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Nessa Cronin is Lecturer in Irish Studies, Centre for Irish Studies, and Associate Director of the Moore Institute at NUI Galway, Ireland. She has published widely on various aspects of Irish Literature, Cultural Geography and Community Mapping practices. She read

Originally from Kerry, Úna Kavanagh has lived in Cork, London and Houston, Texas before returning to Galway in 2010. Úna is currently engaged as a PhD candidate in a scholarly biographical study of Augusta Dillon née Crofton, Lady Clonbrock (1839-1928)

Sarah Murphy Abbamonte is an arts administrator and teaching artist, originally from Rochester, NY. She received a Bachelor of Science (’13) in Psychology and Political Science, as well as a Masters of Public Administration (’16) from The College at Brockport

Patrick Lonergan is Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies at National University of Ireland, Galway and a member of the Royal Irish Academy. He has edited or written eleven books on Irish drama and theatre, including Theatre and Globalization (winner