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.

What he said 👇

“If I said I was wearing a Palestine Action T-shirt would you get here quicker?” From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

Thanks to you, Deborah, and to all the other contributors for their wonderful work. And thanks to Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social for such an excellent job all around in producing the volume. Can't say enough about their professionalism and support; joy to work with. Enjoy, a chairde!

Sinn Féin's Irish and Gaeltacht spokesperson, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, has requested an urgent meeting with the Ollscoil na Gaillimhe authority to discuss the status of the Irish language at the university

'Diasporic documents from the Gaelic Atlantic,' in-person one-day workshop at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, 5 September. Speakers include IASSL members Rob Dunbar, @pomuirch.bsky.social, and Silke Stroh. All welcome, registration required.

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

Chaidh ìomhaigh fhoillseachadh agus a bheannachadh ann an Uibhist de Mhaighstir Diarmuid Ó Dubhagáin, an sagart a tha air a mheas mar an neach a chuir stad air an Ath-Leasachadh bho a bhith a'faighinn bun-stèidh an Uibhist a Deas, Barraigh & eileanan eile san 17mh linn www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan...

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

Really pleased to have been promoted to Professor of Medieval Irish Language & Literature today; thanks to many for encouragement along the way | air leth toilichte gu bheil mi nam Ollamh Cànan & Litreachas Gàidhlig nam Meadhan- Aoisean bho an-diugh. Fada nur comain airson ur brosnachadh.

#proofs #lámhscríbhinnígaeilge

'reflecting on historical events, while necessary, is not sufficient'.

Silence on Gaza will be 'moral failure', says President Higgins in letter to other non-executive Presidents www.rte.ie/news/2025/07...

Mass starvation spreading across Gaza as supplies sit outside enclave, aid groups warn

Never not at it…

Israeli forces killed at least 22 people in attacks in Gaza and several were hurt in a strike on a church that late Pope Francis used to speak to regularly, medics and church officials said.

Be an English-language source … especially relevant for historians of eighteenth and nineteenth century Ireland 😂

Tha sinn a’ sireadh bàrdachd Ghàidhlig ùr a tha ag amas air clann aig aois na bun-sgoile airson cruinneachadh ùr. Thèid £300 a phàigheadh ​​airson gach dàn a thèid a thaghadh. ’S e Pàdraig MacAoidh (Am Makar) an neach-deasachaidh. Fiosrachadh slàn: www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/rannan-chloi...

An bhféadfadh duine ar bith a thabhairt ar Ghearóid Ó Tuathaigh seasamh don Uachtaránacht.

Sir Peter Mathieson is also the director of five companies and doesn't know his own salary.

Delighted to see this article of mine in the new issue of Éigse! "Manx lexicology and etymology: four case studies".

Ati bobl ifainc (dan 33 oed)! Gwobr £300 CMCS

How can we keep quiet on this? To whom do we complain? And how? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Grmma @independent.ie as an t-alt seo a fhoilsiú! Tuilleadh eolais faoi "Ní hansae" 7rl: @scs-dias.bsky.social m.independent.ie/seachtain/be...

✨Vivien Law Essay Prize in the history of linguistic ideas✨ Deadline: 30th September 2025 If you are: a currently registered student or received your PhD/equivalent within the last five years (maternity leave excluded) See details and get your submissions ready!👇 www.henrysweet.org/vivien-law-p...

Applications are invited for the position of Post-Doctoral Researcher with expertise in digital and spatial humanities (11 months, whole-time) - to work with me and @insightcentre.bsky.social on a project called 'Data Travels: Analysing the Ladies of Llangollen'. ore.ucc.ie (Job ID: 088233)