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Deborah Hayden
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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
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Deborah Hayden @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 🎉🥂

www.brepolsonline.net/action/showB...
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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 2d
Assistant Professor in Irish and/or European Medieval History
Dublin City University - School of History & Geography #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOY744/a...
Assistant Professor in Irish and/or European Medieval History at Dublin City University
Discover an exciting academic career path as a Assistant Professor in Irish and/or European Medieval History at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!
www.jobs.ac.uk
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James T Palmer @jtpmedieval.bsky.social · 3d
New in open access #medievalsky: Bede's Medical Books!

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Keepin' it Old School this time
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Deborah Hayden @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social · 9d
The LEIGHEAS project @ceilteachomn.bsky.social is thrilled to welcome Dr Jo Wolf to our awesome team of Research Affiliates! Jo is the Wrixon Fellow in Early & Medieval Irish at UCC, working on a study of the Justinianic Pandemic in Britain and Ireland:
leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-team/
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RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · 10d
How the mantle cloak set fashion trends in Medieval Ireland. A highly valued item of durable clothing at home, the cloak was what made the notion of 'Irishness' visible and distinct in Europe, writes @maireadfinnegan.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
How the mantle cloak set fashion trends in Medieval Ireland
A highly valued item of durable clothing at home, the cloak was what made the notion of 'Irishness' visible and distinct in Europe
www.rte.ie
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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 12d
Join us at the Royal Irish Academy on 2 and 3 October for a two-day conference exploring all aspects of the Book of Lecan.

Book your tickets now: www.ria.ie/events/libra...
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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 12d
It is the subject of a two-day conference taking place this week in RIA, in collaboration with @maynoothuniversity.ie and the @dias-isos.bsky.social Read more and view the digital images, provided by Irish Script on Screen and copyright Royal Irish Academy Library: www.ria.ie/collections/...
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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 12d
The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 P 2, Leabhar Mór Leacain/the Great Book of Lecan. Compiled in A.D. 1397-1418, it contains a large amount of genealogical material, as well as historical, biblical and hagiographical material.
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Irish Humanities Alliance @irishhumanities.bsky.social · 15d
We are excited to publish the first blog in our Emerging Scholar series 'The Good, The Bad, and The Blemished: Disability Terminology in Medieval Ireland,' by @djbirishhistory.bsky.social who is conducting a @researchireland.ie funded PhD @muahi.bsky.social
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Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 15d
Delighted to have this post published by the @irishhumanities.bsky.social, where I discuss some of the terminology surrounding disability in medieval Ireland!

www.irishhumanities.ie/news-events/...
Irish Humanities Alliance | The Good, The Bad, and The Blemished: Disability Terminology in Medieval Ireland
The language surrounding disability changes over time. There are certain terms which were previously common for describing disabled people but would now be considered out of date…
www.irishhumanities.ie
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 15d
Whatever be the worth of this hypothesis regarding the Book of Kells, Portmahomack in Scotland is the place that is associated with the brilliant contemporary manuscript artist and parchment illustrator Thomas Keyes. For some of his art, see: bsky.app/profile/davi...

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 15d
Is the Book of Kells Pictish?
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
New research may rewrite origins of the Book of Kells, says academic
Exclusive: Author challenges assumption monks on Iona created manuscript, instead positing its origins are Pictish
www.theguardian.com
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Aonghus Ó hAlmhain @aonghusoha.bsky.social · 26d
D’aon oghaim - tuairisc aonghus.eu/ogham.html

@davidstifter.bsky.social @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social @ndefaoite.bsky.social #OG_H_AM
D’aon oghaim - tuairisc
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Deborah Hayden @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social · 27d
Hard to express how wonderful it's been to spend the last 4 years working on this project with such brilliant and all-round excellent people. Thanks to all who turned out to celebrate the launch of the new 'Ogham in 3D' database last night - what an evening!
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 27d
Yesterday was the big day:
The team of the Glasgow-Maynooth OG(H)AM project celebrated the end of four years of intensive work (2021-5) with the launch - in the venerable rooms of the Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie - of the new, revised and hugely updated 𝕆𝕘𝕙𝕒𝕞 𝕚𝕟 𝟛𝔻 database and website.
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Deborah Hayden @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social · 27d
For the September 2025 LEIGHEAS project Irish Medical Manuscript of the Month, the excellent @siobhbar.bsky.social looks at Dublin, @ria.ie MS 23 P 10 iii, containing a compilation of texts on fevers and many beautiful illuminations. Read more here! 👇📜

leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 28d
Breaking news: The new, revised, updated Ogham in 3D website is now live:

ogham.celt.dias.ie

Choose "inscriptions" in the menu.
Ogham
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Aonghus Ó hAlmhain @aonghusoha.bsky.social · 28d
Ní raibh mé ann ach tráthnóna ach bhí an dá chaint a chuala mé iontach spéisiúil agus bhí seoladh ogham.celt.dias.ie spleodrach! @ndefaoite.bsky.social @davidstifter.bsky.social @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social #og_h_am
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 29d
The crowning event of the conference "Teangeolaíocht na Gaeilge / Cànanachas na Gàidhlig" yesterday in @ria.ie was the launch of the Festschrift for Prof. Ruairí Ó hUiginn (@scs-dias.bsky.social @dias.ie), in the presence of family & a huge, raving crowd, reflecting the esteem held by the honorand.
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 29d
In the company of my own personal ogam stone, I am on the train now to @ria.ie @rialibrary.bsky.social to arrange last-minute affairs for the launch of the new 𝓞𝓰𝓱𝓪𝓶 𝓲𝓷 3𝓓 website tomorrow.

Last-minute registrations: buytickets.at/maynoothuniv...

Funded by @researchireland.ie @ukri.org.
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Dept of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, Univ of Cambridge @department-asnc.bsky.social · 29d
Congratulations to Dr Ben Guy, who has been awarded an AHRC standard grant to fund a major collaborative project on the early Welsh charters and their boundaries!

www.asnc.cam.ac.uk/news/2025/09...
Congratulations: Dr Ben Guy awarded an AHRC Standard Grant for project on early Welsh charters | Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic
www.asnc.cam.ac.uk
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · Sep 5
One week to go.

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Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh OMN | School of Celtic Studies MU @ceilteachomn.bsky.social · Sep 2
The team of the Glasgow-Maynooth OG(H)AM project invite you to the launch of the new Ogham in 3D website on Friday 12 September from 15.30–16.45 in the @ria.ie as part of the conference Teangeolaíocht na Gaeilge.

All information and tickets available at www.tickettailor.com/events/mayno....
Ogham Project logo
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Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies @dias.ie · Sep 5
Comhghairdeas an t-Ollamh @gordonoriain.bsky.social @scs-dias.bsky.social 👏 #DIASdiscovers #DIAS85
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Research Ireland @researchireland.ie · Sep 5
Research Ireland's COALESCE programme supports research tackling societal challenges. 19 projects are now underway, with 9 in partnership with Government departments and agencies. Read about the successful projects: www.researchireland.ie/news/coalesce-spotlight/
Aerial view of the Hill of Tara, Co. Meath
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Interdisciplinary Seminar for Medieval Studies @ecrmedieval.bsky.social · Sep 4
New year, new seminar series! 📣
This year's inaugural lecture will be delivered by Dr. Patrick Wadden on the European Identity of Early Medieval Ireland. Join us on September 16th at 4:30 PM in room K114 in the Newman Building, followed by a drinks reception at 5:15 PM Hope to see you there!
Poster for the next lecture of the seminar series. Green and tan parchment-like background and an image of a black and white celtic cross in the corner. Poster text: Interdisciplinary Seminar for Medieval Studies, Tuesday 16/9 at 4:30pm in room K114 Newman Building followed by a drinks reception at 5:15. Dr. Patrick Wadden, Visiting Assistant Professot at UCD and TA in Medieval History at DCU. Talk title: The European Identity of Early Medieval Ireland. To sign up to our mailing list for future events, please contact Dan Armstrong via email: daniel.armstrong@ucd.ie
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Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh @pomuirch.bsky.social · Sep 4
This workshop on the literary and documentary record of the Gaelic languages in the early modern Atlantic takes place tomorrow … still a small number of spaces left.
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Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh @pomuirch.bsky.social · Aug 27
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Diasporic Documents from the Gaelic Atlantic | Celtic & Scottish Studies | Literatures Languages and Culture
An all-day, in-person workshop focusing on what specific documents and pieces of literature can tell us about the Gaelic languages throughout the Atlantic world, featuring talks and a roundtable discu...
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School of Celtic Studies - Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh DIAS @scs-dias.bsky.social · Sep 1
The @dias.ie contingent had a great time this past weekend at the Fourth European Symposium in Celtic Studies, organised by the Societas Celtologica Europaea in Bonn, Germany.🇩🇪 If you’re curious about our work, you can hear more on our podcast “Ní hansae” www.dias.ie/series/ni-ha... 🎧 #DIASdiscovers
A photo of Prof. Ruairí Ó hUiginn, Dr Nina Cnockaert-Guillou, Dr Viktoriia Krivoshchekova and Dr Daniel Watson (all from DIAS) at the Fourth European Symposium in Celtic Studies in Bonn, Germany (2025). Photos of the presentations by Prof. Ruairí Ó hUiginn, Dr Nina Cnockaert-Guillou, Dr Viktoriia Krivoshchekova and Dr Daniel Watson (all from DIAS) at the Fourth European Symposium in Celtic Studies in Bonn, Germany (2025).
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · Aug 28
The launch is part of the conference 𝒯𝑒𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒𝑜𝓁𝒶𝒾́𝑜𝒸𝒽𝓉 𝓃𝒶 𝒢𝒶𝑒𝒾𝓁𝑔𝑒 (www.ria.ie/events/teang...).
For the launch of 𝒪𝑔𝒽𝒶𝓂 𝒾𝓃 𝟥𝒟 please register at www.tickettailor.com/events/mayno....

The OG(H)AM team,
Katherine, David, Deborah, Nora, Megan, Patricia

Funded by @researchireland.ie @ukri.org
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · Aug 28
🎆 LAUNCH 🎆

The team of the Glasgow-Maynooth OG(H)AM project have the pleasure of launching the revised & updated

𝗢𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝟯𝗗 database

Where: Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie
When: 12 Sept 2025, 15:30

@maynoothuniversity.ie @uofglasgow.bsky.social in collaboration with @scs-dias.bsky.social @dias.ie
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Deborah Hayden @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social · Aug 28
Congratulations, @ninacnock.bsky.social! 🎉🥳
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