Want to study medieval Irish literature, history and language at @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie? @tiagoovsilva.bsky.social and myself will be at the MU Open Day today to answer your questions.

We are pleased and excited to be sponsoring the following sessions (and a round table) at @imc-leeds.bsky.social this summer, some co-sponsored/organised with @networknorse.bsky.social!

Our special bonus episode just dropped and I'm very happy to have been part of this recording with @davidstifter.bsky.social and @niamhwycherley.bsky.social. If you ever wanted to listen to some early Irish poetry and prose being read out loud in their original, here's your chance!

Happy St Brigid's weekend! To celebrate we bring you a journey through Europe w/Prof. Jean-Michel Picard, UCD. He has unreal stories of hunting down manuscripts (incl. Napoleon & nazis!) & helps us understand the appeal of Brigid in lands far from Kildare! #brigid open.spotify.com/episode/0Bl4...

How Brigit continues to inspire poets, writers and artists 🎨 An Irish woman who has been dead for over 1,500 years continues to inspire extraordinary creative expression, write MU's Dr Niamh Wycherley, Prof David Stifter and Tiago de Oliveira Veloso Silva. www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spo...

Have you listened to The Medieval Irish History Podcast's latest episode yet? In this episode, Dr Niamh Wycherley interviews Dr Sarah Waidler (NYU), a specialist on medieval Irish hagiographies and the various texts that can broadly be understood within the spectrum of holy writings.

The brilliant Prof. Alex Woolf @standrewshist.bsky.social is back on the podcast to tell us what the Scandinavian diaspora got up to in the Middle Ages & why 'The Vikings' is a problematic concept. @maynoothuniversity.ie @researchireland.ie @tiagoovsilva.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/3ljZ...

Did an Irish 'nation' ever exist? Who were the Scotti? The Féni? The Gaels? Dr Patrick Wadden, DCU & Belmont Abbey College, provides a masterclass on the written sources and how Irish authors conceptualised Irishness in the early Middle Ages. @maynoothuniversity.ie open.spotify.com/episode/40rP...

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...

...Irish History podcast of his supervisor Dr Niamh Wycherley @niamhwycherley.bsky.social. The star of the event was Benedetta d'Antuono who won no less than three awards for her thesis "Ireland and Europe: cultural intersections and literary transitions in a late-medieval manuscript"... /2

Huge success for Early Irish @ceilteachomn.bsky.social today: our PhD students won 4 Graduate Research Academy 2025 Awards of @maynoothuniversity.ie @muresearch.bsky.social. Tiago de Oliveira Veloso Silva received the Postgraduate Research Community Impact Award for his work for the Medieval... /1

How would be treated for a broken heart, menstrual cramps or infertility in medieval Ireland? Expert @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social takes us through the vast array of medical texts, the 11th c surge in scientific writing & evidence for drs & doctoring in the Middle Ages. open.spotify.com/episode/34oG...

What does it say about a society that valued poets so highly? Find out in The Medieval Irish History Podcast — back for a 3rd series! We are kicking off again with the inimitable @thecelticist.bsky.social @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @tiagoovsilva.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1DTU... 1/2

Hello everyone! See the new conference here @maynoothuniversity.ie with the @ceilteachomn.bsky.social! The google link below is our registration form, we look forward to seeing you here!! forms.gle/8katSS8HZSuf...

* @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

Join us for a two-day conference on the Book of Lecan. A collaboration between RIA, @maynoothuniversity.ie and the @dias.ie this is a wonderful opportunity to explore one of the the great treasures of Ireland's literary heritage. Book your tickets now shop.maynoothuniversity.ie/index.php?ap...

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

Last ep season 2! We chat to the erudite @elainepf.bsky.social re the Penitentials, some of the earliest written texts from the 'Insular world'. Back in Sept, have a lovely summer! Thanks all esp @tiagoovsilva.bsky.social @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @researchireland.ie open.spotify.com/episode/3I9T...

Nearing the end of season 2 & we've hit over 100K listens on the podcast 🥂. Thanks to all of our guests for sharing their time & expertise! Thoroughly enjoyed talking medieval Ireland over the last 38 episodes, more anon! @maynoothuniversity.ie @researchireland.ie open.spotify.com/show/1Gq9yIx...

Ancient Manuscripts, Modern Science! What links medieval monks, secret ink recipes & ancient cow DNA? Learn how Scientists used X-ray technology and genetic sequencing to uncover the secrets of 1,200-year-old Irish manuscripts in Switzerland Read more: museum.ie/en-IE/Collec... #NMIBlog #MuseumBlog

Extended deadline: 6 June 2025 PhD studentship The Lives and Miracles of St Laurence O'Toole Work on Latin Miracula under Dr Jesse Harrington (DIAS) and Dr Niamh Wycherley (Maynooth). www.dias.ie/applications... @niamhwycherley.bsky.social @ceilteachomn.bsky.social www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMW428/r...

Síneadh ar an #CfP! Tá comhdháil á heagrú ag mic léinn sa Scoil dar teideal *Widame (Próta-Cheiltis "d'fhionnamar"). Cuirtear fáilte roimh thaighdeoirí iarchéime achoimre 200 focal agus beathaisnéis ghearr a chur chuig [email protected] roimh 18 Bealtaine 2025.

#CfP extended! Students in the School are organising a conference titled *Widame (Proto-Celtic "we found out"). Postgraduate researchers are invited to submit a 200 word abstract and short biography to [email protected] by 18 May 2025.

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.

Don't miss the ‘Medical Words/Medical Worlds’ workshop in the University of Cambridge on 5-6 June 2025! 🩻 Speakers will explore medieval medical lexicography and translation in a range of European linguistic traditions. 🌍 More info: buff.ly/r77QWCA

Another topical #nuntastic RTÉ Brainstorm article from @tiagoovsilva.bsky.social: How Agnes of Clonard, Co. Meath, won protection from the Pope c.1195 & defended her monastery during the English conquest of Ireland. @celticstudiesmu.bsky.social @researchireland.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

🚨 LESS THAN A WEEK left to register!! Bígí linn! Everyone's welcome 🤗 🗓️ (Re)Creating Stories Conference, 23–24 May, DIAS, 10 Burlington Road, Dublin. FREE registration **by 13th May** 🔗 www.dias.ie/2025/04/16/r... #Conferences #AcademicSky #Gaeilge #EarlyModern

PhD studentship available ‘The Lives and Miracles of St. Laurence O’Toole’. To work on Latin texts of miracles of St Laurence under Dr Jesse Harrington (DIAS) and Dr Niamh Wycherley (Maynooth University). Deadline: 23 May 2025 Deis mhaith do laidneoirí! #DIASdiscovers @celticstudiesmu.bsky.social

The Association of Celtic Students will be holding its twelfth annual conference from 12 to 14 June 2025. This year’s conference will be a hybrid event. Guests are warmly invited to attend in-person presentations at Aberystwyth University, or to attend online if they prefer.

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

DÉARDAOIN - THURSDAY Bígí linn do léacht Chantal Kobel: Join us for Chantal Kobel's lecture: The Recovery of Cecile O'Rahilly's lost work on Táin Bó Cúailnge DIAS Dublin 5.30 Thursday 24 April www.dias.ie/2025/02/10/l...

Easter is always a good time to reflect on the majesty of Sitric Silkenbeard, King of Dublin, d.1042 (amongst other things of course — happy holidays to all those who celebrate! 🍫🐣🐰✝️) @celticstudiesmu.bsky.social

Forget the Battle of Clontarf, Sitric Silkenbeard is still the greatest Dubliner of all time, writes @niamhwycherley.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @researchireland.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

This week on the pod we are joined by @cgschweizer.bsky.social who is conducting some brilliant @researchireland.bsky.social funded research in @galwayclassics.bsky.social on Irish scholar Dicuil & the craic had at the Carolingian Court in Aachen, early 9th century. open.spotify.com/episode/3bLL...

🚨 Tá comhdháil á heagrú ag mic léinn iarchéime na Scoile dar teideal *Widame (Próta-Cheiltis "d'fhionnamar"). Cuirtear fáilte roimh thaighdeoirí iarchéime achoimre 200 focal agus beathaisnéis ghearr a chur chuig [email protected] roimh 25 Aibreán 2025. #CfP

Consider submitting an abstract for the new conference *Widame for Postgraduate Scholars in Celtic Studies! #medieval #CfP #medievalsky

The website for the new Research Cluster 'Mind and Material in the Middle Ages' @maynoothuniversity.ie @muahi.bsky.social is now live! Check it out to learn about all the cool Medieval Studies research happening at Maynooth: ahi.maynoothuniversity.ie/mind-materia...

Honoured to see my work published in the 42nd Proceedings of the @harvard.edu Celtic Colloquium! Thank you for the opportunity to broadcast my research, looking forward to reading the other contributions!

Two of my awesome PhD students, Benedetta D'Antuono and @djbirishhistory.bsky.social, have had their research on medieval Irish literature published in the latest Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium 😊 Well done both! 🎉 @scs-dias.bsky.social

Congratulations to Dr Chantal Kobel (@chantalkobel.bsky.social), who has been awarded a Maynooth University Seed Funding Grant for her project ‘SCRÍBHINN: Scribal Culture in Medieval Irish Schools of Law and Medicine’. @maynoothuniversity.ie More info: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/early-irish-...

Very proud of and many congratulations to my PhD student Paul Le Meur-Bouthemy who won the all-France prize for best Master thesis 2023/4 in the English Middle Ages. HIs thesis has the title "Le sermon vieil anglais De Falsis Diis et sa version norroise du Hauksbók: textes, traductions,... /1

In honour of the upcoming long weekend in honour of St Brigit/Feb 1st, see below a great article by Tiago Veloso Silva on some of the great Irish women who came after Brigit in Kildare @maynoothuni.bsky.social @celticstudiesmu.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...