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Aonghus Ó hAlmhain @aonghusoha.bsky.social · 22h

“Seachas fotheidealú a dhéanamh ar chláracha Béarla, tá sé níos tábhachtaí arís go mbeadh cláracha tarraingteacha á ndéanamh as Gaeilge agus go mbeadh ardchaighdeán teanga le blaiseadh sna cláracha sin…an cheist a fhágtar againn, ar deireadh, ná cé dó teilifís na Gaeilge?” @siobhraaiken.bsky.social

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Aonghus Ó hAlmhain @aonghusoha.bsky.social · 22h

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De ghnáth, déantar an fotheidealú chun freastal ar dhaoine atá bodhar nó daoine nach bhfuil an teanga acu. Ach i gcás na Gaeilge, bíonn na fotheidil ag feidhmiú mar áis aistriúcháin, nó fiú mar uirlis foghlama, do phobal labhartha na teanga.

Tugann fotheidil Ghaeilge Netflix ‘ardán idirnáisiúnta’ don teanga

Céim ollmhór chun cinn é cinneadh Netflix fotheidil Ghaeilge a chur ar fáil leis an tsraith House of Guinness – agus ba cheart do RTÉ iad a leanúint, a deir saineolaithe teanga.

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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 2d

Due to circumstances outside our control (but not reflecting well on current US policy), next week's QUB Irish Studies seminar will now be online only.
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Irish Studies Seminar: Shinjini Chattopadhyay, Critical cosmopolitanism and Irish identity in Joyce

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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 7d

October events at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's
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Síobhra Aiken @siobhraaiken.bsky.social · 7d

Some photos from our IMAGIN_IRL seminar yesterday in the @labnf.bsky.social, including workshop on how digital humanities tools can help us gauge how the Irish revolution was viewed through a French lens. Our photo exhibit is almost ready, watch this space! @clairedubois.bsky.social

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Claire Dubois @clairedubois.bsky.social · 8d

Fantastic event today @labnf.bsky.social in Paris. Fascinating papers and roundtable! Definitely thrilled by the new perspectives offered!
@cecille-ulille.bsky.social @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @meshs.bsky.social

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Síobhra Aiken @siobhraaiken.bsky.social · 12d

Ce mardi à La Bibliothèque nationale de France!

Claire Dubois @clairedubois.bsky.social · 12d

Venez nombreux @labnf.bsky.social le 30 septembre pour la JE sur la révolution irlandaise au prisme de la presse française!
@meshs.bsky.social, @univlille.bsky.social, @cecille-ulille.bsky.social, @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social
Inscriptions ⬇️

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La révolution irlandaise au prisme de la presse française

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TheBookshop.ie @thebookshopie.bsky.social · 24d

Preorder also available here - ( & the other @owenoshea.bsky.social in-print history titles are also available)
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#ciarraí #kerry

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Pádraig Fhia Ó Mathúna @patrickjmahone1.bsky.social · Sep 4

Táim ar bís le bheith ar ais i nDún Éideann don cheardlann seo - ag dúil go mór leis na páipéir uilig / Looking forward to what promises to be a great day of conversations on the Gaelic Atlantic !

… @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)

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Claire Dubois @clairedubois.bsky.social · Sep 3

Good news for the new academic year ! I’ve been promoted to Professor of Irish History @flcs-ulille.bsky.social and an event funded by the @meshs.bsky.social that I’m organising @labnf.bsky.social is coming soon !

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La révolution irlandaise au prisme de la presse française

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Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha @laoighseach.bsky.social · Sep 2

Tá mé ag súil go mór leis an dara cnuasach a roinnt libh san fhómhar! Buíochas mór le gach duine ag @barzazie.bsky.social agus @futafata.bsky.social as an tacaíocht.

Ó Sholas Geimhridh 🌕 go Mainistir na Feola! 👼

Barzaz @barzazie.bsky.social · Sep 2

Tá áthas orainn a roinnt go mbeidh an dara cnuasach filíochta le @laoighseach.bsky.social á fhoilsiú i mí Dheireadh Fómhair!

Dánta colainne agus creidimh, dánta faoin teanga agus cearta an duine, dánta faoin bhfilíocht féin – tá siad uilig le fáil sa dara cnuasach seo.

Ag teacht 10.10.2025

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Síobhra Aiken @siobhraaiken.bsky.social · Aug 28

Líon na mac léinn as an deisceart ag cur isteach ar Ollscoil na Banríona ag ardú bliain i ndiaidh bliana. Pointí don BA sa Ghaeilge: ABB (A-Leibhéal) nó H3 H3 H3 H3 H3 H3 nó H2 H3 H3 H3 H3 (Ardteist). @maitiuocoimin.bsky.social
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Idir mhéadú agus laghdú ar líon na bpointí do chúrsaí Gaeilge

65,444 dalta a rinne an Ardteist i mbliana ach chuir 89,308 duine isteach ar CAO

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dr emer mchugh @emer.bsky.social · Aug 25

me on @cmatbaby.bsky.social’s EURO-COUNTRY and why it gives voice to a distressingly normalised post-recession malaise. i hope you read!

The emblem of modern Ireland? Not fiddles and Guinness but a soulless shopping plaza | Emer McHugh

The singer CMAT dances around a retail centre in a video for her new album. It is the elegy those of us who grew up in the post-Celtic tiger recession have been craving, says Irish writer Emer McHugh

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Oireachtas na Gaeilge @oirnagaeilge.bsky.social · Aug 21

Cláraigh linn!: www.antoireachtas.ie/oireachtas-n...

@forasnagaeilge.bsky.social @cnagaeilge.bsky.social @deptrcdg.bsky.social @glornangael.bsky.social @raidiofailte.bsky.social @raidionalife.bsky.social @rternag.bsky.social @tuairisc.bsky.social @nosmag.bsky.social @anpaipear.bsky.social

Oireachtas na Gaeilge @oirnagaeilge.bsky.social · Jul 3

📣Ar mhaith leat a bheith i do bhall de Chriú an Oireachtais?📣 Táimid ag iarraidh grúpa daoine, a bhfuil grá, dílseacht agus paisean acu do chur chun cinn na teanga a thabhairt le chéile le bheith rannpháirteach in Oireachtas na Samhna!
Cláraigh linn: rb.gy/7eptj1
#OnaS25

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Síobhra Aiken @siobhraaiken.bsky.social · Aug 17

Treise leat a chara ❤️💪🏽

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Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha @laoighseach.bsky.social · Aug 16

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brian-hanley.bsky.social @brian-hanley.bsky.social · Aug 17

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Britain’s shameful past holds a vital message about immig...

Deplorable attitudes to refugees failed to stop solidarity across the divides

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Irish Committee of Historical Sciences - ICHS @irishhistorians.bsky.social · Aug 13

We are delighted to announce that a full programme and registration for the 35th Irish Conference of Historian is now available. Maynooth University, 12-13 September.

Please share widely.

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@muahi.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @benjamin-casey.bsky.social
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35th Irish Conference of Historians - Inner Lives and Outer Realities

The 35th annual Irish conference of historians hosted by the Irish Committee of Historical Sciences & Maynooth University Dept. of History

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Síobhra Aiken @siobhraaiken.bsky.social · Aug 11

Grazie mille a Francesca Salvadori for this review of Spiritual Wounds in Studi Irlandesi. Chuffed to see it reach an Italian readership, especially as I'm currently working on a project on multilingual legacies of Ireland's revolution 😊

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Síobhra Aiken @siobhraaiken.bsky.social · Aug 7

Ag súil go mór le páirt a ghlacadh sa cheardlann seo. Míle buíochas le @pomuirch.bsky.social as an togra a chur le chéile.

… @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 👇

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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 👇

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Síobhra Aiken @siobhraaiken.bsky.social · Aug 5

Dáta don dialann: Siompóisiam ar an fhoréigean inscne agus Léann na Gaeilge ar Dé Máirt an 25 Samhain sa Chultúrlann, is é sin Lá Idirnáisiúnta um Dhíothú an Fhoréigin in aghaidh na mBan. Clár le teacht, beidh scoth na gcainteoirí linn ar an lá! Léaráidí leis an fhile Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha.

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History at Queen's University Belfast @qubhistory.bsky.social · Aug 1

'Public History in an Age of Anxiety', QUB Centre for Public History Conference, 9-11 September. Register now and join us for a packed programme over three days.

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Niamh Wycherley @niamhwycherley.bsky.social · Jul 22

New membership call for @yai.ie now open! Come and join our vibrant network of ECRIs working together for the benefit of society. Some of my YAI colleagues will hold an online info session on how to apply esp. for Scholars At Risk/Scholars from a Displaced background, 1–2pm, Friday 1st August.

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Claire Dubois @clairedubois.bsky.social · Jul 31

Event on 30 September at the BnF in Paris with @siobhraaiken.bsky.social, @danielfoliard.bsky.social and many others. We’ll discuss the French representation of the Irish revolution. Looking forward to it !

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La révolution irlandaise au prisme de la presse française

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