Exhibition commissioned by Foras na Gaeilge, was compiled by Dr Fionntán de Brún, lecturer in Irish at the University of Ulster and Dr Eamon Phoenix, Stranmillis University College.

Welcome to the Irish and Celtic Studies Research Institute
Director - Prof Ailbhe Ó Corráin

The Research Institute for Irish and Celtic Studies was established in order to administer and develop research in this subject area. The subject was awarded a 5* in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise, the highest grade achievable, indicating that the research output of the Institute is of international standing and placing it at the top of research in this area in the United Kingdom. The Institute is now one of the largest research centres of Celtic Studies in Ireland and the United Kingdom, the staff complement having increased considerably in recent times.

Objectives

The main objective of the Institute is to foster and develop a vibrant and high-quality research culture and ethos in all aspects of its work. The success in meeting this objective is reflected and measured in various ways, such as the number of significant works published by members of the Institute, the range and quality of large-scale research projects which have attracted external funding from prestigious grant-awarding agencies, research collaboration with other research institutions at home and abroad, the organisation of conferences and colloquia, the editorships of academic journals and the senior positions held by staff on subject research bodies, and the number of research students and research degrees awarded.