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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.

@dias.ie
#DIASdiscovers

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School of Celtic Studies - Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh DIAS @scs-dias.bsky.social · 9d

Alt lenár scoláire Viktoriia Krivoshchekova
An article by our scholar Viktoriia Krivoshchekova
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

www.rte.ie

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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

www.rte.ie

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 9d

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 · 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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Dr Nina Cnockaert-Guillou @ninacnock.bsky.social · 20d

I've deleted my Academia account. All my academic things are on ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-70...

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ArchaeoPlays @archaeoplays.bsky.social · 20d

For anyone wanting to NOT agree to the new Academia.edu Terms of Service, which includes using your work for AI purposes, you don't need to accept the terms to delete your account.

Instead, click on the Terms of Service link in the pop-up...

🏺 #AcademicSky

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Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 2026 @rannsachadh2026.bsky.social · 22d

Cumaibh 14mh–16mh Iuchar 2026 airson Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig aig Oilthigh Ghlaschu.
Gairm phàipearan & fiosrachadh clàraidh uile ri thighinn.

Hold 14th–16th July 2026 for the Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig conference at the University of Glasgow.
Call for Papers & Registration information all to follow.

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Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh OMN | School of Celtic Studies MU @ceilteachomn.bsky.social · 23d

Bígí linn d'Oíche Chultúir 2025 (19 Meán Fómhair) i músaem Choláiste Phádraig 6–8 pm.

Pléifidh Dubhán Ó Longáin, Stiofán Ó Briain agus Ré Ó Laighléis litríocht agus scéalaíocht na Gaeilge agus déanfaidh Nada Ní Chuirrín damhsa ar an sean-nós, le ceol ó Chian Ó Braonáin.

@maynoothuniversity.ie

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Dept of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, Univ of Cambridge @department-asnc.bsky.social · 27d

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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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · Sep 5

A bit about our upcoming conference on the Book of Lecan. 📚

@scs-dias.bsky.social @ria.ie @maynoothuniversity.ie

www.ria.ie/2025/09/03/e...

Exploring the Book of Lecan: Two-day conference at the Royal Irish Academy - Royal Irish Academy

On 2–3 October 2025, the Royal Irish Academy, in collaboration with Maynooth University, and the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, will host a two-day conference dedicated to exploring one of Ire...

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Dr Nina Cnockaert-Guillou @ninacnock.bsky.social · Sep 5

Comhghairdeas!!! 👏

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Celtic Languages and Culture Utrecht University @celticuu.bsky.social · Sep 3

Another hulloh! to our trusty followers: keep your eye out for new public lectures, podcasts, and events announced on this channel to satisfy all your Celtic Cravings!

Amidst all the uncertainties in our Faculty, we'll make sure to make this an absolute banger of a year together with you 🎉

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ALT: a man talking into a microphone with the words of course celtic written above him

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Dr Nina Cnockaert-Guillou @ninacnock.bsky.social · Sep 1

This project, funded by @researchireland.ie, aims to produce editions of the earliest version of Acallam na Senórach 'The Colloquy of the Ancients', the central Finn Cycle text from medieval Ireland. New software will also be developed to help in this work. Learn more: www.ucc.ie/en/disappear...
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The Disappearing Text | University College Cork

Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

www.ucc.ie

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Dr Nina Cnockaert-Guillou @ninacnock.bsky.social · Sep 1

I'm really excited to be starting a new position today, as Post-Doctoral Researcher on the Disappearing Text project, in the Department of Early and Medieval Irish at University College Cork! 1/2
@ucc.ie

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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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Dr Nina Cnockaert-Guillou @ninacnock.bsky.social · Aug 28

Absolutely! I think more baking will be in order 😉

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Dr Nina Cnockaert-Guillou @ninacnock.bsky.social · Aug 28

I'm very grateful to the SCE and to the panel of judges for deeming my thesis worthy of this prestigious prize! 🥰 I also would like to thank my wonderful supervisor, Prof. Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, for her insightful comments and support throughout the PhD and beyond!

@department-asnc.bsky.social

Elena Parina @elenaparina.bsky.social · Aug 28

Breaking news! @ninacnock.bsky.social just won the Johann-Kaspar-Zeuß-Price of the Societas Celtologica Europaea for the best PhD thesis! Congratulations!

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Dept of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, Univ of Cambridge @department-asnc.bsky.social · Aug 28

Many congratulations to @ninacnock.bsky.social , who recently completed a doctorate in ASNC and has now been awarded the 2025 Johann-Kaspar-Zeuß-Prize for the best PhD thesis in Celtic Studies! 🎉🎉🎉

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

Ag tosú inniu - Beginning today
Fourth European Symposium in Celtic Studies
Bonn, an Ghearmáin / Germany
Léachtaí le / lectures by Ruairí Ó hUiginn, Daniel Watson, Viktoriia Krivoshchekova, Nina Cnockaert-Guillou, SCS
www.iaak.uni-bonn.de/keltologie/e...
@dias.ie
#DIASdiscovers

SCE Programme 2025

www.iaak.uni-bonn.de

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Elena Parina @elenaparina.bsky.social · Aug 26

The Fourth European Symposium in Celtic Studies starts tomorrow! So much looking forward to welcome all the wonderful scholars @cgschweizer.bsky.social @bernhardbaver.bsky.social @ninacnock.bsky.social @metamedievalist.bsky.social @medievalireland.bsky.social and a lot of others!

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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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Kit @ascolotl.bsky.social · Aug 26

This is true at parties, it’s true at pubs, it’s true of talking to close friends, it’s true of talking to family. Obviously I don’t read verbatim but it is a good reminder that a) these tales were designed to be heard by audiences and b) they’re very good at playing to the strengths of that format.

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School of Celtic Studies - Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh DIAS @scs-dias.bsky.social · Aug 19

Agallamh lenár scoláire an Dr Nina Cnockaert-Guillou
An interview with our scholar Dr Nina Cnockaert-Guillou.
@dias.ie
@ninacnock.bsky.social

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · Aug 19

A French woman in Dublin: ‘It was obvious from the start of my Erasmus that I was really happy here. My family could see it’

Dr Nina Cnockaert-Guillou’s love of Irish history started at a young age in France and has taken her a long way

www.irishtimes.com

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Dr Nina Cnockaert-Guillou @ninacnock.bsky.social · Aug 19

Many thanks @irishtimes.com for publishing this interview!
If you're interested in what I do, go check out "Ní hansae", the research podcast @scs-dias.bsky.social, out on YouTube and all podcast platforms! 🎧

www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

A Frenchwoman in Ireland: ‘I have enjoyed living in Dublin but I would prefer to live in Cork’

Dr Nina Cnockaert-Guillou’s love of Irish history started at a young age in France and has taken her a long way

www.irishtimes.com

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