A Look at Contemporary Ireland
2:00 PM
Milton Public Library, 476 Canton Avenue, Milton
The Éire Society of Boston hosted a talk, "A Look at Contemporary Ireland" by Richard B. Finnegan Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Stonehill College.
Finnegan focused on the collapse of the "Celtic Tiger" economy, the fall of the political party Fianna Fáil and the scandal involving the Catholic Church in Ireland. He also discussed the peace agreement in Northern Ireland.
Dr. Finnegan, who taught at Stonehill College for 46 years, was the founder of the International Studies program and the Irish Studies program. He served as a Department Chair, Director of the Honors Program, and Dean of Faculty. He wrote six books and numerous scholarly articles, and established an archive of Irish Government Documents. Finnegan received both a Fulbright Scholar Award and a Fulbright Distinguished Chair Award.