David Stifter 🍵📄🦊
@davidstifter.bsky.social
Ollamh le Sean- ⁊ Meán-Ghaeilge, BARE
Ceann Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh in Ollscoil Mhá Nuad 🇮🇪
Taighdeoir ar ᚑᚌ(ᚆ)ᚐᚋ OG(H)AM ⁊ DiAgnostic
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https://maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-arts-celtic-studies-philosophy/our-people/david-stifter
Ceann Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh in Ollscoil Mhá Nuad 🇮🇪
Taighdeoir ar ᚑᚌ(ᚆ)ᚐᚋ OG(H)AM ⁊ DiAgnostic
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https://maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-arts-celtic-studies-philosophy/our-people/david-stifter
For a workshop in developing leadership skills that I attended today, I had to create a meme about what I think about "leading". I came up with this variation of a popular theme.
January 15, 2026 at 5:58 PM
For a workshop in developing leadership skills that I attended today, I had to create a meme about what I think about "leading". I came up with this variation of a popular theme.
𝗗𝗶Ⓐ𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 26
A peculiar and honestly bizarre suggestion for dialectal variation in Old Irish is that of the treatment of the loan word for the ‘holy spirit’, borrowed from Lat. spiritus. It occurs in the Milan glosses as monosyllabic spiurt gen. sg. spiurto, and in the Würzburg glosses...
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A peculiar and honestly bizarre suggestion for dialectal variation in Old Irish is that of the treatment of the loan word for the ‘holy spirit’, borrowed from Lat. spiritus. It occurs in the Milan glosses as monosyllabic spiurt gen. sg. spiurto, and in the Würzburg glosses...
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January 13, 2026 at 6:55 AM
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A peculiar and honestly bizarre suggestion for dialectal variation in Old Irish is that of the treatment of the loan word for the ‘holy spirit’, borrowed from Lat. spiritus. It occurs in the Milan glosses as monosyllabic spiurt gen. sg. spiurto, and in the Würzburg glosses...
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A peculiar and honestly bizarre suggestion for dialectal variation in Old Irish is that of the treatment of the loan word for the ‘holy spirit’, borrowed from Lat. spiritus. It occurs in the Milan glosses as monosyllabic spiurt gen. sg. spiurto, and in the Würzburg glosses...
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The DiⒶgnostic team wishes everyone a successful 2026!
We continue with proposed dialectal differences in Early Irish. The word for ‘house’ occurs in various forms in Irish sources. The nominative singular is simple: the oldest form was teg < *tegos, but it is most commonly...
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The DiⒶgnostic team wishes everyone a successful 2026!
We continue with proposed dialectal differences in Early Irish. The word for ‘house’ occurs in various forms in Irish sources. The nominative singular is simple: the oldest form was teg < *tegos, but it is most commonly...
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January 5, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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The DiⒶgnostic team wishes everyone a successful 2026!
We continue with proposed dialectal differences in Early Irish. The word for ‘house’ occurs in various forms in Irish sources. The nominative singular is simple: the oldest form was teg < *tegos, but it is most commonly...
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The DiⒶgnostic team wishes everyone a successful 2026!
We continue with proposed dialectal differences in Early Irish. The word for ‘house’ occurs in various forms in Irish sources. The nominative singular is simple: the oldest form was teg < *tegos, but it is most commonly...
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Ábhar neamhbheo leis an gcéad ghealach lán den bhliain agus Iúpatar sa spéir, agus trí aláram slándála ar an talamh.
January 3, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Ábhar neamhbheo leis an gcéad ghealach lán den bhliain agus Iúpatar sa spéir, agus trí aláram slándála ar an talamh.
"It would be pleasant, son of my god,
in wondrous journeys
to go, over the wave, like a well of deluge,
to Ireland.
To Mag nÉolairg, past Benevenagh,
across Lough Foyle,
where I might hear musical harmony
from the swans."
(Middle Irish, ascribed to Colum Cille; @ria.ie 23 N 10 p. 91)
in wondrous journeys
to go, over the wave, like a well of deluge,
to Ireland.
To Mag nÉolairg, past Benevenagh,
across Lough Foyle,
where I might hear musical harmony
from the swans."
(Middle Irish, ascribed to Colum Cille; @ria.ie 23 N 10 p. 91)
January 1, 2026 at 1:23 PM
"It would be pleasant, son of my god,
in wondrous journeys
to go, over the wave, like a well of deluge,
to Ireland.
To Mag nÉolairg, past Benevenagh,
across Lough Foyle,
where I might hear musical harmony
from the swans."
(Middle Irish, ascribed to Colum Cille; @ria.ie 23 N 10 p. 91)
in wondrous journeys
to go, over the wave, like a well of deluge,
to Ireland.
To Mag nÉolairg, past Benevenagh,
across Lough Foyle,
where I might hear musical harmony
from the swans."
(Middle Irish, ascribed to Colum Cille; @ria.ie 23 N 10 p. 91)
🎶 I wish everyone a successful and joyful New Year 2026 🥂🍾
Robad mellach, a meic mo Dé,
dingnaib réimenn
ascnam tar tuinn topur ndílenn
dochum nÉirenn.
Co Mag nÉolairg, sech Beinn Foibne,
tar Loch Febail,
airm i·cluinfinn cuibdius cubaid
ocna helaib.
Robad mellach, a meic mo Dé,
dingnaib réimenn
ascnam tar tuinn topur ndílenn
dochum nÉirenn.
Co Mag nÉolairg, sech Beinn Foibne,
tar Loch Febail,
airm i·cluinfinn cuibdius cubaid
ocna helaib.
January 1, 2026 at 1:23 PM
🎶 I wish everyone a successful and joyful New Year 2026 🥂🍾
Robad mellach, a meic mo Dé,
dingnaib réimenn
ascnam tar tuinn topur ndílenn
dochum nÉirenn.
Co Mag nÉolairg, sech Beinn Foibne,
tar Loch Febail,
airm i·cluinfinn cuibdius cubaid
ocna helaib.
Robad mellach, a meic mo Dé,
dingnaib réimenn
ascnam tar tuinn topur ndílenn
dochum nÉirenn.
Co Mag nÉolairg, sech Beinn Foibne,
tar Loch Febail,
airm i·cluinfinn cuibdius cubaid
ocna helaib.
And to say something very optimistic: you have given me reason to try even better.
January 1, 2026 at 7:58 AM
And to say something very optimistic: you have given me reason to try even better.
Fun fact: "Lovers' Walk" in Cork has nothing to do with amorous feelings, but is a jingle-jangle mis-translation of Siúl na Lobhar "lepers' walk", i.e. the area into which leprous people were confined, just like in Lepers' Town.
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December 31, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Fun fact: "Lovers' Walk" in Cork has nothing to do with amorous feelings, but is a jingle-jangle mis-translation of Siúl na Lobhar "lepers' walk", i.e. the area into which leprous people were confined, just like in Lepers' Town.
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Let’s continue with the discussion of previously suggested dialectal features of Old Irish.
The modern regional distinction between the negative particle ní < OIr. ní· (most dialects in Ireland) and cha < OIr. nícon· (Scottish Gaelic and parts of Ulster Irish), has been...
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Let’s continue with the discussion of previously suggested dialectal features of Old Irish.
The modern regional distinction between the negative particle ní < OIr. ní· (most dialects in Ireland) and cha < OIr. nícon· (Scottish Gaelic and parts of Ulster Irish), has been...
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December 30, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Let’s continue with the discussion of previously suggested dialectal features of Old Irish.
The modern regional distinction between the negative particle ní < OIr. ní· (most dialects in Ireland) and cha < OIr. nícon· (Scottish Gaelic and parts of Ulster Irish), has been...
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Let’s continue with the discussion of previously suggested dialectal features of Old Irish.
The modern regional distinction between the negative particle ní < OIr. ní· (most dialects in Ireland) and cha < OIr. nícon· (Scottish Gaelic and parts of Ulster Irish), has been...
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Ná bí ag ró-smaoineamh.
Is cuma le héinne thú.
Is cuma le héinne thú.
December 29, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Ná bí ag ró-smaoineamh.
Is cuma le héinne thú.
Is cuma le héinne thú.
It's the season of dying.
Last week, two university colleagues of mine died on the same day.
Earlier this week, Prof Klaus Zelzer (Vienna), a specialist on Late Latin literature, died in his 90th year. He was one of my formative teachers at the University of Vienna. In a very roundabout way,...
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Last week, two university colleagues of mine died on the same day.
Earlier this week, Prof Klaus Zelzer (Vienna), a specialist on Late Latin literature, died in his 90th year. He was one of my formative teachers at the University of Vienna. In a very roundabout way,...
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December 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It's the season of dying.
Last week, two university colleagues of mine died on the same day.
Earlier this week, Prof Klaus Zelzer (Vienna), a specialist on Late Latin literature, died in his 90th year. He was one of my formative teachers at the University of Vienna. In a very roundabout way,...
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Last week, two university colleagues of mine died on the same day.
Earlier this week, Prof Klaus Zelzer (Vienna), a specialist on Late Latin literature, died in his 90th year. He was one of my formative teachers at the University of Vienna. In a very roundabout way,...
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My News items from the DiⒶgnostic project come to a close for 2025 with a brief overview of other, practical things that happened recently.
Stavros Angelis, who was the Senior Technical and Digital Officer at the Maynooth Arts and Humanities Institute @muahi.bsky.social,...
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My News items from the DiⒶgnostic project come to a close for 2025 with a brief overview of other, practical things that happened recently.
Stavros Angelis, who was the Senior Technical and Digital Officer at the Maynooth Arts and Humanities Institute @muahi.bsky.social,...
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December 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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My News items from the DiⒶgnostic project come to a close for 2025 with a brief overview of other, practical things that happened recently.
Stavros Angelis, who was the Senior Technical and Digital Officer at the Maynooth Arts and Humanities Institute @muahi.bsky.social,...
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My News items from the DiⒶgnostic project come to a close for 2025 with a brief overview of other, practical things that happened recently.
Stavros Angelis, who was the Senior Technical and Digital Officer at the Maynooth Arts and Humanities Institute @muahi.bsky.social,...
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…under musical director Dr John O’Keeffe. Frank McNally @frankie49.bsky.social reported on the première (www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...).
With these 24 examples of the cultural relevance of Medieval Irish Studies, the staff of Early Irish at Maynooth wish everyone a joyful Christmas.
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With these 24 examples of the cultural relevance of Medieval Irish Studies, the staff of Early Irish at Maynooth wish everyone a joyful Christmas.
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December 24, 2025 at 6:38 AM
…under musical director Dr John O’Keeffe. Frank McNally @frankie49.bsky.social reported on the première (www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...).
With these 24 examples of the cultural relevance of Medieval Irish Studies, the staff of Early Irish at Maynooth wish everyone a joyful Christmas.
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With these 24 examples of the cultural relevance of Medieval Irish Studies, the staff of Early Irish at Maynooth wish everyone a joyful Christmas.
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In 2024, I wrote a neo-Old Irish hymn in a strict medieval meter. The poem about a star rising among constellations was put to music by Dr Ryan Molloy (Music) and performed by Dr Michael Dawson’s Chamber Choir & the Schola Gregoriana at the Maynooth Carol Service www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjyO....
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December 24, 2025 at 6:38 AM
In 2024, I wrote a neo-Old Irish hymn in a strict medieval meter. The poem about a star rising among constellations was put to music by Dr Ryan Molloy (Music) and performed by Dr Michael Dawson’s Chamber Choir & the Schola Gregoriana at the Maynooth Carol Service www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjyO....
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Our PhD students regularly contribute to public-facing activities too, e.g., by publishing on RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social.
It is part of my concept of Professor of Old and Middle Irish to contribute to the University’s cultural life, including collaborations with other departments.
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It is part of my concept of Professor of Old and Middle Irish to contribute to the University’s cultural life, including collaborations with other departments.
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December 24, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Our PhD students regularly contribute to public-facing activities too, e.g., by publishing on RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social.
It is part of my concept of Professor of Old and Middle Irish to contribute to the University’s cultural life, including collaborations with other departments.
👨💻
It is part of my concept of Professor of Old and Middle Irish to contribute to the University’s cultural life, including collaborations with other departments.
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Rétglu etir rind
We, the staff of Maynooth’s Department of Early Irish, want to bring the relevance of medieval Ireland and its culture closer to audiences in Ireland (and beyond) by disseminating our work beyond academia, for example through appearances in TV documentaries and radio shows.
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Rétglu etir rind
We, the staff of Maynooth’s Department of Early Irish, want to bring the relevance of medieval Ireland and its culture closer to audiences in Ireland (and beyond) by disseminating our work beyond academia, for example through appearances in TV documentaries and radio shows.
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December 24, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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Rétglu etir rind
We, the staff of Maynooth’s Department of Early Irish, want to bring the relevance of medieval Ireland and its culture closer to audiences in Ireland (and beyond) by disseminating our work beyond academia, for example through appearances in TV documentaries and radio shows.
📖
Rétglu etir rind
We, the staff of Maynooth’s Department of Early Irish, want to bring the relevance of medieval Ireland and its culture closer to audiences in Ireland (and beyond) by disseminating our work beyond academia, for example through appearances in TV documentaries and radio shows.
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…Elizabeth Boyle, Deborah Hayden, Chantal Kobel, Mairéad Finnegan, myself, etc.
Niamh was also chair of the first Young Academy Ireland @yai.ie (www.ria.ie/young-academ...).
Early 2025, Niamh became a joint staff member of the Departments of Early Irish and History at @maynoothuniversity.ie.
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Niamh was also chair of the first Young Academy Ireland @yai.ie (www.ria.ie/young-academ...).
Early 2025, Niamh became a joint staff member of the Departments of Early Irish and History at @maynoothuniversity.ie.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:31 AM
…Elizabeth Boyle, Deborah Hayden, Chantal Kobel, Mairéad Finnegan, myself, etc.
Niamh was also chair of the first Young Academy Ireland @yai.ie (www.ria.ie/young-academ...).
Early 2025, Niamh became a joint staff member of the Departments of Early Irish and History at @maynoothuniversity.ie.
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Niamh was also chair of the first Young Academy Ireland @yai.ie (www.ria.ie/young-academ...).
Early 2025, Niamh became a joint staff member of the Departments of Early Irish and History at @maynoothuniversity.ie.
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The two have so far produced 47 episodes that have been downloaded over 130.000 times by listeners in 110 different countries. For his work, Tiago was awarded the 2025 Maynooth Postgraduate Research Community Impact Award.
Many members of the Department of Early Irish have been guests, e.g.,…
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Many members of the Department of Early Irish have been guests, e.g.,…
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December 23, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The two have so far produced 47 episodes that have been downloaded over 130.000 times by listeners in 110 different countries. For his work, Tiago was awarded the 2025 Maynooth Postgraduate Research Community Impact Award.
Many members of the Department of Early Irish have been guests, e.g.,…
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Many members of the Department of Early Irish have been guests, e.g.,…
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…the Medieval Irish History podcast in 2023 open.spotify.com/show/1Gq9yIx.... The podcast covers all aspects of the history and culture of medieval Ireland and illustrates the huge international reach of its heritage. Tiago Veloso Silva, PhD researcher in Niamh’s project, is the producer.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:31 AM
…the Medieval Irish History podcast in 2023 open.spotify.com/show/1Gq9yIx.... The podcast covers all aspects of the history and culture of medieval Ireland and illustrates the huge international reach of its heritage. Tiago Veloso Silva, PhD researcher in Niamh’s project, is the producer.
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Medieval Irish History Podcast
The staff in the @maynoothuniversity.ie Department of Early Irish have a lot of experience when it comes to the public dissemination of their research, but none more so than Dr Niamh Wycherley. As part of her @researchireland.ie Pathway Grant, she started…
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Medieval Irish History Podcast
The staff in the @maynoothuniversity.ie Department of Early Irish have a lot of experience when it comes to the public dissemination of their research, but none more so than Dr Niamh Wycherley. As part of her @researchireland.ie Pathway Grant, she started…
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December 23, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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Medieval Irish History Podcast
The staff in the @maynoothuniversity.ie Department of Early Irish have a lot of experience when it comes to the public dissemination of their research, but none more so than Dr Niamh Wycherley. As part of her @researchireland.ie Pathway Grant, she started…
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Medieval Irish History Podcast
The staff in the @maynoothuniversity.ie Department of Early Irish have a lot of experience when it comes to the public dissemination of their research, but none more so than Dr Niamh Wycherley. As part of her @researchireland.ie Pathway Grant, she started…
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Tá tú cosúil le Daidí na Nollag. Ní chreideann duine ar bith ionat níos mó.
December 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Tá tú cosúil le Daidí na Nollag. Ní chreideann duine ar bith ionat níos mó.
…applied for an infrastructure grant for a hyperspectral camera in 2025. Something else to look forward to: Chantal is currently editing the proceedings of the first conference dedicated to obscurity in medieval Celtic literature (held 2019).
🌐: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-arts...
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🌐: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-arts...
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December 22, 2025 at 5:39 AM
…applied for an infrastructure grant for a hyperspectral camera in 2025. Something else to look forward to: Chantal is currently editing the proceedings of the first conference dedicated to obscurity in medieval Celtic literature (held 2019).
🌐: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-arts...
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🌐: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-arts...
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…seed fund grant for SCRÍBHINN: Scribal Culture in Medieval Irish Schools of Law and Medicine’, to explore medieval Irish writing practices and scribal training through the lens of vernacular Irish medical and legal manuscripts.
Together with Prof Karen Desmond (Music), Chantal successfully…
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Together with Prof Karen Desmond (Music), Chantal successfully…
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December 22, 2025 at 5:39 AM
…seed fund grant for SCRÍBHINN: Scribal Culture in Medieval Irish Schools of Law and Medicine’, to explore medieval Irish writing practices and scribal training through the lens of vernacular Irish medical and legal manuscripts.
Together with Prof Karen Desmond (Music), Chantal successfully…
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Together with Prof Karen Desmond (Music), Chantal successfully…
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…codicology for the @maynoothuniversity.ie Department of Early Irish since 2015. For the conference on the @ria.ie manuscript 23 N 10 (‘Book of Ballycummin’), Chantal came up with a new assessment of the order of folios, which had been mis-bound in the past.
In 2025, she was awarded a Maynooth…
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In 2025, she was awarded a Maynooth…
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December 22, 2025 at 5:39 AM
…codicology for the @maynoothuniversity.ie Department of Early Irish since 2015. For the conference on the @ria.ie manuscript 23 N 10 (‘Book of Ballycummin’), Chantal came up with a new assessment of the order of folios, which had been mis-bound in the past.
In 2025, she was awarded a Maynooth…
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In 2025, she was awarded a Maynooth…
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Irish manuscript culture
Dr Chantal Kobel is a leading scholar of the material culture of medieval and early modern Irish manuscripts. Having held positions in the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies @scs-dias.bsky.social for seven years, she has been teaching Irish palaeography and…
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Irish manuscript culture
Dr Chantal Kobel is a leading scholar of the material culture of medieval and early modern Irish manuscripts. Having held positions in the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies @scs-dias.bsky.social for seven years, she has been teaching Irish palaeography and…
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December 22, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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Irish manuscript culture
Dr Chantal Kobel is a leading scholar of the material culture of medieval and early modern Irish manuscripts. Having held positions in the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies @scs-dias.bsky.social for seven years, she has been teaching Irish palaeography and…
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Irish manuscript culture
Dr Chantal Kobel is a leading scholar of the material culture of medieval and early modern Irish manuscripts. Having held positions in the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies @scs-dias.bsky.social for seven years, she has been teaching Irish palaeography and…
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