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University of Wales Press @uniwalespress.bsky.social · Aug 15

'Imagination and Innovation in Medieval Celtic Literatures' is out now

Edited by Helen Fulton and Georgia Henley, this collection goes beyond the familiar canon of medieval Celtic literatures to showcase a range of texts that are compelling in their literary imagination and technical innovation.

‘Written by distinguished scholars in the field of
Celtic Studies, this volume’s insightful and
original chapters celebrate the import of Catherine
McKenna’s wide-ranging scholarly interests on the

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Brendan Kane @brendankanect.bsky.social · Aug 16

On way back from two weeks on the short courses at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig @sabhalmorostaig.bsky.social A truly outstanding experience. Terrific staff; so welcoming. Learned a ton. Met amazing folks. Run don't walk to next year's Cùrsaichean Goirid! www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/short-course...

Short Courses - Sabhal Mòr Ostaig

Residential and online Short Courses in Gaelic, music and culture.

www.smo.uhi.ac.uk

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Brendan Kane @brendankanect.bsky.social · Aug 16

Thanks to you, Deborah, and to all the other contributors for their wonderful work. And thanks to Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social for such an excellent job all around in producing the volume. Can't say enough about their professionalism and support; joy to work with. Enjoy, a chairde!

Deborah Hayden @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social · Aug 15

Delighted to have a chapter on Irish medical writing published Open Access in this excellent volume, now available in print! Many thanks to @brendankanect.bsky.social and Patrick Wadden for all their hard work as editors:

brill.com/display/titl...

An Eoraip: Gaelic Ireland in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

"An Eoraip: Gaelic Ireland in Medieval and Early Modern Europe" published on 04 Aug 2025 by Brill.

brill.com

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Brendan Kane @brendankanect.bsky.social · Aug 7

Fabulous news, Geraldine! Comhghairdeas ó chroí!

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… @pomuirch.bsky.social · Aug 7

'Diasporic documents from the Gaelic Atlantic' - a one-day, in-person workshop at the University of Edinburgh on 5 September. Tuilleadh fiosrachaidh | More information 👇

Poster advertising an event to take place on 5 September 2025 at 50 George Square, the University of Edinburgh, on the topic of 'Diasporic documents from the Gaelic Atlantic'. The event will run from 10am to 5pm.

10.00
Introduction and welcome

10.30-12.00
Ken Ó Donnchú (UCC): Spanish-Irish translation 1593-1706

Aonghas MacCoinnich (Glasgow): Gaelic perspectives on ‘state formation’ and Atlantic plantation. The case of Lewis, c.1610-c.1640

Silke Stroh (Koblenz): Re-fitting ‘The Garb of Old Gaul’: Circum-Atlantic warfare and intercultural mobility in re-writings and translations of a popular 18th-century song

12.00-13.00
Lunch

13.00-14.30
Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh (Edinburgh): Viewing Inveraray from St Lucia: The case of Dugald MacNicol’s manuscripts

Kathleen Reddy (Glasgow): The Bàrd na Ceapaich manuscript at the University of Glasgow

Brendan Kane (UConn & Edinburgh): Political thought and politicization from New York to Cork: Reading the early modern through a 19th-century commonplace book

14.30-15.00
Coffee

15.00-16.00
Rob Dunbar (Edinburgh): Johnathon Mackinnon and Mac-Talla

Síobhra Aiken (QUB): Gaeltacht communities in North America: Real or Imagined?

16.00-17.00
Round table
Enda Delaney (Edinburgh), Désha Osborne (Edinburgh)
Pádraig Fhia Ó Mathúna (Galway)

17.00
Close

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Chantal Kobel @chantalkobel.bsky.social · Jul 23

I'll be launching Dr Rebecca Shercliffe's Old Irish: A Beginner's Guide @ria.ie tomorrow eve at 6.30pm. If you are around, do pop into 19 Dawson St. to help celebrate the publication of Dr Shercliffe's new book!

Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · Jul 23

Tomorrow evening, we are launching Old Irish: A Beginner’s Guide. Authored by Dr Rebecca Shercliff this volume offers a step‑by‑step introduction to the language and literature of medieval Ireland and is written with absolute beginners in mind.

‪@department-asnc.bsky.social‬

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Léamh @earlymodirish.bsky.social · Jul 23

Now available on léamh.org, a selection from a 17th century poem composed for Maol Muire Mac Suibhne. Thanks to @ciaranimhurchu.bsky.social for the wonderful work preparing the selection. Take a look at the poem here xn--lamh-bpa.org/texts/cuid-r...

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Léamh @earlymodirish.bsky.social · Jul 23

Anois ar fáil ar léamh.org, sliocht ó dhán polaitiúil ón 17ú Aois a cumadh do Maol Muire Mac Suibhne. Ár mbuíochas le @ciaranimhurchu.bsky.social as an obair iontach ar fad lena chur in eagar. Caith súil air anseo xn--lamh-bpa.org/texts/cuid-r...

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UConn History Dept @uconnhistory.bsky.social · May 27

Check out @profmsinha.bsky.social featured in a recent @nytimes.com piece!

Link below:

history.uconn.edu/2025/05/27/m...

Manisha Sinha Featured in the New York Times | Department of History

Prof. Manisha Sinha was quoted in a May 25 New York Times piece, looking back at the murder of George Floyd and the 2020 movement for Black lives. Prof. Sin ...

history.uconn.edu

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MURAL @mu-mural.bsky.social · May 20

Hayden, Deborah and Baccianti, Sarah (2025) Medicine in the Medieval North Atlantic World. Vernacular Texts and Traditions. mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/19...

Medicine in the Medieval North Atlantic World. Vernacular Texts and Traditions - MURAL - Maynooth University Research Archive Library

mural.maynoothuniversity.ie

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The Edinburgh Reporter @edinreporter.bsky.social · May 26

Spotlight on Gaelic education in Edinburgh – event this weekend

The successes and challenges of Gaelic-medium education (GME) in Edinburgh will come under the spotlight at a discussion organised by the Gaelic community group Ionad Gàidhlig Dhùn Èideann. GME has grown impressively since it began…

Spotlight on Gaelic education in Edinburgh – event this weekend

The successes and challenges of Gaelic-medium education (GME) in Edinburgh will come under the spotlight at a discussion organised by the Gaelic community group Ionad Gàidhlig Dhùn Èideann. GME has grown impressively since it began in 1988 and today more than 700 children are enrolled at the city’s dedicated Gaelic primary school, Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pàirce, and James Gillespie’s High School.

theedinburghreporter.co.uk

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Léamh @earlymodirish.bsky.social · May 25

Available now on léamh.org: glossary to Cecile O'Rahilly (ed./trans.) Eachtra Uilliam. Get your own copy of this fascinating tale at shop.dias.ie/product/each... (currently on sale!). Thanks as ever to DIAS School of Celtic Studies (@scs-dias.bsky.social). Happy reading and translating, a chairde!

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Brendan Kane @brendankanect.bsky.social · May 25

Comhghairdeas, a Bhríd!! (Ach mo leithscéal ó chroí faoin moill. Ní raibh mé ar ye olde bluesky ar feadh píosa fada. 😬) Seo go hiontach ar fad: caibidil thar a bheith tábhachtach i mbailiúchán an-suimiúil! Maith thú is maith sibhse go léir.

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Bríd McGrath @bridmcgrath.bsky.social · Apr 25

Hot off the presses! I’m Delighted to have had the chance to discuss the use of #Gaeilge in #EarlyModern #Irish #towns and #parliaments. Míle buíochas @brendankanect.bsky.social for starting me on this path.

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Léamh @earlymodirish.bsky.social · Apr 19

Glossary from Eleanor Knott's "Irish Syllabic Poetry" now included in the glossary section of léamh.org (xn--lamh-bpa.org/glossary/). With thanks, as ever, to DIAS School of Celtic Studies (@scs-dias.bsky.social). Get your own copy of this foundational text here: shop.dias.ie/product/an-i...

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Joshua Byron Smith @joshuabyronsmith.bsky.social · Apr 14

I'd just like to encourage everyone, but especially ECRs to consider submitting to the North American Journal of Cetlic Studies. I can say from experience that the journal gets fast and effective peer review, which can be a boon for junior scholars.

The North American Journal of Celtic Studies

The North American journal of Celtic studies is the official journal of the Celtic Studies Association of North America

ohiostatepress.org

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Gordon Ó Riain @gordonoriain.bsky.social · Apr 18

Happy to see my book in print!

IGT V is the oldest surviving metrical tract of the Early Modern Irish period (13th/14th cent.), used to train students in poetry, language, and style.

irishtextssociety.org/publications...

Áthas orm go bhfuil IGT V i gcló!

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Pádraic Moran @padraicmoran.bsky.social · Mar 31

Post fógraithe do Léachtóir le Gaeilge (An Léann Ceilteach), lánaimseartha, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe. Tuilleadh eolais: féach www.universityofgalway.ie/about-us/jobs/ agus "Academic Vacancies". [Job for Lecturer in Irish (Celtic Studies) at the University of Galway.]

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Niamh Wycherley @niamhwycherley.bsky.social · Mar 31

CFP! Deadline April 25th. The PhD researchers in the Dept of Early Irish are organising a conference (Nov. 7th, Maynooth) for postgraduates in any area related to 'Celtic Studies' to provide them with an opportunity to present their research in a lively, welcoming and academically robust setting!

Lydia Hursh @lydiahursh.bsky.social · Mar 28

Hello everyone! Please see the call for papers with @maynoothuniversity.ie and @celticstudiesmu.bsky.social

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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · Feb 14

Nua-fhoilsithe ag Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh, Institiúid Ard-Léinn BhÁC @scs-dias.bsky.social @diasdublin.bsky.social:

"Seal re Saobhnós" in eagar ag Síle Ní Mhurchú ⁊ Mícheál Hoyne - cnuasach aistí ar na dánta grá.

Ar ordú ag shop.dias.ie/product/seal...

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · Jan 28

Ad Astra Fellow - Assistant Professor in Irish and Digital Humanities- University College Dublin – School of Irish, Celtic Studies and Folklore / School of History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLO003/a...

Ad Astra Fellow - Assistant Professor in Irish and Digital Humanities at University College Dublin

Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Irish Studies at Boston College @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social · Jan 27

Work on your Irish at the Boston Public Library!

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John Walsh @nuachainteoir.bsky.social · Jan 27

Irish language schemes under threat due to funding shortfall:
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025... from @irishtimes.com @eocaollai.bsky.social

Irish language schemes under threat due to funding shortfall

Foras na Gaeilge’s core budget has seen just one notable annual increase in over seventeen years, with 2008 austerity-era cuts still largely in effect

www.irishtimes.com

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Bríd McGrath @bridmcgrath.bsky.social · Jan 26

Come and hear me talk about democracy & political participation in #earlyModern #Ireland on Tuesday. Freemen, freeholders, grand juries and town panels all feature. Image Limerick’s panel 1641. Béidh fáilte roimh cách!

Irish Historical Society @irishhistsoc.bsky.social · Jan 20

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iaphistorians.bsky.social @iaphistorians.bsky.social · Jan 27

🙌Funded PhD Opportunity!🙌

Please do share widely. The DCU School of History and Geography is currently advertising paid PhD opportunities esp in Medieval Ireland, the history of Irish towns and cities, legal history and women’s and gender history

www.dcu.ie/historygeogr...

PhD Scholarship Opportunities | School of History and Geography

www.dcu.ie

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