Feargal Whelan was awarded a PhD by University College Dublin in 2014 with a thesis titled Samuel Beckett and the Irish Protestant Imagination. He co-founded and co-organised the series of conferences Samuel Beckett and the ‘State’ of Ireland, which were held annually in Dublin from 2011 to 2013. At present he is co-editing the conference proceedings for publication. He has presented on Beckett at conferences in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Canada and Spain, including at the Beckett Society panel ant this year’s MLA, and has published in various journals. At present he is research associate at UCD Humanities Institute in Dublin. Feargal will lead the tour of the Beckett Country at this year’s Samuel Beckett Summer School. …
