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Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh OMN | School of Celtic Studies MU @ceilteachomn.bsky.social · 6d

*Widame (Proto-Celtic “we found out”), a conference for postgraduate scholars in Celtic Studies, will take place November 7th & 8th 2025 in 1.33 IONTAS in @maynoothuniversity.ie.

Conference schedule and registration is available here: buff.ly/b3GjydF

Register by the 10th of October 2025.

Bilingual information regarding the *Widame conference, 7-8 November in Maynooth University. Register by October 10th.

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Gabriel Bodard @palaeofuturist.bsky.social · Sep 5

#TEIFriday
Today's TEI-related musing brought by EpiDoc Guidelines local practice documentation and concordance (via the ogham.glasgow.ac.uk project).

What if a letter is incomplete and could therefore be read as any of several potential letters?

OG(H)AM – Harnessing digital technologies to transform understanding of ogham writing, from the 4th century to the 21st

ogham.glasgow.ac.uk

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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 26d

www.con-telegraph.ie/2025/09/12/o...

@ndefaoite.bsky.social
@maynoothuniversity.ie @muahi.bsky.social @muresearch.bsky.social @ceilteachomn.bsky.social

Ogham Stones of County Mayo book launched | Connaught Telegraph

OGHAM Stones of County Mayo, an illustrated book on Mayo’s ogham stones, has been launched in Claremorris Library.

www.con-telegraph.ie

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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 25d

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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Nora White @ndefaoite.bsky.social · 24d

yes, we will look into that

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Nora White @ndefaoite.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Nora White @ndefaoite.bsky.social · Aug 20

I think it's only available currently through the Heritage Office at Mayo County Council but may be available elsewhere (mainly local bookshops) after the launch

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Patrick Gleeson @papgleeson.bsky.social · Jul 22

My book Landscapes of Kingship in Early Medieval Ireland is finally out, and it’s a beaut. In bookshops tomorrow but you can order online here - only €45! First interdisciplinary study of early Irish kingship, focusing on landscape/spatial dimensions of rule: www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/l...

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Nora White @ndefaoite.bsky.social · Aug 17

If you can't make it on Wednesday there is also this related exhibition of artwork on the ogham stones by the talented @johnflynnart.bsky.social! www.heritageweek.ie/event-listin...

Ogham Stones of County Mayo Exhibition | National Heritage Week 16th – 24th August 2025

There are 12 recorded ogham stones from Mayo. An ogham stone is typically a standing stone, with an inscription in the ogham script, usually located on the edge...

www.heritageweek.ie

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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!
@heritagecouncil.ie
@mayocountycouncil.bsky.social

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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Nora White @ndefaoite.bsky.social · Aug 17

If an evening event doesn't suit, there is also this related exhibition of artwork around the ogham stones by the talented @johnflynnart.bsky.social! www.heritageweek.ie/event-listin...

Ogham Stones of County Mayo Exhibition | National Heritage Week 16th – 24th August 2025

There are 12 recorded ogham stones from Mayo. An ogham stone is typically a standing stone, with an inscription in the ogham script, usually located on the edge...

www.heritageweek.ie

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

This is shockingly sad news. Among the countless incredible achievements and qualities of Andrew West 魏安 was also his foundational and inspirational contribution to the digitisation of ogam.

Scríbthar a ainm n-ogaim!

Incunabula @incunabula.bsky.social · Jul 14

I've just heard the terrible news that my friend - and friend of many here - Andrew West, @babelstone.co.uk, the incomparably brilliant Sinologist and Tangutologist passed away suddenly but peacefully on 10th July. 1/2

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Nora White @ndefaoite.bsky.social · Jul 8

Happy International Day of Ogham! Although the OG(H)AM project has sadly now finished, work on ogham continues. Here is a sneak preview of our digital corpus, still under development, but due to be launched in September! #InternationalDayOfOgham
#OG_H_AM

screenshot showing a map of ogham locations (more to add) with search filters and an index of ogham inscriptions below

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · Jun 29

Located next to a small holy well, not far from Kilmovee in County Mayo, this ogham stone may be one of the earliest recorded in Ireland based on its inscription.

When translated, it reads:

ALATTOS MAQI BR[--.

(see the excellent Oghamin3D ogham.celt.dias.ie/stone.php?la...)
#Ireland #Archaeology

A pillar of stone atop a moss covered mound, the stone is deeply grooved with ogham script.

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Nora White @ndefaoite.bsky.social · Jun 25

We are using EpiDoc xml encoding and eXistdb to publish online. We will also make all of our data available as soon as it is ready

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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · Jun 25

Friends & colleagues, the amazing OG(H)AM project, a collaboration between Dept. of Celtic & Gaelic @uofglasgow.bsky.social & Dept. of Early Irish @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @muahi.bsky.social is slowly coming to an end.
With a smile & a tear, I present the final instalment...

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Nora White @ndefaoite.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thank you so much to @padraicmoran.bsky.social for this thought-provoking keynote lecture at our recent Digital Epigraphy workshop @maynoothuniversity.ie (funded by @researchireland.ie) and now also a blog post so that many more can benefit from Pádraic's valuable insights into this important topic👏

Pádraic Moran @padraicmoran.bsky.social · Jun 10

"Designing sustainable Digital Editions." This is a lightly revised version of a talk I gave at the Digital Epigraphy Workshop in Maynooth on 26 May 2025. Many thanks to Nora White for the invitation and to the audience for discussion and feedback. www.pmoran.ie/posts/sustai...

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Gabriel Bodard @palaeofuturist.bsky.social · May 27

#EpigraphyTuesday
The Donaghmore Ogham Stone, 3D printed replica in the early Irish department at Maynooth University. (#EpiDoc workshop)

3D print of a standing Ogham Stone, slightly smaller than life-size, in light grey filament, standing on a seminar room desk.

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Nora White @ndefaoite.bsky.social · May 28

Special thanks also to our superb keynote speakers Charlotte Roueché (King's College London) & Pádraic Moran
@padraicmoran.bsky.social
(University of Galway). The workshop was organised as part of the research projects EMISoS and OG(H)AM funded by
@researchireland.ie & AHRC
@ukri.org