#oxford #medievalsky I’ll be presenting at the All Souls (that autocorrected as All Soups!) seminar series on 2 November probably on the genealogy of Ivar the Boneless (not a soup flavour)
Six students in Medieval Icelandic Studies and Viking and Medieval Norse Studies defend their Master's theses today from 13:00–16:00 in Edda 209. Warmest congratulations to all of our presenters on reaching this milestone and on a job well done! Links to the theses and abstracts in 🧵
We extended the application deadline for Winter School: HTR of Historical Sources to 15th September 2026. This year, all sessions will be virtual, and we have added several new languages! Check out our Indico website in the comments.
💡Comhdháil Lae💡 Recording the Past: The Annals of Inisfallen and the Making of Irish History @ucclibrary.bsky.social 🖋️ Bígí linn ar an 18 Meán Fómhair! libcal.ucc.ie/event/4589456 📝
Public Conference: Recording the Past: The Annals of Inisfallen and the Making of Irish History
Join us for a special conference to mark Recording the Past: The Annals of Inisfallen and the Making of Irish History exhibition. Conference Keynote: Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s...
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Next free online lecture Scottish Society for Northern Studies, free and open to all #medievalsky www.ssns.org.uk/events/ssns-...
SSNS Seminar - Tara Athanasiou - Who stole my cheese? The survival strategies of vagrants in the Norse period - Scottish Society for Northern Studies % %
Stephen will explore why so many of the crucial incidents leading to the downfall of the Norse line of northern Scottish jarls in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries.
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Sorry something must have been lost in translation, they're saying you don't need to speak Irish to be Minister for the Gaeltacht (representing the native Irish speakers of Ireland and their very specific interests), but you DO need to speak Irish if you just want to live in Ireland and are foreign
Nice piece on the Bayeux Tapestry in @economist.com featuring sound bites by @lvhicks.bsky.social and yours truly! #medievalsky #skystorians
The Economist@economist.com · last wk.The many mysteries and lessons of the Bayeux tapestry
Just pure gutter racism dressed up in a suit. Appalling stuff. And I wish I believed the media would put on their grown up pants and deal with this properly but I suspect they'll soft-soap and both-sides it into reality.
The Journal@thejournal.ie · 4d agoPlanned changes to Irish citizenship requirements will ensure that new citizens have an “understanding” of the country and its values, the Taoiseach has said. jrnl.ie/7154915
UCC Library invites you to "Recording the Past: The Annals of Inisfallen and the Making of Irish History" one day conference on 18 September. Explore the legacy of this remarkable medieval manuscript with expert speakers from UCC, Oxford and Edinburgh. libcal.ucc.ie/event/4589456
Public Conference: Recording the Past: The Annals of Inisfallen and the Making of Irish History
Join us for a special conference to mark Recording the Past: The Annals of Inisfallen and the Making of Irish History exhibition. Conference Keynote: Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s...
libcal.ucc.ie
Forum coordinator @emerp.bsky.social's fascinating work on the Ballinderry Gameboard was featured recently in the Westmeath Examiner: www.westmeathexaminer.ie/2026/09/02/a... Emer presented on the gameboard at the 20th #Viking Congress in Oslo. Congrats, Emer! #NUI
Academic shared story of fascinating Rosemount treasure at Viking event in Oslo | Westmeath Examiner
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Israel continues to bomb Lebanon despite a supposed truce. The US has blocked the continuation of the UN peacekeeping mission. What are the chances that the EU, supporter of the US and Israel, will carry out an impartial mission in its place? www.rte.ie/news/middle-...
Three killed, 23 injured in Israeli strikes on Lebanon
Israeli strikes in southern and eastern Lebanon have killed at least three people and injured 23, the Lebanese health ministry said.
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Clár Thionól na bliana seo ar fáil anois! Tabhair faoi deara gur ar an Déardaoin a chuirfear tús leis i mbliana. Programme for this year's Tionól now available. NB this year it starts on the Thursday. #DIASdiscovers www.dias.ie/2026/04/30/t...
The programme for the @scs-dias.bsky.social @dias.ie Tionól 2026 is out (26-28 November). An exciting, three-day programme.
The genocide continues. In the past 2 days, the IDF have destroyed a warehouse storing food supplies intended for children and mothers in Gaza and seized the UNWRA centre in Jerusalem. And the Irish govnt is refusing visas to Palestinian students. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/...
Seven killed in Gaza as Israeli strike ‘destroys’ aid supply warehouse
Health Ministry warns of 'complete collapse of the basic necessities of life' in Gaza as Israel's attacks continue.
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Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.
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The family of Dolly Parton has asked those wishing to honour the late country music star to support one of the causes closest to her heart, her Imagination Library. It is a cause that leaves a lasting legacy in Ireland
How Dolly Parton changed young lives in Ireland
The family of Dolly Parton has asked those wishing to honour the late country music star to support one of the causes closest to her heart, her Imagination Library.
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📖 💬🎙⛏️ Watch me talk about my new Viking book, Treasures of the #Vikings, on Becky Hill's Valhalla Conversations Podcast! youtu.be/P03hjDCciRo #Viking #archaeology #history #book
A Treasure Seeker's Guide to the Viking Age #Vikings #history #VikingObjects @tomhorne870 (32)
YouTube video by Becky Hill
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The Royal Irish Academy extends our deepest sympathies to the family, friends and former colleagues of Dr James Quinn, a valued former member of staff who served as managing editor of the Dictionary of Irish Biography @dib.ie Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. May he rest in peace.
Dictionary of Irish Biography@dib.ie · last mo.We were very saddened to hear of the passing of our former colleague, managing editor and friend, Dr James Quinn, on Saturday, 8 August. James served as executive editor and then managing editor of the DIB and made an enormous contribution to Irish history and biography: www.dib.ie/news/sad-new...
Congratulations to our Prof @downham.bsky.social whose "The Vikings in Britain and Ireland" is out with Penguin Books April 2027: www.penguin.co.uk/books/452352...
Clare Downham@downham.bsky.social · last mo.New book - publication date April 2027 - #booksky #medievalsky
In just over a decade, Micheál Martin has gone from claiming the Triple Lock is at the core of Irish neutrality to describing those who defend it as 'guilty of demagoguery'. The Fianna Fáil leadership are clearly under pressure. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Triple-lock campaigners wish to stand by as Russia and others destroy peacekeeping – Martin
Taoiseach says model that State has supported for 60 years is likely to disappear
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‘Monasticism in Ireland, AD 900-1250’ by Edel Bhreathnach (Four Courts Press) is one of the shortlisted books for the 2026 Michel Déon Prize for non-fiction. Read more about the prize and shortlist on the RIA website: www.ria.ie/2026/07/03/s...
Looking forward to Emer’s poster at the Viking Congress on the fantastic Ballinderry game board #medievslsky fmrsi.wordpress.com/2026/08/05/t...
The Village Green: It takes a village: Revisiting my study of the Ballinderry Gameboard
It takes a village: Revisiting my study of the Ballinderry GameboardEmer Purcell, National University of Ireland In 1995, in partial fulfilment of my MPhil in Medieval Studies at University College…
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Join our PhD student @hspevans.bsky.social for her ONLINE seminar ‘For every woman who is an embroideress deserves more profit than even queens’: gender, status, and textiles in medieval Ireland. FREE registration: www.ssns.org.uk/events/ssns-... With thanks to Scottish Society for Northern Studies
SSNS Seminar - Hannah Evans - 'For every woman who is an embroideress deserves more profit than even queens': gender, status, and textiles in medieval Ireland. - Scottish Society for Northern Studies ...
Stephen will explore why so many of the crucial incidents leading to the downfall of the Norse line of northern Scottish jarls in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries.
ssns.org.uk
Clare Downham@downham.bsky.social · last mo.Online seminar free and open to all #medievalsky #herstory #textiles #history #ireland #celtic www.ssns.org.uk/events/ssns-...
🎂 Today, 19 June 2026, we celebrate 86 years of #DIAS! Since 1940, DIAS has brought together researchers to advance knowledge across fields from physics and cosmology to Celtic studies and geophysics Here's to 86 years of collaboration and curiosity - and to all the discoveries still to come! 🎉
Michael Whitby. Single-handedly channeling the rage every editor of a collective volume has ever felt throughout generations.
