Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:52:41 +0200https://english.radio.cz/ondrej-pilny-im-planning-learn-irish-properly-third-time-around-8844502© 2026 Radio Prague International Ondřej Pilný is a professor of English and American literatures at Prague’s Charles University, where he also heads the Centre for Irish Studies. As he explains in our interview, his career path was greatly shaped by a series of coincidences that led him to Dublin in his student days. Pilný also discusses literary links between Czechia and Ireland – and says low pay prevents him and his colleagues from doing valuable work in their field. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/5e52c2cbb66f324abcf6187d6f7bf0d8.jpg?timestamp=1741074237 https://english.radio.cz/ondrej-pilny-im-planning-learn-irish-properly-third-time-around-8844502 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9