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Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies @dias.ie · 9d

Viktoriia from @scs-dias.bsky.social will be speaking on this subject as part of DIAS #SamhainAgusScience Full details of our 2025 programme will be revealed in early October so watch this space #DIASdiscovers #DIAS85

RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · 9d

How to get away with murder in medieval Ireland. Duinetháide murders, where the killer didn't leave a trace or a body, carry all the intrigue of a classic murder mystery, explains Viktoriia Krivoshchekova @dias.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

How to get away with murder in medieval Ireland

Duinetháide murders, where the killer didn't leave a trace or a body, carry all the intrigue of a classic murder mystery

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School of Celtic Studies - Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh DIAS @scs-dias.bsky.social · 8d

Seimineáir an fhómhair - Autumn seminars
5pm DIAS

Barry Lewis: Early Welsh poems: Llym awel & Claf Abercuawg (Luan/Mon.)

Fergus Kelly: Dicta Cuirirán muiceda `The sayings of Cuirirán the swineherd', an Old Irish wisdom text (Céad./Wed.)

Fáilte roimh chách! All welcome.

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#DIASdiscovers

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Irish Script On Screen (www.isos.dias.ie) @dias-isos.bsky.social · 6d

2/2✒️ Features: decorated initials, genealogies of St Declan & prayers on the Mass. Bound c.1960 at Youghal; later owned by Risteárd Neancól OS & Siobhán Lincoln, now Richard Lincoln.
Catalogue by Prof Aoibheann Nic Dhonnchadha
🔗 www.isos.dias.ie/PRIVATE/LINC...

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Lincoln MS 1 (Private Ownership)

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Irish Script On Screen (www.isos.dias.ie) @dias-isos.bsky.social · 6d

📜✨ 1/2 New on ISOS: Private collection, Lincoln MS 1.
Beatha Dhéagláin; Páis ár dTiarna; Ábhar Spioradálta
19th-c devotional manuscript (58pp) by Siomon Ó Faoláin, written for Mártan Ó Driscóil. Includes the Life of St Declan of Ardmore, the Passion of Our Lord, & spiritual texts.
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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 9d

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 · 9d

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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Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies @dias.ie · 13d

Our CEO & Registrar Dr. Eucharia Meehan spoke to journalist Sean Duke @sciencespinning.bsky.social last month, about 85 years of DIAS, and our plans for the future. Check out the article in today's @irishtimes.com or the link below #DIASdiscovers #DIAS85

www.irishtimes.com/science/2025...

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies at 85: from Schrödinger’s catalyst to the final frontier

The institute has been a unique fixture in Ireland, and now, with space central to its future, the sky is no limit

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 16d

The manuscript of the week is RIA MS 23 P 6, the Annals of the Four Masters. The Annals are a chronicle of Irish history from A.M. 2242 to A.D. 1616, compiled between A.D. 1632-1636 by a Franciscan brother and three laymen, now known as the Four Masters.

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Yvette Campbell @rarebookyvette.bsky.social · Aug 26

Great to see more of our Gaelic manuscripts from St. Colman’s College Cork fully digitised and available for viewing online! Thanks Anne-Marie! ✨

Irish Script On Screen (www.isos.dias.ie) @dias-isos.bsky.social · Aug 26

1/3📜✨ New on ISOS: from the Russell Library, Maynooth,
CF 11 & CF 16, both 19th-c copies of Leabhar Gabhála.
Rich mytho-historical texts, with links back to Leabhar Droma Sneachta & earlier sources.

Thanks to
@mulibrary.bsky.social @dias.ie
MU Special Collections & Lámhscríbhinní Choláiste Cholmáin

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Irish Script On Screen (www.isos.dias.ie) @dias-isos.bsky.social · Aug 26

3/3✒️ CF 16: An Leabhar Gabhála
Copied in 1850 by Ioseph Ó Longáin.
Begins with the invasions of Ireland after the Flood, drawing on Cín Droma Sneachta and Lebor na hUidre.
Ends with the colophon: “Iarna sgriobhadh le Ioseph Ó Longáin, san mbliadhain 1850. Críoch.”

🔗 isos.dias.ie/NUIM/NUIM_MS...

MS CF 16 (Maynooth University)

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Irish Script On Screen (www.isos.dias.ie) @dias-isos.bsky.social · Aug 26

2/3✒️ CF 11: Leabhar Gabhála : Gaois
Written in 1844 by Éamonn Ó Mathghamhna.
Includes references to Leabhar Droma Sneachta, the history of Ireland’s invasions & texts such as Trecheng Breth Féne & the tale of Michael the Archangel at Mount Gargan.

🔗 www.isos.dias.ie/NUIM/NUIM_MS...
#DIASdiscovers

MS CF 11 (Maynooth University)

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Irish Script On Screen (www.isos.dias.ie) @dias-isos.bsky.social · Aug 26

1/3📜✨ New on ISOS: from the Russell Library, Maynooth,
CF 11 & CF 16, both 19th-c copies of Leabhar Gabhála.
Rich mytho-historical texts, with links back to Leabhar Droma Sneachta & earlier sources.

Thanks to
@mulibrary.bsky.social @dias.ie
MU Special Collections & Lámhscríbhinní Choláiste Cholmáin

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Nora White @ndefaoite.bsky.social · Aug 17

Delighted to be taking part in #HeritageWeek2025 this year with the launch of our publication 'Ogham Stones of County Mayo' by Mayo County Council Heritage Office on Wednesday evening!
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Launch of 'Ogham Stones of County Mayo' Booklet | National Heritage Week 16th – 24th August 2025

Join us for the Heritage Week launch of the 'Ogham Stones of County Mayo'. This richly illustrated booklet features information on the 12 recorded ogham stones ...

www.heritageweek.ie

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · Jul 21

The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 E 29, The Book of Fermoy.

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www.ria.ie/collections/manuscripts/irish-language-manuscripts/book-of-fermoy/

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Irish Script On Screen (www.isos.dias.ie) @dias-isos.bsky.social · Jul 7

3/3 CF 13:
A miscellany titled CÓIPEANNA LE SEOSAMH Ó LONGÁIN, it opens with Tochmarc Emire, the tale of Cú Chulainn and Emer:
“Boi ri aumrai airegdai and Emain Macho… edon Concopar mac Fauchtnae…”

🔗 www.isos.dias.ie/NUIM/NUIM_MS...

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MS CF 13 (Maynooth University)

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Irish Script On Screen (www.isos.dias.ie) @dias-isos.bsky.social · Jul 7

2/3 ✒️ CF 14: EOCHAIRSCIATH
in Ó Longáin’s clear script, includes references to Pauline epistles and liturgical practices. Some decorated initials survive.

🔗 www.isos.dias.ie/NUIM/NUIM_MS...

#DIASdiscovers #IrishManuscripts

MS CF 14 (Maynooth University)

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Irish Script On Screen (www.isos.dias.ie) @dias-isos.bsky.social · Jul 7

1/3 📜✨ Two new manuscripts from Russell Library, Maynooth, now on ISOS:
CF 13 & CF 14, both by 19th-c scribe Seosamh Ó Longáin.
Religious + mythological texts, with elegant script & decorated initials.

Thanks to @mulibrary.bsky.social MU Special Collections & Lámhscríbhinní Choláiste Cholmáin.

new manuscripts from Russell Library MS CF 14

new manuscripts from Russell Library, MS CF 13

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Deborah Hayden @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social · Jul 7

The LEIGHEAS project Irish Medical Manuscript of the Month for July 2025 is Dublin, @ria.ie MS 23 N 29. It consists of 23 paper fragments, one of which is a portion of the sole surviving prosimetrical remedy collection in Irish. Read more here! 👇

leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · Jul 7

The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 P 16, Leabhar Breac: www.ria.ie/collections/manuscripts/irish-language-manuscripts/leabhar-breac-the-speckled-book-the-book-of-mac-egans-leabhar-mor-duna-doighre/

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · Jun 24

The manuscript of the week is Lebor na hUidre (RIA MS 23 E 25).

The Manuscript of the Week is on display in the Reading Room of the Library this week from 10.00 a.m. - 4.30 p.m. Monday - Friday. No appointment or reader’s ticket is required.

www.ria.ie/collections/...

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School of Celtic Studies - Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh DIAS @scs-dias.bsky.social · Jun 27

🚨 NEW podcast episode! Dr Seán Ó Hoireabhárd @hoireabhard.bsky.social‬, formerly an O’Donovan scholar (now @ceilteachomn.bsky.social‬) discusses his book ‘Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion’ (@livunipress.bsky.social‬). 🎧 YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts & www.dias.ie/series/ni-ha... ✨

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School of Celtic Studies - Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh DIAS @scs-dias.bsky.social · Jun 24

Go raibh maith agaibh ‪@irishexaminer.bsky.social! Great review of our Research Podcast "Ní hansae". New episode coming out this Friday 27 June, so keep an eye on this space 👀

Podcast Corner: Celtic Studies show delves into Ireland's fascinating history

Ní Hansae, the School of Celtic Studies Research podcast, includes discussion of such figures as Fionn Mac Cumhail and De Valera

www.irishexaminer.com

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Irish Script On Screen (www.isos.dias.ie) @dias-isos.bsky.social · Jun 18

2/2 Scribe Enri Ó Caiside (Henry Cassidye), transcribed for Aodh Ó Caiside (Hugh Cassidy). 🖋️ Thanks to The Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie for helping to make this treasure newly accessible online!
@dias.ie @scs-dias.bsky.social
✨ #DIASdiscovers #IrishManuscripts
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MS E iv 2 (Royal Irish Academy)

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Irish Script On Screen (www.isos.dias.ie) @dias-isos.bsky.social · Jun 18

1/2📜 Delighted to feature a newly digitised manuscript from @ria.ie on ISOS, MS E iv 2, a remarkable 17th-century medical text containing Aphorisms of Hippocrates, hymnal notes, healing remedies & more. 🩺📖 A rare glimpse into early modern Gaelic medical tradition!

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Dr Nina Cnockaert-Guillou @ninacnock.bsky.social · Jun 13

🚨 Tá an chéad eipeasóid anseo!! Prof. Ruairí Ó hUiginn on: "What is the School of Celtic Studies @dias.ie?"
🎧 Listen / Watch now following the links below 👇

School of Celtic Studies - Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh DIAS @scs-dias.bsky.social · Jun 13

🎙️ Episode 1 of Ní hansae is out now!! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your browser (www.dias.ie/series/ni-ha...), or watch on YouTube (youtu.be/HlHNUIfo8Co) 🎧
➡️ Prof. Ruairí Ó hUiginn tells us all about the School of Celtic Studies @dias.ie! He also announces some pretty cool news 👀

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