The spirit of St. Patrick’s Day will be recalled tonight when an Irish community development expert gives a free, public lecture sponsored by SIUC’s Irish Studies Program.

Peter Shanahan, a professor at Magee College in Derry, Ireland, will discuss The British-Irish Border:A Drab Noose or a Flowering Necklace? A Report from Derry Today. His lecture will begin at 8 p.m. in the University Museum Auditorium on the north end of Faner Hall.