Deborah Hayden
@dhaydenceltic.bsky.social
Professor of Celtic Studies & Head of the Department of Early Irish at Maynooth University. History of medicine & linguistics; early Irish literature; manuscripts; #Gaeilge
https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-arts-humanities/our-people/deborah-hayden
https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-arts-humanities/our-people/deborah-hayden
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@dhaydenceltic.bsky.social
· May 14
Such a joy to see this out in the world at last - and now available fully #OpenAccess from @brepols.net!
Huge thanks to my co-editor @sarahbaccianti.bsky.social, all our contributors, & @researchireland.ie for making this project possible against all odds 🎉🥂
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Huge thanks to my co-editor @sarahbaccianti.bsky.social, all our contributors, & @researchireland.ie for making this project possible against all odds 🎉🥂
www.brepolsonline.net/action/showB...
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Foliseachán nua - New publication 2
The Triads of Ireland: An Old Irish Wisdom Text
Edited by Fergus Kelly
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The Triads of Ireland: An Old Irish Wisdom Text
Edited by Fergus Kelly
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@dias.ie
#DIASdiscovers
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Foliseachán nua - New publication 2
The Triads of Ireland: An Old Irish Wisdom Text
Edited by Fergus Kelly
shop.dias.ie/product/the-...
@dias.ie
#DIASdiscovers
The Triads of Ireland: An Old Irish Wisdom Text
Edited by Fergus Kelly
shop.dias.ie/product/the-...
@dias.ie
#DIASdiscovers
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The latest volume of the Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie is now available
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@degruyterbrill.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The latest volume of the Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie is now available
www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
@degruyterbrill.bsky.social
www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
@degruyterbrill.bsky.social
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Déardaoin na seachtaine seo. Bígí ann! 🤰🤰🤰
This Thursday. All welcome! 🤰🤰🤰
This Thursday. All welcome! 🤰🤰🤰
Bígí linn | Join us for the next Early Irish & Celtic Studies research seminar. Thursday 27 November at 17:00, Room 2.31 IONTAS.
*Three Women, Three Pregnancies, Three Punishments*
Dr Riona Doolan (Maynooth University)
Fáilte roimh chách!
*Three Women, Three Pregnancies, Three Punishments*
Dr Riona Doolan (Maynooth University)
Fáilte roimh chách!
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Déardaoin na seachtaine seo. Bígí ann! 🤰🤰🤰
This Thursday. All welcome! 🤰🤰🤰
This Thursday. All welcome! 🤰🤰🤰
Lovely to see this piece about Benedetta D’Antuono @ceilteachomn.bsky.social, who received the Postgraduate Research Excellence Award for the Faculty of Arts & Humanities @maynoothuniversity.ie this year! It's such a joy to supervise her work 😊 🎉👏
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/graduate-res...
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/graduate-res...
November 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Lovely to see this piece about Benedetta D’Antuono @ceilteachomn.bsky.social, who received the Postgraduate Research Excellence Award for the Faculty of Arts & Humanities @maynoothuniversity.ie this year! It's such a joy to supervise her work 😊 🎉👏
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/graduate-res...
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/graduate-res...
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This year’s O’Donnell Lecture at the University of Edinburgh will be given by Professor @brendankanect.bsky.social of @earlymodirish.bsky.social fame. Brendan is Visiting Leverhulme Professor in Edinburgh in 2025 and 2026.
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 AM
This year’s O’Donnell Lecture at the University of Edinburgh will be given by Professor @brendankanect.bsky.social of @earlymodirish.bsky.social fame. Brendan is Visiting Leverhulme Professor in Edinburgh in 2025 and 2026.
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Announcing the J.P. Gumbert Dissertation Award 2025! 🏆
We are looking for the best PhD thesis on any aspect of manuscript studies defended between 1 Sep 2024 and 31 Dec 2025. The award includes a prize of 5,000 EUR and a fellowship at the CSMC.
Apply by 6 February 2026!
uhh.de/csmc-jpga-2025
We are looking for the best PhD thesis on any aspect of manuscript studies defended between 1 Sep 2024 and 31 Dec 2025. The award includes a prize of 5,000 EUR and a fellowship at the CSMC.
Apply by 6 February 2026!
uhh.de/csmc-jpga-2025
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Announcing the J.P. Gumbert Dissertation Award 2025! 🏆
We are looking for the best PhD thesis on any aspect of manuscript studies defended between 1 Sep 2024 and 31 Dec 2025. The award includes a prize of 5,000 EUR and a fellowship at the CSMC.
Apply by 6 February 2026!
uhh.de/csmc-jpga-2025
We are looking for the best PhD thesis on any aspect of manuscript studies defended between 1 Sep 2024 and 31 Dec 2025. The award includes a prize of 5,000 EUR and a fellowship at the CSMC.
Apply by 6 February 2026!
uhh.de/csmc-jpga-2025
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Bígí linn | Join us for the next Early Irish & Celtic Studies research seminar. Thursday 27 November at 17:00, Room 2.31 IONTAS.
*Three Women, Three Pregnancies, Three Punishments*
Dr Riona Doolan (Maynooth University)
Fáilte roimh chách!
*Three Women, Three Pregnancies, Three Punishments*
Dr Riona Doolan (Maynooth University)
Fáilte roimh chách!
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Bígí linn | Join us for the next Early Irish & Celtic Studies research seminar. Thursday 27 November at 17:00, Room 2.31 IONTAS.
*Three Women, Three Pregnancies, Three Punishments*
Dr Riona Doolan (Maynooth University)
Fáilte roimh chách!
*Three Women, Three Pregnancies, Three Punishments*
Dr Riona Doolan (Maynooth University)
Fáilte roimh chách!
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Oh wow! This is what happens when you're photographing MSS & don't capture the text in the inner gutter. 1st, here's the photograph (made about 100 yrs ago) of the Codex Salernitanus, f. 82ra. Although that big tear of the page is obvious, the inner gutter hasn't been fully captured in the photo.
November 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Oh wow! This is what happens when you're photographing MSS & don't capture the text in the inner gutter. 1st, here's the photograph (made about 100 yrs ago) of the Codex Salernitanus, f. 82ra. Although that big tear of the page is obvious, the inner gutter hasn't been fully captured in the photo.
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Did an Irish 'nation' ever exist? Who were the Scotti? The Féni? The Gaels? Dr Patrick Wadden, DCU & Belmont Abbey College, provides a masterclass on the written sources and how Irish authors conceptualised Irishness in the early Middle Ages. @maynoothuniversity.ie open.spotify.com/episode/40rP...
Irish national identity in the early Middle Ages with Dr Patrick Wadden
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November 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Did an Irish 'nation' ever exist? Who were the Scotti? The Féni? The Gaels? Dr Patrick Wadden, DCU & Belmont Abbey College, provides a masterclass on the written sources and how Irish authors conceptualised Irishness in the early Middle Ages. @maynoothuniversity.ie open.spotify.com/episode/40rP...
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The first year students taking Early Irish @ceilteachomn.bsky.social enjoyed a visit to the gorgeous Russell Library this morning @maynoothuniversity.ie 📚📜
November 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The first year students taking Early Irish @ceilteachomn.bsky.social enjoyed a visit to the gorgeous Russell Library this morning @maynoothuniversity.ie 📚📜
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In the past two days, the Maynooth Early Irish postgraduate students organised the *Widame Conference for Postgraduate Scholars in Celtic Studies @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @muahi.bsky.social. We had the pleasure to welcome speakers from universities in six countries.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
In the past two days, the Maynooth Early Irish postgraduate students organised the *Widame Conference for Postgraduate Scholars in Celtic Studies @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @muahi.bsky.social. We had the pleasure to welcome speakers from universities in six countries.
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Léacht reachtúil na Scoile do 2025
SCS Statutory Lecture for 2025
Gregory Toner, QUB
The historian at work in Lebor Gabála
Friday 14 November
UCD, Theatre R, Newman Building
Mar chuid de Thionól 2025 / Part of Tionól 2025
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#DIASdiscovers
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SCS Statutory Lecture for 2025
Gregory Toner, QUB
The historian at work in Lebor Gabála
Friday 14 November
UCD, Theatre R, Newman Building
Mar chuid de Thionól 2025 / Part of Tionól 2025
www.dias.ie/2025/10/22/t...
#DIASdiscovers
@dias.ie
November 7, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Léacht reachtúil na Scoile do 2025
SCS Statutory Lecture for 2025
Gregory Toner, QUB
The historian at work in Lebor Gabála
Friday 14 November
UCD, Theatre R, Newman Building
Mar chuid de Thionól 2025 / Part of Tionól 2025
www.dias.ie/2025/10/22/t...
#DIASdiscovers
@dias.ie
SCS Statutory Lecture for 2025
Gregory Toner, QUB
The historian at work in Lebor Gabála
Friday 14 November
UCD, Theatre R, Newman Building
Mar chuid de Thionól 2025 / Part of Tionól 2025
www.dias.ie/2025/10/22/t...
#DIASdiscovers
@dias.ie
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Read all about our oldest Gaelic manuscript held in the Russell Library @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social as part of the LEIGHEAS project @maynoothuniversity.ie 📜
The LEIGHEAS project Irish Medical Manuscript of the Month for November 2025 is Maynooth, @mulibrary.bsky.social MS C110, containing an Irish translation of Arnaldus de Villanova’s Speculum medicinae completed in Rosscarbery, Co. Cork on 15 May 1414:
leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...
leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...
November 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Read all about our oldest Gaelic manuscript held in the Russell Library @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social as part of the LEIGHEAS project @maynoothuniversity.ie 📜
The LEIGHEAS project Irish Medical Manuscript of the Month for November 2025 is Maynooth, @mulibrary.bsky.social MS C110, containing an Irish translation of Arnaldus de Villanova’s Speculum medicinae completed in Rosscarbery, Co. Cork on 15 May 1414:
leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...
leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...
November 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The LEIGHEAS project Irish Medical Manuscript of the Month for November 2025 is Maynooth, @mulibrary.bsky.social MS C110, containing an Irish translation of Arnaldus de Villanova’s Speculum medicinae completed in Rosscarbery, Co. Cork on 15 May 1414:
leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...
leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...
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We are now on Bluesky! Follow us for updates on our project, which will produce editions of the earliest version of Acallam na Senórach 'The Colloquy of the Ancients', the central Finn Cycle text from medieval Ireland. New software will also be developed to help in this work. 1/2
November 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
We are now on Bluesky! Follow us for updates on our project, which will produce editions of the earliest version of Acallam na Senórach 'The Colloquy of the Ancients', the central Finn Cycle text from medieval Ireland. New software will also be developed to help in this work. 1/2
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We are very excited to be joined on Thursday by Professor Máire Ní Mhaonaigh (University of Cambridge) for our next CMS Research Seminar: 'The Place of History in the History of Place: Constructing the Literary Landscapes of Medieval Ireland'. We can't wait! #medievalsky #skystorians
November 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
We are very excited to be joined on Thursday by Professor Máire Ní Mhaonaigh (University of Cambridge) for our next CMS Research Seminar: 'The Place of History in the History of Place: Constructing the Literary Landscapes of Medieval Ireland'. We can't wait! #medievalsky #skystorians
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Graduated with an MA in Medieval Irish Studies from @ceilteachomn.bsky.social today. A lovely day to finish a wonderful year. Even got to see Séamus! @mulibrarycat.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Graduated with an MA in Medieval Irish Studies from @ceilteachomn.bsky.social today. A lovely day to finish a wonderful year. Even got to see Séamus! @mulibrarycat.bsky.social
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✨ #6 of 85 Things About DIAS – Celtica Volume 1
In May 1946 Celtica, the peer-reviewed journal of the DIAS School of Celtic Studies made its first appearance. Covering linguistics, literature, manuscript studies, history, law, dialect studies & onomastics
#DIASDiscovers #dias85 #85thingsaboutdias
In May 1946 Celtica, the peer-reviewed journal of the DIAS School of Celtic Studies made its first appearance. Covering linguistics, literature, manuscript studies, history, law, dialect studies & onomastics
#DIASDiscovers #dias85 #85thingsaboutdias
October 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
✨ #6 of 85 Things About DIAS – Celtica Volume 1
In May 1946 Celtica, the peer-reviewed journal of the DIAS School of Celtic Studies made its first appearance. Covering linguistics, literature, manuscript studies, history, law, dialect studies & onomastics
#DIASDiscovers #dias85 #85thingsaboutdias
In May 1946 Celtica, the peer-reviewed journal of the DIAS School of Celtic Studies made its first appearance. Covering linguistics, literature, manuscript studies, history, law, dialect studies & onomastics
#DIASDiscovers #dias85 #85thingsaboutdias
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Postgraduate conferrings in @maynoothuniversity.ie today:
🎆My (former) PhD student Dr Francesco Felici was officially conferred with the degree today for his thesis 🍾
"Now you're talking... Old Irish. Towards a conversational approach to teaching Old Irish".
Huge congratulations, Francesco!
🎆My (former) PhD student Dr Francesco Felici was officially conferred with the degree today for his thesis 🍾
"Now you're talking... Old Irish. Towards a conversational approach to teaching Old Irish".
Huge congratulations, Francesco!
October 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Postgraduate conferrings in @maynoothuniversity.ie today:
🎆My (former) PhD student Dr Francesco Felici was officially conferred with the degree today for his thesis 🍾
"Now you're talking... Old Irish. Towards a conversational approach to teaching Old Irish".
Huge congratulations, Francesco!
🎆My (former) PhD student Dr Francesco Felici was officially conferred with the degree today for his thesis 🍾
"Now you're talking... Old Irish. Towards a conversational approach to teaching Old Irish".
Huge congratulations, Francesco!
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My MA student 🥂 Olly Dorgan-Hughes 🎆 was conferred a Master of Arts for her "New edition of Dúan in chethrachat cest and its glosses", a perplexing MIr. question poem.
Olly's dedicated research was so fantastic that she is now turning it now into an article.
Superb job @grainneoga.bsky.social!
Olly's dedicated research was so fantastic that she is now turning it now into an article.
Superb job @grainneoga.bsky.social!
October 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
My MA student 🥂 Olly Dorgan-Hughes 🎆 was conferred a Master of Arts for her "New edition of Dúan in chethrachat cest and its glosses", a perplexing MIr. question poem.
Olly's dedicated research was so fantastic that she is now turning it now into an article.
Superb job @grainneoga.bsky.social!
Olly's dedicated research was so fantastic that she is now turning it now into an article.
Superb job @grainneoga.bsky.social!
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Seolfar leabhar Fhionntáin, *An Ghaeilge i lár Bhéal Feirste*, Dé hAoine ag 13:00 agus stiúrfaidh sé siúlóid threoraithe i lár na cathrach Dé Sathairn ag 15:00.
Gach eolas ar shuíomh an Oireachtais: www.antoireachtas.ie/oireachtas-n...
Gach eolas ar shuíomh an Oireachtais: www.antoireachtas.ie/oireachtas-n...
October 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Seolfar leabhar Fhionntáin, *An Ghaeilge i lár Bhéal Feirste*, Dé hAoine ag 13:00 agus stiúrfaidh sé siúlóid threoraithe i lár na cathrach Dé Sathairn ag 15:00.
Gach eolas ar shuíomh an Oireachtais: www.antoireachtas.ie/oireachtas-n...
Gach eolas ar shuíomh an Oireachtais: www.antoireachtas.ie/oireachtas-n...
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Beidh na mílte Gael ag triall ar Bhéal Feirste an deireadh seachtaine seo le haghaidh @oirnagaeilge.bsky.social.
Féach an físeán seo a rinne an tOllamh Fionntán de Brún i Roinn na Nua-Ghaeilge s'againne le @tuairisc.bsky.social faoi stair Ghaelach na cathrach.
tuairisc.ie/fisean-blais...
Féach an físeán seo a rinne an tOllamh Fionntán de Brún i Roinn na Nua-Ghaeilge s'againne le @tuairisc.bsky.social faoi stair Ghaelach na cathrach.
tuairisc.ie/fisean-blais...
FÍSEÁN: Blaiseadh beag de scéal na Gaeilge i mBéal Feirste d’Oireachtas na Samhna
Is é Fionntán De Brún bhur dtreoraí speisialta d’Oireachtas na Samhna i mBéal Feirste. Thug sé sinn ar thuras sinn chun blaiseadh a fháil de shaol na Gaeilge sa chathair. Agus d’éirigh leis cúpla véar...
tuairisc.ie
October 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Beidh na mílte Gael ag triall ar Bhéal Feirste an deireadh seachtaine seo le haghaidh @oirnagaeilge.bsky.social.
Féach an físeán seo a rinne an tOllamh Fionntán de Brún i Roinn na Nua-Ghaeilge s'againne le @tuairisc.bsky.social faoi stair Ghaelach na cathrach.
tuairisc.ie/fisean-blais...
Féach an físeán seo a rinne an tOllamh Fionntán de Brún i Roinn na Nua-Ghaeilge s'againne le @tuairisc.bsky.social faoi stair Ghaelach na cathrach.
tuairisc.ie/fisean-blais...
Huge congratulations to all 4 of our MA in Medieval Irish Studies graduates @maynoothuniversity.ie today! Pictured here w/ Jenna Devanney, who wrote a fantastic thesis on ‘Anatomical Theories, Associated Pathologies & Osteoarchaeological Evidence for Trepanation in Early Ireland’. Well done all 👏🥳🎉
October 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Huge congratulations to all 4 of our MA in Medieval Irish Studies graduates @maynoothuniversity.ie today! Pictured here w/ Jenna Devanney, who wrote a fantastic thesis on ‘Anatomical Theories, Associated Pathologies & Osteoarchaeological Evidence for Trepanation in Early Ireland’. Well done all 👏🥳🎉
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The Societas Celtologica Europaea is now on Bluesky!
➡️ Our goal is to support the scholarly study of Celtic languages, literatures, and cultures in research and teaching and to promote cooperation among Celtic scholars.
👋 Follow us for updates on our student prizes, conferences & more!
➡️ Our goal is to support the scholarly study of Celtic languages, literatures, and cultures in research and teaching and to promote cooperation among Celtic scholars.
👋 Follow us for updates on our student prizes, conferences & more!
October 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The Societas Celtologica Europaea is now on Bluesky!
➡️ Our goal is to support the scholarly study of Celtic languages, literatures, and cultures in research and teaching and to promote cooperation among Celtic scholars.
👋 Follow us for updates on our student prizes, conferences & more!
➡️ Our goal is to support the scholarly study of Celtic languages, literatures, and cultures in research and teaching and to promote cooperation among Celtic scholars.
👋 Follow us for updates on our student prizes, conferences & more!
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Duais eile ag Seán Ó Hoireabhárd de bharr a leabhair, The Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion. Comhghairdeachas leis!
Another prize goes to Seán Ó Hoireabhárd for his book, The Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion. Congratulations to him!
@hoireabhard.bsky.social
@dias.ie
Another prize goes to Seán Ó Hoireabhárd for his book, The Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion. Congratulations to him!
@hoireabhard.bsky.social
@dias.ie
🎉 @hoireabhard.bsky.social has been awarded the 2025 @nuimerrionsq.bsky.social Publication Prize in Irish History, for his book The Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion. Congratulations, Seán!
Learn more about the book here ⬇️
bit.ly/MedievalIris...
Learn more about the book here ⬇️
bit.ly/MedievalIris...
October 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Duais eile ag Seán Ó Hoireabhárd de bharr a leabhair, The Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion. Comhghairdeachas leis!
Another prize goes to Seán Ó Hoireabhárd for his book, The Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion. Congratulations to him!
@hoireabhard.bsky.social
@dias.ie
Another prize goes to Seán Ó Hoireabhárd for his book, The Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion. Congratulations to him!
@hoireabhard.bsky.social
@dias.ie