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Sorcha de Brún

@DeSorcha

Lecturer in Irish, UL.Masculinities, literary translation. Organist, pianist.Tweeting in personal capacity.

Joined February 2016
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Nothing like the death of a loyal,trusted,lifelong friend to focus the mind on what really matters in life. Beautiful tribute by David. Rock journalist extraordinaire, and so much more. 😢 Nick Kelly obituary theguardian.com/media/2024/j…
Nick Kelly obituary

Nick Kelly obituary

Other lives: Journalist who wrote a well-regarded music column for the Irish Independent

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Comhghairdeas leis an Dr Sorcha de Brún as caint fhíorshuimiúil a thabhairt inniu in @FiontarGaeilge. “An cóiriú scannánaíochta agus an charachtracht fhireann: 'Seacht gCéad Uaireadóir’ le Micheál Ó Conghaile (Seoighe/Ó Braonáin, 2011)" ab ea teideal na cainte. @UL. @DeSorcha
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BBC GAEILGE@bbcgaeilge8 Apr 2025
Ar Blas le Dáithí: 🎭 @DeSorcha ar a hobair le Gaeilge a chur ar shaothar Shakespeare. 🧭 Jake Mac Siacais ar Slí na Gaeltachta, a seoladh ar na mallaibh. 📚 Paul Laughlin ar a leabhar úr filíochta. 19:30 @bbcsounds, BBC Raidió Uladh ⁊ BBC Raidió Feabhail #gaeilge
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Replying to @RTE_PrimeTime
@RTE_PrimeTime you should investigate the Ella Deasy case in UL - serious questions to be asked and answered
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Aonad na Gaeilge@AonadnaG26 Mar 2025
Agallamh agus léargas an-suimiúil @DeSorcha
Sorcha de Brún (@DeSorcha) profile pictureSorcha de Brún@DeSorcha11 Mar 2025
Antioch LitCit #57 Sorcha De Brún part 1 antiochlitcit.libsyn.com/ant…
LitCit: Antioch's Literary Citizen Podcast: Antioch LitCit #57 Sorcha...

LitCit: Antioch's Literary Citizen Podcast: Antioch LitCit #57 Sorcha...

On this of a two-part episode of host Caren McDonald chats with , a writer, lecturerer, researcher, and Irish translator. They discuss how friendship can serve as an important tool for learning...

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It was an honour to join Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence @ThomasByrneTD at the launch of the Communicating Europe Initiative 2025. CEUROS was represented by Dr Sorcha de Brún & Dr Michaela Schrage-Frueh, who presented her CEI-funded project. @UL @DeSorcha
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Image from Centre for European Studies (CEUROS) (@Ceuros_UL)
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Pattie Punch@PunchPattie11 Mar 2025
Replying to @DeSorcha
This is Brilliant
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Antioch LitCit #57 Sorcha De Brún part 1 antiochlitcit.libsyn.com/ant…
LitCit: Antioch's Literary Citizen Podcast: Antioch LitCit #57 Sorcha...

LitCit: Antioch's Literary Citizen Podcast: Antioch LitCit #57 Sorcha...

On this of a two-part episode of host Caren McDonald chats with , a writer, lecturerer, researcher, and Irish translator. They discuss how friendship can serve as an important tool for learning...

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Comhghairdeachas mór a Ailín! 🙂
Ailín Ní Chonchúir (@ailinnichon) profile pictureAilín Ní Chonchúir@ailinnichon9 Mar 2025
Áthas orm cuan a bheith sroichte! 🚣An-bhuíoch de na stiúrthóirí @tj_oceallaigh agus @nichlochasaigh, de na scrúdaitheoirí agus den phobal foghlama a tacúil a bhuail liom ar mo thuras. Buíoch chomh maith de @UCCSchoolofEd , @CoggOid agus tacaíocht leanúnach @Larionad
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Tá seachtain iontach os ár gcomhair! Beidh Seachtain na mBan i dTaighde 2025 ar siúl ó Dé Luain an 3 Márta go dtí Dé hAoine an 7 Márta agus beidh go leor deiseanna foghlama, líonraithe agus inspioráide ar fud champas Choláiste na Tríonóide! tcd.ie/news_events/events/ev…
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GeniusThinking
@GeniusGTX3 Mar 2025
70 years ago, a woman discovered the structure of DNA. But 2 Cambridge men stole her work and won the Nobel Prize. She was erased from history and died of cancer. Here’s how the biggest theft in science buried Rosalind Franklin’s name in history… 🧵u
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Amazing night in Oxford! 😊 @BrookesSpecColl @BrookesLibrary Thank you to everyone who came along & connected! And of course a huge thank you to the wonderful staff at @oxford_brookes for their support! 🙌❤️
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Tailbacks on N21 after road traffic incident live95fm.ie/news/live95-news…
Tailbacks on N21 after road traffic incident

Tailbacks on N21 after road traffic incident

Emergency services are at the scene of a road traffic incident on the N21 approaching Adare from Limerick city.

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Tonight in Enniskillen! ⏰ A return to where it all began! 🕊️ 7:45PM | IMC Enniskillen In partnership with @niscifest & Fermanagh Film Club 🍿 nisciencefestival.com/events…
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More remarkably, @artscouncil_ie director Maureen Kennelly had nothing to say about the agency's €7m drama in her own statement published in the delayed annual report. #ArtsCouncil #PatrickODonovan #Goldhawk
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Unsafe practices & a “culture of heroes” at the @artscouncil_ie Makes @rte look frugal during its worst excesses. @podonovan Internal Arts Council report advised scrapping €6.7m abandoned IT project four years ago independent.ie/irish-news/in…
Internal Arts Council report advised scrapping €6.7m abandoned IT project four years ago

Internal Arts Council report advised scrapping €6.7m abandoned IT project four years ago

The new grant application system,commissioned in 2019, was originally expected to cost around €3m and take two-and-a-half years

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The Arts Council’s commitment to value for money and expertise. irishexaminer.com/news/arid-…

Arts Council chose the most expensive tender for still undelivered IT project 

According to the contract award notice, the decision to award the tender was focused largely on choosing what it perceived to be the best quality

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Hugh Linehan@hlinehan12 Feb 2025
Arts Council demands high standards of cultural organisations. It failed to meet them itself – The Irish Times irishtimes.com/culture/2025/…
Arts Council demands high standards of cultural organisations. It failed to meet them itself

Arts Council demands high standards of cultural organisations. It failed to meet them itself

A new IT framework will have seemed a good idea to many in the arts, but much went wrong in its implementation

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University Of Limerick@UL13 Feb 2025
Pioneering UL project uses Shakespeare’s sonnets to contemporise the Irish language Dr Sorcha de Brún has translated several sonnets into Irish to share the universal emotions and experiences that Shakespeare depicts ul.ie/news/pioneering-ul-pro… #StudyatUL
Photograph of a woman in a grey and black striped top sat at a desk surrounded by copies of Shakespeare's sonnets. Behind her is a large wall of books. She is looking up from a book and smiling at the camera

ALT Photograph of a woman in a grey and black striped top sat at a desk surrounded by copies of Shakespeare's sonnets. Behind her is a large wall of books. She is looking up from a book and smiling at the camera

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Colum Dunne@ProfColumDunne13 Feb 2025
It was a pleasure to introduce the @burkitt_film @UL joined by filmmaker and cancer survivor Éanna Mac Cana. The documentary details the life of Irish surgeon Denis Burkitt and the impact of his work on infectious disease and understanding of lymphomas @MedicineAtUL @DeSorcha
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