Rooney Writer Fellowship
Making a Difference in the Lives of Others
The Fellowship will enable a creative writer to join the research community in the Hub and to engage with the institute’s many research projects and initiatives. The inaugural Fellow is Caitríona Lally, who took up her position in January 2022.
Supported by Dr Peter Rooney
Announcing the Fellowship, Dr Rooney said:
‘I have always had a great love for literature and believe in supporting the Arts, so I’m delighted to be able to create this Fellowship at the Hub and foster a phenomenal talent like Caitríona Lally. Caitríona is truly one of the great voices of contemporary Irish Literature, and she will add a unique perspective to the excellent research being done by Trinity’s Arts and Humanities scholars.’
The Fellow
A graduate of Trinity’s School of English, Caitríona Lally is the author of the prize-winning novel Eggshells (2017), and of Wunderland, published in September 2021 and already receiving high praise from reviewers. Caitríona was the recipient of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature (2018) and a Lannan Fellowship for Fiction (2019). She also writes short stories and essays and is currently working on a screenplay.
