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Oíche Shamhna shona daoibh! Our ethereal expert Dr Hannah Mac Auliffe @maynoothuniversity.ie guides us through the darkness of #samhain a time for feasting, mischief & terror in medieval Irish literature, when the veil between worlds is thin, & ghastly ghouls abound. open.spotify.com/episode/6gQ6...

It is a great honour to be selected for the NUI Publication Prize for Irish History! Many thanks to everyone for their continued support

Israel's genocide in Gaza impossible without global complicity, UN report says - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-genocide-gaza-impossible-without-global-complicity-un-report

Thank you so much to USIHS for the generous invitation and the hospitality. Very much enjoyed my visit to Queen's and hope to be back again soon.

Online link available when you register for this paper! When Ulster became Ulster and Meath became Meath: the divorce of the Northern and Southern Uí Néill in the Central Middle Ages. eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

@hoireabhard.bsky.social has moved on to greener pastures (@scs-dias.bsky.social) but all in @ceilteachomn.bsky.social are really looking forward to hearing him talk all about the Northern and Southern Uí Néill (in Belfast and online) tomorrow evening!

The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized and Available Online

Looking forward to giving this paper next month! Everyone welcome

New year, new seminar series! 📣 This year's inaugural lecture will be delivered by Dr. Patrick Wadden on the European Identity of Early Medieval Ireland. Join us on September 16th at 4:30 PM in room K114 in the Newman Building, followed by a drinks reception at 5:15 PM Hope to see you there!

* @hoireabhard.bsky.social who has been our postdoctoral researcher on the project since May, and PhD candidate @tiagoovsilva.bsky.social. Looking forward to sharing some of the results of our work! 2/2

Anyone in the Meath area: the @researchireland.ie 'Power & Patronage...' team* will be giving a talk on Thursday September 18th, 7.30pm, St Finnian's Parish Centre, Clonard, titled 'Clonard: residence of kings, school of saints'. Free entry. @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie 1/2

The Cross of Cong • Mayo Named after the historic Mayo village where it was kept for centuries, the Cross of Cong is thought to have been made for the important diocescan centre at Tuam. It was commissioned by the King of Connacht, Toirrdelbach Ua Conchobair in c.1123. #SpéirGhorm #Medieval

Royal Irish Academy, 2-3 Octover shop.maynoothuniversity.ie/index.php?ap...

🚨 NEW podcast episode out now! 🎙️ "Mind, Language and Law in Medieval Ireland" with Dr Viktoriia Krivoshchekova, an O’Donovan postdoctoral scholar in the School of Celtic Studies. 🎧 Watch on YouTube + listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or on browser: www.dias.ie/series/ni-ha... ✨

If you're at the IMC today, please come by and visit these friendly faces at the LUP and @lupdistribution.bsky.social stands! We have lots of new Medieval Studies titles to flick through, and some great discounts too... #IMC2025 @imc-leeds.bsky.social

🎧 Have you listened to the latest episode of our podcast yet? @hoireabhard.bsky.social explains the use of post-colonial theory to study Irish history & talks about his book, ‘Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion’ (@livunipress.bsky.social)! Listen here: www.dias.ie/series/ni-ha...

🎈 This month, acclaimed series Translated Texts for Historians turns 40! Discover the newest titles of the series here ⬇️ #MedievalSky #AncientSky www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/topic/book-s...

Really enjoyed doing this podcast for SCS's Ní hAnsae! Nina @ninacnock.bsky.social and I discussed many aspects of the 12th c. English invasion of Ireland and its historiography, as well as the whole process of writing history and why it's so important. @livunipress.bsky.social

My new publication was released on Monday. Thanks to Palgrave Macmillan, who were a pleasure to work alongside, and all others who assisted in making this possible...

Delighted that The Medieval Irish kings & the English invasion has been chosen for the IHS first book prize for 2024!

FOLÚNTAS | VACANCY Scoláireacht Uí Dhonnabháin O'Donovan Scholarship #DIASdiscovers www.dias.ie/2025/05/20/v...

I am very excited to be joining the 'Power and Patronage in Medieval Ireland' project at @celticstudiesmu.bsky.social as of today! I will be working with PI @niamhwycherley.bsky.social & PhD candidate @tiagoovsilva.bsky.social to help explain Clonard's place in the medieval Irish landscape.

'A hugely impressive piece of scholarship' Read Simon Egan's review of The Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion by @hoireabhard.bsky.social in @historyireland.bsky.social now! historyireland.com/the-medieval...

In the last years of her life, the outstanding Celticist Cecile O'Rahilly was working on her final project, a synthesis of the development of Táin Bó Cúailnge. Although at an advanced stage, it was misplaced for some 40 years but was recently rediscovered! I'll be talking about this & more tomorrow

Celtica 2024 just landed! Read my article explaining the impact of Irish marriage practices on the course of the English invasion of Ireland below. www.academia.edu/128042398/Ho...

Currently listening to podcast with @tiagoovsilva.bsky.social on women's power and patronage in medieval Ireland podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w... #medievalsky #ireland

Join us Thursday for our first Early Irish Research Seminar of the semester. ‘Culpability and Liability: Guilty Mind in Early Irish Law’ Dr Viktoriia Krivoshchekova (@scs-dias.bsky.social, DIAS) Thursday 27th February, 5pm in the Iontas Building, Maynooth University.

Job alert!! Come work with us @celticstudiesmu.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @muahi.bsky.social on my Pathway project, 'Power and patronage in medieval Ireland: Clonard from the 6th to 12th centuries' @researchireland.bsky.social. Apply below. Email me for details. my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...

I find this very moving: a 10-year-old Ukrainian boy who moved to the West of Ireland 2 years ago as a refugee, speaking in Irish of his love of playing Irish music

Last year I was asked by lovely people at Indiana University to provide a historical essay to accompany an intriguing & compelling play about Lafracoth, daughter of Muirchertach Ua Briain & wife of Arnulf de Montgomery. Here's the essay as a PDF: 1/2 scholarworks.indianapolis.iu.edu/items/eddb29...

Digital Transcribing and Editing Medieval Sources with Dr Bernhard Bauer @bernhardbaver.bsky.social, formerly of Early Irish Maynooth and now, University of Graz. 📅Monday, 10th Feb ⏲️9:30 -13:00 🏢Lab 1.37, AHI, Iontas Building Register by email [email protected]

Job advert: Postdoctoral researcher in my DiAgnostic project (funded by a @researchireland.bsky.social Advanced Laureate award) Details: my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr... Deadline: 23 February 2025

Thanks Lizzie! One for the PPP research cluster 👌

For anyone who might be interested I will be speaking (briefly!) about 'The Medieval Irish Kings and the English invasion' on the Moncrieffe Show on Newstalk today at around 15:40 @clarelitt.bsky.social

Medieval Ireland and Scotland starter pack - happy to add fellow researchers on request bsky.app/starter-pack...

It's an honour and privilege to have been invited to give the Robert Crouse Memorial Lecture this year. Though I will have to pull quite a rabbit out of my hat if I hope to do him justice!

This really is essential reading and is a gigantic news story

This week on the podcast! Thanks so much to @shazarch.bsky.social for chatting to us about the importance of historians and archaeologists working together to fully understand the medieval world. Ringforts, Killeen Cormac, cattle, sheep, pollen, 'remote' islands etc! open.spotify.com/episode/2xtM...

Looking for an excuse to come to Oslo in March? CfP for student conference on 'Lost in Translation' - deadline mid December. Please share!

On my way to @maynoothuni.bsky.social for our Open Day! If anyone is interested in our degree in Medieval Celtic Studies (& isn't put off by the atrocious weather today!), I will be giving a subject talk in TSI Building, room 1.26, at 12.50pm.

Join me at @diasdublin.bsky.social this evening at 6pm where I will be launching @hoireabhard.bsky.social The Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion (Liverpool University Press, 2024). This is a magnificent book & it deserves to be celebrated! 🥳📚🍾🥂

In our latest episode, 2nd in our series on Irish queens, the gracious @bewattled.bsky.social humours my attempts to define the enigmatic Queen Gormlaith (d. 1030) of Dublin, Munster, Tara??? Ruthless warmonger or anxious Mum? Think we'll need a part 2 to decide! open.spotify.com/episode/0MGf...

The journal Language & History is looking for a new Lead Editor! Deadline for expressions of interest is 26 January. Lots of time to ease into the role (I’ll still be handling the 2024 issues), and I’m happy to answer informal queries about what it involves.  www.henrysweet.org/news/lead-ed...