Victoria Denoon, Author at Irish Network Boston

Author: Victoria Denoon

Originally from Holywood, Co. Down, Victoria Denoon is currently the Co-Director of the Center for Irish Partnerships at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. The Center for Irish Partnership fosters collaborations and partnerships with educational institutions in Ireland and Northern Ireland across an interdisciplinary spectrum and embraces faculty exchange and joint research ventures and works with partners to create a dynamic model for Cross-Atlantic collaboration.

In addition, Victoria is the Senior Assistant to the Provost and Special Projects Coordinator for at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.

In 2012, Victoria received an Irish Echo 40 Under 40 Award at a ceremony in New York City.
These awards spotlight up-and-coming leaders of Irish America from around the nation who work in a variety of fields and occupations. She is also the recipient of an Anam Cara Award from the Lowell Irish Cultural Committee.

Victoria has a Bachelor of Laws degree from Queen’s University Belfast, a graduate certificate in Business and a Master’s degree in Criminal Justice from UMass Lowell.

On Wednesday, June 13 at 5:30 p.m. Irish Network Boston co-hosted a special evening celebrating Bloomsday at the Consulate General of Ireland.

Scenes from Ulysses were eloquently brought to life by David Gullette, showcasing the wit and frivolity distinctive to Joyce’s work. The event was hosted in partnership with the Consulate General of Boston and Boston College Global Leadership Institute.

About David Gullette: David is Professor Emeritus of English at Simmons College, where he taught Modern Irish Literature for many years, including a biennial James Joyce course. He is also a poet, actor and playwright, and Literary Director of The Poets’ Theatre, where his adaptation of Seamus Heaney’s translation of BEOWULF had a successful run in 2015. He is President of the Newton/San Juan del Sur (Nicaragua) Sister City Project, and has published two books about Nicaraguan revolutionary poetry

On Thursday, April 5, 2018, the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate hosted a discussion to mark of the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, a cornerstone of peace and reconciliation on the island of Ireland. Co-hosted by the Consulate General of Ireland, the British Consulate-General Boston and Irish Network Boston, the program featured a keynote address by Senator George Mitchell, the United States Special Envoy to Northern Ireland during the pivotal period of 1995 to 2001. A panel discussion followed with representatives of the Irish and British Governments, the Northern Ireland Assembly, the business community, and leading voices on Northern Ireland. Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen moderated.

Discussion included: Senator George Mitchell, former United States Senate Majority Leader and Special Envoy for Northern Ireland; Sir Kim Darroch, Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the United States; Michael Lonergan, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Ireland, United States of America; Marty Meehan, President of the University of Massachusetts and former U.S. Representative; Sean O’Huiginn, Former Head of Anglo Irish Division, Former Ambassador of Ireland to the United States; Dr. Steve Aiken, Ulster Unionist Party Chief Whip; Mark Campbell, Senior Manager at Randox Laboratories; Dr. Ofrit Liviatan, lecturer on law and politics at Harvard University’s Department of Government and the Director of Harvard College’s Freshman Seminar Program; and Shannon Quinn, a J-1 student from Northern Ireland working in communications in Boston.

Irish Network Boston would like to extend their sincere thanks to the Northern Ireland Bureau and the Meehan Foundation for their support of this important event.