí Samhraidh’, Invited Research Seminar, Fiontar agus Scoil na Gaeilge, Dublin City University
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION / PARTICIPATION
    Conference
    1 Dec 2023
    Conference on women and Irish language scholarship. Co-organisers: Regina Uí Chollatáin, Ríona Nic Congáil, Meidhbhín Ní Úrdail, Aoife Whelan.
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Gaelic Childhoods in the Early Twentieth Century
    1 Aug 2023
    Online talk as part of National Heritage Week (August 2023)
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Women and Twentieth-Century Irish Writing
    17 Jun 2023
    Lecture prepared for event at Irish Cultural Centre, London
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION / PARTICIPATION
    Symposium
    1 Jun 2023
    Organiser of School Research Day, UCD
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION / PARTICIPATION
    23 Mar 2023
    Main organiser of international conference. Conference committee: Ríona Nic Congáil, Richard Huddleson, Máire McCafferty, Lydia Uí Ruairc, Eoin McEvoy, Hannah Sams.
  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
    1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2027
    Member of the Young Academy of Ireland, a network of early career researchers and innovators
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Writing from the Margins: Twentieth-Century Irish-Language Women’s Writing
    25 Nov 2022
    Library Association of Ireland, Rare Books Group Annual Seminar 2022
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION / PARTICIPATION
    Seminars
    27 Jun 2022
    Invited lecture delivered as part of Tionól Gaeilge UCD / International Irish Language Summer School, UCD
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION / PARTICIPATION
    Symposium
    2 Jun 2022
    Organiser of School Research Day, UCD
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION / PARTICIPATION
    11 Mar 2022
    Main organiser of two-day international online conference hosted by UCD. Conference committee: Ríona Nic Congáil, Máire McCafferty, Richard Huddleson, Fiona Lyons, Eoin McEvoy, Hannah Sams.
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    1 Jan 2022
    Awarded by the American Conference for Irish Studies for the best monograph in the Irish language in the year in question. The monograph is entitled An Óige Agus An Athbheochan
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Coiste Léann na Gaeilge, Royal Irish Academy
    1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2026
    Member
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION / PARTICIPATION
    Conference
    23 Jun 2021
    Member of National Organising Committee, Society for the History of Childhood and Youth 2021 conference, NUIG