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The Third All-Ireland Research Conference on Immersion Education – Immersion Education: Taking Stock and Moving Forward, will take place at Mary Immaculate College on 10 and 11 June 2022. This conference will provide opportunities for linguists, researchers and Irish-medium immersion and immersion educators internationally, to critically reflect on and share research in the context of immersion education, providing the space to exchange and discuss new directions in the ever-evolving field of immersion education. Papers will be presented under the following strands: Immersion Pedagogy and Assessment, Leadership and Professional Learning, and Policy and Innovation in Bilingual/Multilingual Communities.

Those who are interested in the rich tradition of literature and writing as Gaeilge in the Déise and among the wider south-eastern community are invited to the inaugural Comhdháil an Oirdheiscirt 2024, which will take place on Saturday 7 September in Waterford. The event, which will be conducted entirely through Irish, is a collaboration between MIC, St Patrick’s Campus, Thurles and South East Technological University (SETU), and will take place in SETU Arena in Waterford City.

Explore the excellent selection of facilities at MIC’s campuses, which make it a leading event's location in the mid-west region—playing host to conferences, meetings, corporate launches, sports events, professional training and exams, exhibitions, lectures, classes and more.

Mary Immaculate College has two campuses, one in Limerick City and another in Thurles town, Co. Tipperary. This page houses general contact and location information. The MIC Staff directory, and specific sections of the website, have direct contact details for academic and professional staff.

Learn how to contact us at MIC library. MIC Limerick Library, General Enquiries. Service Desk - +353 61 204370 or Library@mic.ul.ie. MIC Thurles Library, General Enquiries. Service Desk - +353 504 20531 or Ruth.Talbot@mic.ul.ie.

Having spent almost a decade and a half on the other side of the world in Sydney, Australia, Professor Dermot Nestor has spent the past month adjusting to life back in Ireland and undertaking his new role as President of Mary immaculate College. For most, the journey from Caherdavin to MIC’s Limerick campus is one of five kilometres, or 10 minutes by car; Dermot, however, chose a somewhat more scenic route to get here.

With performances at Glastonbury, Electric Picnic, Indiependence and more under her belt, it’s safe to say that MIC’s Dr Lauren McNamara is no stranger to the world of spoken and slam poetry. However, Quarter Life Crisis, Lauren’s debut collection, marks her first published foray into the world of poetry on paper. She describes the book as a culmination of stories and experiences that she captured during her time working at MIC over the past number of years. We spoke with Lauren following the launch of her book, to chat about her passion for the media of written and spoken poetry and to trace the path that brought her to where she is today. Lauren currently works as an International Relations Executive (Outbound Student Officer) in MIC’s International Office. She also studied at MIC from undergraduate level right up to doctoral degree level, being awarded her PhD in English in 2021.

In the second of our quarterly profile pieces on MIC Staff members, we speak to Dr Brian Desmond, Teaching Fellow in Drama & Theatre Studies about his love for the Arts, his hopes for the new Drama senior cycle syllabus, the pros and cons of Irish success internationally, and why Clowns don't get the respect they deserve!

For the tens of thousands of MIC students who have come through the College in the past three decades, Deirdre O’Riordan has been behind the counter of Student Academic Administration (SAA) to handle their query—be it relating to timetables, examinations, transcripts or any of the many essential pieces of information that a student might need along their way. From Orientation to Graduation, the beginning of the student journey to the culmination of the hard work, Deirdre is one of the key support staff who is with them along the way. For 32 years now, Deirdre has worked for MIC and all but three months of that time was working in SAA. She was recently promoted to Examinations and Academic Events Manager in that division. In the third of our quarterly profile pieces on MIC Staff members, we spoke to Deirdre about her memories of MIC down through the years including how she has seen things change, the support she felt from MIC during her hardest days and, of course, her love of hurling.

The third Traveller to be awarded a PhD in the history of the State, Dr Hannagh McGinley sees herself as a living example to other Travellers as to what can be achieved in education. Her example, however, bucks the trend of poor Traveller education retention rates, ingrained, although typically unconscious, discrimination against Travellers and a mutual misunderstanding between the community and the education system.