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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · Nov 9

By way of 𝓦𝓮𝓵𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮:
In the last days huge numbers have started to follow me. So maybe it is appropriate to say something about myself.
I teach Old Irish at @maynoothuni.bsky.social and propagate it world-wide via my introduction to the language, 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐨í𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐜: www.siopaleabhar.com/en/tairgi/se....
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Sengoidelc - An Siopa Leabhar

David Stifter’s Sengoidelc (Shan-goy-delth) provides a comprehensive introduction to Old Irish grammar and metrics. Ideally suited for use as a course text and as a guide for the independent learner, ...

www.siopaleabhar.com

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💙 MaryH 💙 @maryh58.bsky.social · 19h

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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 16h

No.

e-grade: sit < *sede-
o-grade: set < *sodei̯e-

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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 1d

The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized and Available Online

If you know nothing else about medieval European illuminated manuscripts, you surely know the Book of Kells. “One of Ireland’s greatest cultural treasures” comments Medievalists.net, “it is set apart ...

www.openculture.com

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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 19h

Maybe a loan from Scandinavian?

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Aonghus Ó hAlmhain @aonghusoha.bsky.social · 1d

Amárach!

Aonghus Ó hAlmhain @aonghusoha.bsky.social · 3d

etim.ie/la-na-matama...

Dé Domhnaigh beag seo, sa Ghaillimh agus san cíbear Ghaeltacht - Matamatic á phlé trí Ghaeilge. Fáilte roimh chách.
Nasc cláraithe thuas.

Lá na Matamaitice as Gaeilge

Lá na Matamaitice as Gaeilge 12 Deireadh Fómhair Ollscoil na Gaillimhe English Mar chuid de Seachtain Mhatamaitice 2025, beidh Lá Matamaitice as Gaeilge in Ollscoil na Gaillimhe, ar an 12 Deireadh …

etim.ie

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Síle Ní Mhurchú @silenimhurchu.bsky.social · 1d

Next Thursday, 16 October, 2-5 p.m. ORB G.27
The McCarthy MSI project & The Department of Modern Irish @ucc.ie present:

The Quire and the Medieval manuscript
a seminar on how manuscripts are made

Fáilte roimh chách / All welcome

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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 1d

Just arrived. The posthumously published book of my late colleague, Dr Colmán Etchingham. Thanks to everyone who saw it through to publication. We plan to hold an event in Maynooth to mark its publication (details to follow). Available to order here: boydellandbrewer.com/book/vikings...
#MedievalSky

A copy of Colmán Etchingham, Vikings in Early Medieval Ireland: Church-raiding, Politics and Kingship (Boydell and Brewer, 2025).

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Bruno Tréguier @bruno.treguier.org · 2d

Vu en ces lieux il y a quelques semaines... 😉

A group of people around a meeting table
Banner overhead says:
“NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
COMMITTEE”

"JUST FOR FUN, LET'S GIVE IT TO OBAMA AGAIN"

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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 2d

Papers from the @ria.ie @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @scs-dias.bsky.social conference on the Book of Lecan, which took place last week, are now available to listen to on SoundCloud. Enjoy!
#MedievalSky
#SpéirGhorm

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The Book of Lecan Conference - Royal Irish Academy

During this two-day event in October 2025, speakers explored the production of the Book of Lecan or Leabhar Mór Lecain, its scribes and patrons, and the texts contained within the manuscript.

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Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies @dias.ie · 2d

Hear Viktoriia talk about this in her free #SamhainAgusScience talk at DIAS HQ on 04 November. Full details and ticket infomation can be found on www.eventbrite.ie/e/1739275773...
#DIASdiscovers #DIAS85 @scs-dias.bsky.social

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Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh OMN | School of Celtic Studies MU @ceilteachomn.bsky.social · 2d

Anocht!

Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh OMN | School of Celtic Studies MU @ceilteachomn.bsky.social · 5d

Bígí linn le haghaidh an chéad seimineár taighde de chuid Roinn na Nua-Ghaeilge, 17:00 Déardaoin 9 Deireadh Fómhair 2025 i Seomra 1.33 san fhoigneamh IONTAS.

*An Ghaeilge in Ollscoil Mhá Nuad - Torthaí Taighde*
Dr Joe Simpson (Lárionad na Gaeilge, @maynoothuniversity.ie)

Fáilte roimh chách!

Seimineár Roinn na Nua-Ghaeilge Ollscoil Mhá Nuad, 9 Deireadh Fómhair 2025. An Ghaeilge in Ollscoil Mhá Nuad -Torthaí Taighde, Dr Joe Simpson

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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 2d

Ich hab vor ein paar tagen einem journalisten in einem interview erklärt, dass bräuche, die in Irland seit dem 16. jh. belegt sind, für mich quasi von "gestern" sind. Das ist weder alt noch altertümlich.

David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 3d

An droichead coisithe nua trasna an Laidhrín i Maigh Nuad.

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 3d

Assistant Professor in Irish and/or European Medieval History
Dublin City University - School of History & Geography #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOY744/a...