Ní fiú cac an diabhail RTÉ, seriously.

For the evening that’s in it… To paraphrase Othello (and CJH), Michael D has done the state some service, we know it.

This afternoon I ran an embodied manuscripts workshop at Edinburgh CRC and we looked at some extraordinary manuscripts (just look at CRC MS 19👀👇), and I had the opportunity to spend time talking to some very interesting, engaged and enquiring students - honestly what could be better? Thank you LAMPS

Wonderful workshop today on the materiality of manuscripts with @bryonycoombs.bsky.social at Edinburgh University’s Centre for Research Collections.

Laoch ar lár…

Maireann an grá atá ag fonnadóirí Chonamara d'amhráin Raiftearaí. Ceithre a cinn a casadh aréir i gcomórtas Choirn Uí Riada: Eanach Dhúin, Neansaí Walsh, Brídín Bhéasaí & Caismirt an Phótaire leis an Uisce Beatha. Agus bhí an bua, den 3ú huair, ag Michael Frank Ó Conghaile, a chas péire díobh!

'His book tour brought him to Cambridgeshire, where he would marry and have two children with Susannah Cullen, an Englishwoman from Ely. They settled in Soham, supported by a local network including abolitionist friends, safe...when reactionary “church and king” mobs were targeting reformers.' 1/3

Aberystwyth has joined a global network of 350 Creative Cities that have been recognised for their excellence in creative fields across the world by becoming Wales’ first UNESCO City of Literature

“Ever since I was a boy in Raasay, and became aware of the difference between the history I read in books and the oral accounts I heard around me, I have been very sceptical of what might be called received history…” —Somhairle MacGill-Eain / Sorley MacLean (1911–1996) #Gaelic #history

The #ScottishGaelic Texts Society Annual #CannaLecture will take place at the University of Edinburgh on 21 November 2025, delivered by Dr Martin Macgregor. llc.ed.ac.uk/celtic-scott...

Leabhar ùr do chloinn le Tawana Maramba, a chaidh tro fhoghlam tro mheadhan na Gàidhlig ann an Dùn Èideann agus a ghabhas pàirt anns an tachartas 'Blasad' againn air 29 Samhain aig an Leabharlann Nàiseanta (www.nls.uk/whats-on/bla...) www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan...

Brian Friel's "Translations" in Dakar: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

For the multi-faceted Morrisiaid Môn, literature was one of many intellectual pursuits which ranged from the scientific to the artistic ✍️Jerry Hunter

Jaw-droppingly poor analysis from RTÉ Radio One right now. Seriously embarrassing.

Turns out voting for Catherine Connolly is a rural pursuit.

Gobaith o Gaerfilli!

CFP - Crossing Borders: Transnational Perspectives on Life-Writing and Ego-Documents - 14 April 2026 We're pleased to invite proposals for this upcoming one-day conference at the University of Southampton! Please share!!

MEP Boylan 'disgusted' by EU suspending Israel sanctions www.rte.ie/news/politic...

At that very uncomfortable stage of the evening where I’m starting to feel sorry for / embarrassed on behalf of a Blueshirt … #Aras25

19 Oct 1651: The inhabitants of the Isle of Man rise against Charlotte Stanley [née de La Trémoille] Countess of Derby in the night #otd

Cén chuma a bheadh ar ghníomh radacach chun Gaeilge mar theanga tí a éascú? Ioncam Bunúsach Uilíoch a thabhairt d’aon duine atá ag tógáil páistí trí mheán na Gaeilge.

Today: Modern Irish History seminar at the Univ of #Edinburgh will host Brendan Kane (Visiting Leverhulme Prof in Celtic and #ScottishStudies): ‘Treason, traitors, and loyalty in #earlymodern #Ireland: political thought from the Irish-language archive’. Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Bldg @1630

Manannan’s cloak

Wednesday 1st October, 5.30pm: The Studio, Nicolson Square Venues, 25 Nicolson Square Edinburgh EH8 9BX, in conversation with Dr Désha Osborne, who is writing a literary history of the Scottish presence inSt Vincent and the Grenadines: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/heiresses-...

To be fair to the producers, I know plenty of Irish historians who also seem apparently unaware of Irish speaking Ireland 🫣

Fáilte roimh dhaoine dul i dteagmháil liom faoi seo dá mba mhian leo seal a chaitheamh linn i nDún Éideann. Fáilte ar leith roimh dhaoine atá ag plé le #canúineolaíocht na #Gaeilge, léann na #lámhscríbhinní Gaeilge / #Gàidhlig nó le hábhar ar bith a bhaineann le Sgoil Eòlais na h-Alba.

Fáilte roimh dhaoine dul i dteagmháil liom faoi seo dá mba mhian leo seal a chaitheamh linn i nDún Éideann. Fáilte ar leith roimh dhaoine atá ag plé le #canúineolaíocht na #Gaeilge, léann na #lámhscríbhinní Gaeilge / #Gàidhlig nó le hábhar ar bith a bhaineann le Sgoil Eòlais na h-Alba.

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.

Tá an ceart aige, dar ndóigh, agus is in olcas atá an scéal imithe ó bhí mise i nGaillimh 20 bl. ó shin. tuairisc.ie/cailliuint-d...

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

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.

Call for applications: Endangered Archives Programme eap.bl.uk/applicants

The next USIHS Lecture will be on 16 Oct. at 6pm - Seán Ó Hoireabhárd (Maynooth University), ‘When Ulster became Ulster and Meath became Meath: The divorce of the Northern and Southern Uí Néill in the Central Middle Ages’ Free event – all welcome! usihs36.com/2025/09/15/u...

If you're around Kildare next Friday night, join us for this beautiful event in Riverbank Arts Centre for Culture Night ! 💫 I'll be facilitating a creative, Irish language workshop for adult learners with Fighting Words beforehand too. www.riverbank.ie/event/cultur...

This week most of my #UCU colleagues at the U of Edinburgh are striking to protect the institution from hugely damaging compulsory redundancies. As I’m currently on an externally funded research project and not teaching, I’m not on strike but will be donating to the #UCUFightingFund instead!

🚨 Tabharfaidh @chantalkobel.bsky.social seimineár in @ucdscoilglcb.bsky.social Déardaoin 16 Deireadh Fómhair. Dr Chantal Kobel will present a seminar in UCD Thursday 16 October. '"Come hither!": Guiding the medieval reader in Irish legal vellum manuscripts'.📜 Fáilte roimh chách!

Look at this old Lourdes pilgrimage souvenir in the seanchló I found in a Belgian antique shop on Sunday

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 !

This workshop on the literary and documentary record of the Gaelic languages in the early modern Atlantic takes place tomorrow … still a small number of spaces left.

'Diasporic documents from the Gaelic Atlantic' - a one-day, in-person workshop at the University of Edinburgh on 5 September. Tuilleadh fiosrachaidh | More information 👇

The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 M 70, Leabhar Gabhála / The Book of the Invasions. The ‘Book of Invasions’ (‘Leabhar Gabhála’) is not the name of a specific manuscript. Rather it is an origin legend of the Irish people that exists in many variant versions.

Teangeolaíocht na Gaeilge/Cananachas na Gàidhlig 11-12 Meán Fómhair, 2025 Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann Comhdháil ina gcuirfear Teangeolaíocht na Gaeilge/Cananachas na Gàidhlig faoi chaibidil. Is féidir clárú agus tuilleadh eolais a fháil anseo: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...

‘The video is really awful’: German ambassador treating police assault of Irish person ‘very seriously’

Strong bang of Pee Flynn off this shit …

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

Manmade famine in an area that is a few kms away from every fast food franchise the world has to offer. Barbarous Dystopia isn’t a strong enough term.