Pictured last evening at the Kimmel Center for University Life at NYU, the venue for Glucksman Ireland House's 8th Annual Gala, were Seth Kavanagh, left, Prof. Marian Casey and Joe Long, a graduate of the Master’s in Irish and Irish-American Studies program. Businessman Dómhnal Slattery and novelist Colm Tóibín were the honorees. PHOTO BY PETER MCDERMOTT