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Awards Roll of Honour
| 2024/2025 | 2nd place - Best Society Event |
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| 2024/2025 | 3rd place - Best Small Society |
| 2024/2025 | 3rd place - Best Video |
All Classics News Posted
Lecture by Dr Kieran McGroarty
| Posted | 18th Oct 2025 |
| Author | Clodagh FITZGERALD (PRO) |
The Classics Society cordially invites you to a lecture hosted by none other than our very own Dr Kieran McGroarty! Hi topic of choice is, ‘To the Victor the Spoils: the strange behaviour of Alexander the Great’. We are beyond thrilled to have Dr McGroarty hold a talk for us, and are so excited to see you all there!
This event will be held on Thursday, October 23rd, from 6pm in TSI038!
Roman Oil Lamp Craft
| Posted | 11th Oct 2025 |
| Author | Clodagh FITZGERALD (PRO) |
During our tea and coffee morning this week, we will be hosting our first craft event of the year! Using air dry clay, we will be creating Roman Oil Lamps! We will store the lamps for our members while they dry, and they can be collected at the next few and coffee morning!
If you wish to come to the tea and coffee morning, but want to stay away from the crafts, that is completely okay! We can’t wait to see you all, and if you have any questions please reach out to us via email or instagram!
The Classics Quiz!
| Posted | 6th Oct 2025 |
| Author | Clodagh FITZGERALD (PRO) |
The Classics Society is pleased to announce our first quiz of the year! This is a commuter friendly event, and is being held at 2pm this coming Thursday in Rye Events Space 1! Come along with your best thinking caps for a chance to win one of our three fantastic prizes!
C&S Fairs Day!
| Posted | 5th Oct 2025 |
| Author | Clodagh FITZGERALD (PRO) |
Tomorrow, on October 1st, The Classics Society will be manning a stand at the much anticipated Clubs & Societies Fairs Day! We will be there from 10am - 4pm! Stop by and check out our stand, alongside all of the other amazing clubs and societies that Maynooth offers! Feel free to ask any questions you may have (and maybe snag a sticker or two....). We cannot wait to see you all!
Society Social
| Posted | 5th Oct 2025 |
| Author | Clodagh FITZGERALD (PRO) |
Today, the Classics Society held our very first event of the academic year. Our Society Social served as a 'meet the committee' for both new and returning members. We met so many new faces and had a much needed catch up, accompanied by tea and coffee. We are so excited for the upcoming year, and cannot wait to get to know all of our members! :)
Tea and Coffee Hour
| Posted | 5th Oct 2025 |
| Author | Clodagh FITZGERALD (PRO) |
The Classics Society is so excited to announce the return of our weekly tea and coffee hour! This event will be held every Wednesday of Semester 1 (minus reading week), from 1pm - 3pm in Rye Events Space 1!
Directions are kept in a highlight on our Instagram profile (@classicssoc), but if you have any questions feel free to reach out to us! We’re delighted to finally be able to see you all again on a weekly basis! :)
International Trip
| Posted | 5th Oct 2025 |
| Author | Clodagh FITZGERALD (PRO) |
Drumroll please…………the Classics Soc is going to Rome!!
We are beyond thrilled to announce the location of our international trip this year. If you wish to apply for a limited spot, please refer to the expression of interest email sent to you yesterday! We cannot wait to begin the next step in organising this trip, and are so excited to hear from you all!
Classics Committee 2025/2026
| Posted | 3rd Oct 2025 |
| Author | Clodagh FITZGERALD (PRO) |
The Classics Society is honoured to announce our brand new committee for the 2025/2026 academic year! Keep an eye out on our Instagram to learn more about each of our committee members! We are so excited for the upcoming year, and cannot wait to get back into the swing of things!
Classics EGM
| Posted | 30th Sep 2025 |
| Author | Clodagh FITZGERALD (PRO) |
This coming Thursday, the Classics Society is holding our EGM and Roman Banquet! This event will be held in Rye events space 1 from 6pm-8pm. We cannot wait to grow and expand our committee, and are so excited to meet everyone! This year we are looking for a First Year Rep, a Media Officer, and an Events Officer. Descriptions of the current available roles will be listed down below. If you are interested in becoming a member of our committee, we will ask you to say a little bit about yourself and why you think you'd be a good fit for classics! If you wish to go for a committee role, but are unable to attend, just email us a short description with the same information and we will read it out at the event! Our EGM also includes free pizza, alongside various other snacks. We cannot wait to see you all!
First Year Representative: This role is perfect if you're someone who would like to get a taste of committee life (spoken by a proud former first year rep). You will act as a sort of middle man between the society and other first years. Your job will be to answer any queries they may have, and to encourage new first years to join the society! Overall, the workload is light, but gives you the chance to take on a more formal role in the society!
Events Officer: This role mainly involves booking rooms, uploading events, and sorting any equipment needed for events. The workload of this job is a slight bit heavier than that of first year rep, however it is just as rewarding (spoken by a proud former events officer, two for two). This job is perfect for anyone who can keep track of things, without wanting an overly demanding role!
Media Officer: This role involves the making of posters to advertise our events! If you have a bit of artistic flair, or mediocre Canva abilities, you would be perfect for this role. It's a pretty interactive role, with the goal of making one poster per week. We highly recommend it to anyone with a creative streak!
We're so excited to meet out newest committee members!
New Committee (2024-2025)
| Posted | 23rd Sep 2024 |
| Author | KAT GUIRY (Secretary) |
Hello Classics enthusiasts !
Welcome (or welcome back) to Maynooth. Here is your Classics committee for the 2024/2025 academic year. Check out our Instagram to learn more about each individual on the team !
We can’t wait to see what this year holds for the society; we look forward to seeing you at our events this year.
Membership is now open :)
New Committee
| Posted | 27th Oct 2021 |
| Author | Jessica Doherty (President) |
Hi Everyone!
Some of you may know me and most of you may not. My name is Jessica Doherty(she/her), I am a final year student studying History and Greek and Roman Civilization and I am from Donegal. I wanted to introduce myself as the new President of the Classics Society! I previously was the Assistant Public Relations Officer but last week the Classics Society held our AGM and some positions in the committee were available. I am happy to say I was elected President after our previous president Adam stepped down.
Along with Adam being elected as our new Events Officer, we also elected a new Vice President, Treasurer, and Year Reps. We will we posting and introducing our new committee members soon, so keep an eye on our Twitter, Instagram and our own website for updates on that!!
I am really excited to be President this year. It's my final year so I want to go out with a bang and hopefully help the Classics Society grow and and reach new people. The Classics Society already means so much to me and the people that I have met already are great friends. I cannot wait for the year ahead and the things that we have planned!!!
Hopefully I will se some of you at our upcoming events,
Jessica.
New Committee
| Posted | 27th Oct 2021 |
| Author | Jessica Doherty (President) |
Hi Everyone!
Some of you may know me and most of you may not. My name is Jessica Doherty(she/her), I am a final year student studying History and Greek and Roman Civilization and I am from Donegal. I wanted to introduce myself as the new President of the Classics Society! I previously was the Assistant Public Relations Officer but last week the Classics Society held our AGM and some positions in the committee were available. I am happy to say I was elected President after our previous president Adam stepped down.
Along with Adam being elected as our new Events Officer, we also elected a new Vice President, Treasurer, and Year Reps. We will we posting and introducing our new committee members soon, so keep an eye on our Twitter, Instagram and our own website for updates on that!!
I am really excited to be President this year. It's my final year so I want to go out with a bang and hopefully help the Classics Society grow and and reach new people. The Classics Society already means so much to me and the people that I have met already are great friends. I cannot wait for the year ahead and the things that we have planned!!!
Hopefully I will se some of you at our upcoming events,
Jessica.
Annual General Meeting
| Posted | 18th Oct 2021 |
| Author | Jessica (Assistant Public Relations) |
Hi everyone!
This Wednesday the 20th we will be also hosting our AGM as well as our Mini Games Night. There are positions available; President, Events Officer, Treasurer and Year Rep. Feel free to come along to JHL2 this Wednesday from 7pm to 9pm. Everyone is more than welcome to attend and run for any of the available positions. Just prepare a few words as to why you feel you should be elected and if you have ideas or how you would help the society through your position!
Hope to see you all soon,
Jessica.
Mini-Olympics Game Night
| Posted | 17th Oct 2021 |
| Author | Adam Molyneaux (President) |
Hey Everyone,
For our weekly event this Wednesday we are hosting our own Mini Olympics Game Night! We hope you can all attend, we can't wait to play some games and have some fun before the Halloween break. So feel free to come along to John Hume Lecture Hall 2 from 7pm-9pm!
We hope to see you all there!
Join the Classics Society Today!
| Posted | 10th Sep 2021 |
| Author | Adam Molyneaux (President) |
Hey Everyone!
The Classics Society is a group of students from a wide range of subjects that share a common interest in the Ancient World and it's civilisations! If you join our Society, you will be given special access to all of our Weekly Activities and Events revolving around the Ancient Mediterannean such as our past events like our Pub Quiz, Movie Night, Pizza Nights, and so much more.
You don't need to be an Ancient Greek & Roman Civ student in order to join as we always make our activities and events fun and accessible for everyone so that we can all have a bit of a laugh!
The committee and I are really looking forward to seeing you all soon so make sure to register as a member so that you'll be notified by email about our upcoming events! See you there!
Yours Sincerely,
Adam Molyneaux.
(He/They)
Helen McVeigh on 'The Greek Novel'
| Posted | 25th Nov 2020 |
| Author | Adam Molyneaux (President) |
salvete omines! (Hey everyone!)
Everyone is invited to join in on Helen McVeigh's talk on 'The Greek Novel' on Thursday the 26th of Nov at 7pm! (via MS Teams)
Since this talk will be recorded we advise you to turn your camera off, if you prefer, just before we start recording.
We hope to see you there! <3
Book Club Night!
| Posted | 9th Nov 2020 |
| Author | Adam Molyneaux (President) |
salvete omnes!(Hey Everyone!)
Everyone is more than welcome to join us for our Book Club Night at 7pm on the 19th of Nov, via our Discord!
During our book club we want to hear what books you're reading currently reading/starting and what recommendations you have for all of us. No one is expected to be a bookworm so don't worry about not reading as much as you'd like, as we'll be taking up everyone's tips that help them read! Your book(s) don't have to be Classics orientated so no need to worry for not reading Sappho's Fragments or Ovid's The Metamorphoses in your own time.
No one sane does that to themselves! We can't wait to see you all there! <3
Virgil's 'The Aeneid' Dr. Maeve O'Brien
| Posted | 2nd Nov 2020 |
| Author | Adam Molyneaux (President) |
salvete omnes (Hey all!)?
The Maynooth Classics Society are so happy to formally announce that on Tuesday, the 3rd of November, we will be hosting Dr. Maeve O'Brien's talk on Virgil's 'The Aeneid' at 7pm! The talk will be held on MS Teams, so make sure to click the link in our Events Page if you're not a member yet!
There'll be plenty of time at the end of the talk to pick Dr. Maeve O'Brien's brain over "the world's greatest poet" ! (according to Dr. O'Brien)
If you've any questions about the talk then don't hesitate to email us at classics@mulife.ie
The committee hope to see you all there! <3
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