Bígí linn | Join us tomorrow for the launch of *Vikings in Early Medieval Ireland: Church-Raiding, Politics and Kingship* by the late Colmán Etchingham. The book will be launched by Professor Alex Woolf in the foyer of the TSI Building @maynoothuniversity.ie at 6pm on Thursday 13 November 2025.

Irish Cultural Heritage students in the School exploring the Hill of Tara and learning about high crosses in Kells yesterday. As part of the Certificate, students learn about and explore some of the most iconic sites in Ireland. Learn more about our course here: buff.ly/RhepH8a 📷Sinéad Wright

The first year students taking Early Irish @ceilteachomn.bsky.social enjoyed a visit to the gorgeous Russell Library this morning @maynoothuniversity.ie 📚📜

The LEIGHEAS project Irish Medical Manuscript of the Month for November 2025 is Maynooth, @mulibrary.bsky.social MS C110, containing an Irish translation of Arnaldus de Villanova’s Speculum medicinae completed in Rosscarbery, Co. Cork on 15 May 1414: leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...

In the past two days, the Maynooth Early Irish postgraduate students organised the *Widame Conference for Postgraduate Scholars in Celtic Studies @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @muahi.bsky.social. We had the pleasure to welcome speakers from universities in six countries. /1

It was an honour yesterday to close the two-day *Widame conference organised by postgraduates at @maynoothuniversity.ie @ceilteachomn.bsky.social, it was a great success! I hope everyone who attended enjoyed the proceedings! Hopefully we will see you all again some day soon!

The deadline to submit an abstract has been extended by one week!

TOMORROW! Looking forward to welcoming everyone to Maynooth for an exciting new two-day conference, put on by the @ceilteachomn.bsky.social! See below for more information! www.maynoothuniversity.ie/school-celti...

Bígí linn le haghaidh an chéad seimineár taighde eile de chuid Roinn na Nua-Ghaeilge, 17:00 Déardaoin 13 Samhain 2025 i Seomra 1.33 IONTAS. *'Bail ó Dhia ar an mbó': Leigheasanna traidisiúnta ar ghalair ainmhithe i gConamara* Sailí Ní Dhroighneáin (@maynoothuniversity.ie) Fáilte roimh chách!

Baird IMRAM ar champas, 6 Samhain ag 1pm, Seomra na Gaeilge. Cuirfidh scríbhneoir cónaithe @maynoothuniversity.ie, Dubhán Ó Longáin, fáilte romhat ag an ócáid spleodrach, shiamsúil seo. Bronnfar ticéid d'imeachtaí @imramfeile.bsky.social ar na rannpháirtithe is cróga. Saorchead isteach agus lón.

The CFP for our 2026 conference is officially OPEN! We are holding our 13th annual conference from 11–13 June, 2026 in Dublin, Ireland. The conference will be hybrid. Presenters are welcome to present and attend online, or in-person at Trinity College Dublin.

*Widame (Proto-Celtic “we found out”), a conference of postgraduate scholars in Celtic Studies, will take place 7-8 November 2025 in 1.33 IONTAS in @maynoothuniversity.ie. Conference schedule and registration is available here: buff.ly/b3GjydF

Graduated with an MA in Medieval Irish Studies from @ceilteachomn.bsky.social today. A lovely day to finish a wonderful year. Even got to see Séamus! @mulibrarycat.bsky.social

The upcoming postgrad conference *Widame in the Department of Early Irish @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie has a very interesting & diverse programme ⬇️. Two of my students, Paul Le Meur-Bouthemy & Olly Dorgan-Hughes will be speaking. Registration at: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The Schools’ Collection of Irish folklore offers us a treasure trove of knowledge on the customs surrounding Halloween, many of which are still observed, writes Dr Lára Ní Mhaoláin of the Department of Nua-Ghaeilge. 📸© National Folklore Collection, UCD. www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spo...

Beidh na mílte Gael ag triall ar Bhéal Feirste an deireadh seachtaine seo le haghaidh @oirnagaeilge.bsky.social. Féach an físeán seo a rinne an tOllamh Fionntán de Brún i Roinn na Nua-Ghaeilge s'againne le @tuairisc.bsky.social faoi stair Ghaelach na cathrach. tuairisc.ie/fisean-blais...

Join us for another term of the Bonn+Marburg Celtic Seminar online! The first lecture will be on 03.11.2025 (18:00 CET): Michiel de Vaan (Universität Basel): "Gaulish and its role in the rise of complex yes/no-answers in Gallo-Romance and West Germanic." Email [email protected] to receive the link

To mark the launch of Colmán Etchingham's Vikings in Early Medieval Ireland, Boydell & Brewer are offering a **65%** discount on the book until the end of November. Enter the code BB158 when ordering it from their website (individual not institutional orders): boydellandbrewer.com/book/vikings...

We will be launching Vikings in Early Medieval Ireland: Church-raiding, Politics and Kingship, by our late colleague Dr Colmán Etchingham, on Thursday 13th November in Maynooth. @maynoothuniversity.ie @ceilteachomn.bsky.social

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

𝗗𝗶Ⓐ𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 18 The second researcher who joined the DiⒶgnostic project at the beginning of October is Dr Adrian Doyle (see his University of Galway website: research.universityofgalway.ie/en/persons/a...). In addition to having studied Old Irish, Adrian also has a background in programming. /1

Anocht | Tonight!

Our Irish Cultural Heritage students at Glendalough earlier this month. 🏰 As part of the Certificate in Irish Cultural Heritage in @maynoothuniversity.ie, students learn about and explore some of the most iconic sites in Ireland. Learn more about our course here: buff.ly/JhutwW9 🔗

It's that annoying time of the year again... On 29 Oct, there'll be a one-day symposium on the "Samhain Industry" at Maynooth University @maynoothuniversity.ie @muahi.bsky.social: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/... Apart from my colleague Lára Ní Mhaoláin, who'll be talking about... /1

Bígí linn | Join us for the next Early Irish & Celtic Studies research seminar. Thursday 23 October at 17:00, Room 2.31 IONTAS. *The Welsh Legendary Triads: Trioedd Ynys Prydein* Dr Nia Wyn Jones (Independent Scholar @niajones.bsky.social) Croeso i bawb! Fáilte roimh chách!

*Widame (Proto-Celtic “we found out”), a conference for postgraduate scholars in Celtic Studies, will take place November 7th & 8th 2025 in 1.33 IONTAS in @maynoothuniversity.ie. Conference schedule and registration is available here: buff.ly/b3GjydF Register by the 10th of October 2025.

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...

I enjoyed presenting my research on Irish legal manuscripts & their scribal notes yesterday in UCD! The notes are often stylistically quite difficult & omitted from printed catalogues. My favourites are those of the manuscript addressing the text, & in some instances, the text responding in return!

@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!

📯Teaching alert📯 I will be conducting a 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 Friday 24 Oct 9-ca. 16h Arts Building at @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie Everybody welcome who wants to learn the art of formally analysing medieval Irish poetry.

The LEIGHEAS project Irish Medical Manuscript of the Month for October 2025 is Dublin, TCD MS 1323 (H.3.4), containing materia medica, texts on the medicinal virtues of feverfew and whiskey, marginal notes in ogham and this very cool letter ‘H’: leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...

𝗗𝗶Ⓐ𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 17 A lot has happened since the last news bulletin. Here’s the most important news item from the DiⒶgnostic project. Two new researchers joined the project at the beginning of October. I start with Dr Francesco Felici. He completed his PhD in Medieval Irish in Maynooth... /1

Papers from the @ria.ie @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @scs-dias.bsky.social conference on the Book of Lecan, which took place last week, are now available to listen to on SoundCloud. Enjoy! #MedievalSky #SpéirGhorm www.ria.ie/audio/the-bo...

Anocht!

There is a full entry for this Old Irish inscription in @ndefaoite.bsky.social's EMILI database under the code GAL-002: emili.celt.dias.ie/en/inscripti... @scs-dias.bsky.social @dias.ie @ceilteachomn.bsky.social Funded by @researchireland.ie (EMISoS project) and @ria.ie (Nowlan Grant)

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

Thank you to everyone who participated in the excellent @ria.ie conference on the Book of Lecan. It was a fantastic couple of days. The talks were recorded and will appear on SoundCloud soon! @scs-dias.bsky.social @ceilteachomn.bsky.social 📚

Bígí linn le haghaidh an chéad seimineár taighde de chuid Roinn na Nua-Ghaeilge, 17:00 Déardaoin 9 Deireadh Fómhair 2025 i Seomra 1.33 san fhoigneamh IONTAS. *An Ghaeilge in Ollscoil Mhá Nuad - Torthaí Taighde* Dr Joe Simpson (Lárionad na Gaeilge, @maynoothuniversity.ie) Fáilte roimh chách!

We had a great turn out for our Book of Lecan conference, hosted in the RIA Library and organised in partnership with Maynooth University and Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. Pictured are two speakers, Alex Woolf and Seán Ó Hoireabhárd, with the Book of Lecan (RIA MS 23 P 2)

Comhghairdeas leis na húdair ar fad ar liosta Comhar agus comhghairdeas ar leith ó gach éinne in @maynoothuniversity.ie le Fionntán de Brún!

*Widame (Proto-Celtic “we found out”), a conference for postgraduate scholars in Celtic Studies, will take place November 7th & 8th 2025 in 1.33 IONTAS in @maynoothuniversity.ie. Conference schedule and registration is available here: buff.ly/b3GjydF Register by the 10th of October 2025.

Seimineáir an fhómhair - Autumn seminars 5pm DIAS Barry Lewis: Early Welsh poems: Llym awel & Claf Abercuawg (Luan/Mon.) Fergus Kelly: Dicta Cuirirán muiceda `The sayings of Cuirirán the swineherd', an Old Irish wisdom text (Céad./Wed.) Fáilte roimh chách! All welcome. @dias.ie #DIASdiscovers

The LEIGHEAS project @ceilteachomn.bsky.social is thrilled to welcome Dr Jo Wolf to our awesome team of Research Affiliates! Jo is the Wrixon Fellow in Early & Medieval Irish at UCC, working on a study of the Justinianic Pandemic in Britain and Ireland: leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-team/

Tá Lárionad na Gaeilge Ollscoil Mhá Nuad ag earcú! 📣 Oifigeach Forbartha Teicneolaíochta le TEG agus Bainisteoir Tionscadail Snas.ie. Sprioc: 12 Deireadh Fómhair 2025 📆 Féach tinyurl.com/TEGTeic agus tinyurl.com/BTSnas. 🔗 @maynoothuniversity.ie

Fantastic piece on a fascinating aspect of early Irish law, by my former PhD student and @ceilteachomn.bsky.social graduate, Dr Viktoriia Krivoshchekova, who is now a postdoc at @scs-dias.bsky.social #MedievalSky www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

"Lá na Matamaitice as Gaeilge" (12 Deireadh Fómhair) in Ollscoil na Gaillimhe @uniofgalway.bsky.social, socraithe ag @aonghusoha.bsky.social, Fintan Hegarty, Leo Creedon. Clár ag: etim.ie/la-na-matama... Agus mise féin ag caint faoi uimhreacha sa tSean-Ghaeilge agus conas a choincheaptar iad.

Bígí linn don chomhdháil seo ar Leabhar Mór Leacain, 2-3 Deireadh Fómhair in @ria.ie. Join us for this conference on the Book of Lecan, 2-3 October in @ria.ie. shop.maynoothuniversity.ie/index.php?ap...

Tá Ollscoil Mhá Nuad sa tóir ar speiceas neamhchoitianta: daoine le scileanna ríomhaireachta + Gaeilge + bainistíochta. www.teg.ie/nuacht/oifig...

We are excited to publish the first blog in our Emerging Scholar series 'The Good, The Bad, and The Blemished: Disability Terminology in Medieval Ireland,' by @djbirishhistory.bsky.social who is conducting a @researchireland.ie funded PhD @muahi.bsky.social

We will be closed next Saturday October 4th but we will be open on the Sunday, October 5th. #MULibrary #OpeningHours