Our #Manuscript of the Month for August is MS17 a medical text from the 15th century which discusses wound, eye-ailments and cures. The #marginalia of field work and hawking brings to life the landscape of Ireland at that time. @kingsinns.bsky.social #archives #medieval #KingsInns #GLAM

Live from the National Eisteddfod in Wales, a truly Welsh Ogham beer. Simon Rodway, who sent me this picture, confirms that the beer is actually quite decent.

The LEIGHEAS project Irish Medical Manuscript of the Month for August 2026 (brought to you by @siobhbar.bsky.social) is Dublin, @ria.ie MS 23 N 17, containing works on anatomy and uroscopy; medical aphorisms; and this charm for curing epilepsy: 📜📖 leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...

The RIA is pleased to announce the members appointed to its multidisciplinary and standing committees for the 2026-2030 term. Read more on the RIA website: www.ria.ie/2026/08/05/r...

Delighted to see my latest article in PRIA in the wild. It analyses eight fascinating letters sent by Irish kings to the kings of England in the 13thC, while also providing a full transcription and translation of them in the appendix. Even better is that its open access: muse.jhu.edu/pub/423/arti...

Publication alert at @scs-dias.bsky.social: Malacha McKenna, The Irish of Rann na Feirste Co. Donegal: A Phonemic System, @dias.ie 2026. Available at a reduced introductory price now: shop.dias.ie/product/the-...

Lá mór do léann na Fiannaíochta: tá eagrán Dhòmhnaill E. Meek de na Laoithe Fiannaíochta i Leabhar Dhéan Leasa Mhóir ar fáil ar líne anois! dasg.ac.uk/bdl-heroic-b...

One for the diary: Nauigatio Sancti Brendani: a European Odyssey A day of talks and events to celebrate a medieval Irish bestseller. @scs-dias.bsky.social @dias.ie Thursday, 24th September 2026 In celebration of the launch of shop.dias.ie/product/navi.... More details to follow.

✨️Martin Burr Grants✨️ We invite applications for grants (max. £500) to support projects in the history of linguistic ideas aimed at: ✅️ non-academic outreach ✅️ field-work ✅️ supporting research by under-represented groups in the history of linguistics Apply by 30 September 2026! buff.ly/eucFmjf

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Closing date: Wed 29 July The IMC student prize of €1,000 is awarded to a postgraduate student for editing a short historical document, which will also be considered for publication in Analecta Hibernica. Learn more at: irishmanuscripts.ie/imc-student-prize-2026/

IMC Student Prize 2026 - Irish Manuscripts

The Irish Manuscripts Commission wishes to award a prize of €1,000 to a postgraduate student for editing a short historical document. Winning entries will also be considered for publication in Analect...

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For a recent conference paper, I created a dataset of discussions about Irish dialects, pronunciation, and levels of Irish in the various townlands and parishes in the Ordnance Survey Letters. Available here: zenodo.org/records/2138...

With @csanaceltic.bsky.social (The Celtic Studies Association of North America) now on Bluesky, it seems like a good time to re-share the Celtic Studies starter pack I started awhile back. I’ve tried to keep it updated but if I’ve missed anyone please let me know!

Our project conference is in less than a month! Some important info: 🚨 Don't forget to register (www.ucc.ie/en/disappear...). Conference dinner deadline: 10 August. Conference attendance deadline: 17 August. 🗓️ The programme is now available! A fantastic lineup. We look forward to seeing you in UCC!

The Irish Medical Manuscript of the Month for July 2026 is London, British Library MS 15403, containing a tract on the properties of 167 ingredients. It's one of several Irish medical MSS recently digitised for the @researchireland.ie LEIGHEAS project! leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...

I had the pleasure to represent the research in the Dept. of Early Irish @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @muahi.bsky.social, distilled into a compact informationposter, at the Arqus Alliance Conference in @maynoothuniversity.ie today. Thanks Daniel Bălteanu for the photo.

Happy International Day of Ogham everyone!

Tom Iwanicki@iwanicki.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Ogham stones bearing some of the earliest inscriptions of the Irish language as you enter Aula Maxima at University College Cork

It's the International Day of Ogham today. The (former) OG(H)AM project are happy to announce the recipients of this year's Certificate of Achievement for Ogham Excellence, the team behind the creation of "Carved in Stone. A Storyteller's Guide to Pictland". More: carvedinstone.scot #IntDayofOgham

Deadline tomorrow, Friday 3rd July!

School of Celtic Studies - Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh DIAS@scs-dias.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Tionól 2026 Gairm ar pháipéir: sprioc 3 Iúil Call for papers: deadline 3 July #DIASdiscovers www.dias.ie/2026/04/30/t...

It’s Open Day @maynoothuniversity.ie today! Francesco Felici and I will be here until 2pm to answer all your questions about the wonderful subject that is Medieval Celtic Studies. Come talk to us! 📚🎓📜

Guess what? The call for papers for the XVIII Celtic Congress in Salamanca is open! internationalcelticcongresssalamanca.com/index.php/re...

The LEIGHEAS project Irish Medical Manuscript of the Month for June 2026 is Dublin, @ria.ie MS 23 A 4, containing texts on uroscopy copied in the 16th century by Aodh Ó Cendamháin, physician to the O’Flahertys in Co. Mayo: leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...

✨#39 of #85ThingsAboutDIAS D.A. Binchy's Corpus Iuris Hibernici First published by DIAS in 1978, this six-volume work offers an in-depth exploration of Brehon Law, Ireland’s indigenous legal system and is an essential resource for studying early Irish society and culture. @scs-dias.bsky.social

My letter to Minister Lawless about Research Ireland's decision to devolve the awarding of doctoral scholarships & postdoctoral fellowships to universities. A disastrous move. Please consider raising this issue in your own institutions and with elected representatives and the media.

University staff say €4.55bn research fund ignores arts and humanities. Almost 2,000 sign open letter criticising Research Ireland for favouring industry and commercial interests. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

University staff say €4.55bn research fund ignores arts and humanities

Letter to Min Higher Ed

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🎆Job Klaxon!!🎆 Full-time, permanent lectureship in Old and Middle Irish at Maynooth University @maynoothuniversity.ie. Application deadline 26 July 2026. Tar ag obair linn i Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge @ceilteachomn.bsky.social! my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...

🎆Job Klaxon!!🎆 Full-time, permanent lectureship in Old and Middle Irish at Maynooth University @maynoothuniversity.ie. Application deadline 26 July 2026. Tar ag obair linn i Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge @ceilteachomn.bsky.social! my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...

Colleagues might consider signing this petition against the downgrading of AHSS research by Research Ireland openletter.earth/concern-abou...

Concern about Research Ireland’s Strategy and Programme Plan

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✨#35 of #85 Things About DIAS Ogham in 3D launched in 2013. DIAS's School of Celtic Studies digitizes early medieval inscriptions - some of Ireland's most significant national treasures and our earliest written records, dating back to the 5th century. @scs-dias.bsky.social #85ThingsAboutDIAS

The LEIGHEAS project Irish Medical Manuscript of the Month for May 2026 is Dublin, @nlireland.bsky.social MS G453, written primarily by Cathal Ó Duinnshléibhe in 1592/3 and containing this Irish translation of a popular versified work on health regimen: leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...

This (above) is the bust of Erwin Schrödinger in the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. Schrödinger was the first Austrian who was Senior Professor at DIAS. I'll be the second (but not in Theoretical Physics).