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...

Heartbroken to hear that the great Italian (micro)historian Carlo Ginzburg died a few days ago in Bologna. He was one of the most masterful storytellers and historians I have ever read. May we all reread his magnum opus this week and consider that there is no history too small to be remembered. 🧀 🪱

The Cheese and the Worms : Carlo Ginzburg : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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Only 10 (or so) years after I first started drafting it, I’m very excited that I have a new article out in @irishhiststudies.bsky.social! ‘He became Irish in death: the Rafferty-O’Meara murder trials and press representations of Irishness in 1870s Chicago’ is out! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Very enjoyable weekend in Cartmel at the Lake District Book Festival. Always a pleasure speaking alongside Sophie Ambler, discussing the foundation of Cartmel priory by William Marshal, the priory’s lands in Ireland, the Crusades, Magna Carta and everything in between! @historytcd.bsky.social

A long interview with the early medieval historian Rosamond McKitterick, reflecting on her life and work, ably conducted by Richard Pollard youtu.be/pvBdJyUAwyY?...

Interview with Rosamond McKitterick (Dec. 2025)

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🗓️ Mark your calendars! Our 2026 Research Showcase "Building Collections, Deepening Connections" is approaching on Tuesday 30 June at 10am in the TCD Arts Building.

Sunday listening! Catch me here on the @uniwinchester.bsky.social Podcast On Campus With, talking medieval, my medieval stuff, and why medieval matters. open.spotify.com/episode/54je...

3. Medieval History with Dr Katherine Weikert

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Why were there two cathedrals in medieval Dublin? Where was called a 'fortress against God'? What was the impact of colonisation on the new religious orders? Story with the church reforms? The learned (& FUN!) Conor McDonough answers all of your burning questions 1/2 open.spotify.com/episode/1bJv...

Church Reforms and Religious Orders with Conor McDonough

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This week I had the immense privilege of being part of a delegation from the Irish Manuscripts Commission as well as the Irish and British ambassadors to the Holy See to meet his holiness, Pope Leo XIV - a once in a lifetime experience. @historytcd.bsky.social

...Vedic ájma- as [aima], as if it were German. Social media algorithms are really made to nourish idiots. Therefore just to repeat: you can find the only video about ogham based on proper academic research at www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3sE..., made by my colleagues in the OG(H)AM project and me. /3

OG(H)AM - The script, the texts, the project (2024)

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A change to looking at 13thC handwriting, but very nice to find my grandad Jack Crotty in the 1926 census when he was just 7 years old.

We are delighted to have partnered with @womenshistnet.bsky.social to offer this award. Please do spread the word

Women's History Network@womenshistnet.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📣 New opportunity for early-career scholars! We’ve partnered with the Women’s History Association of Ireland (@whaireland.bsky.social) to award £500 for the best first monograph in women’s/gender history ❗Deadline: 31 July 2026 Find out more & apply: womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-histo...

The Easter bunny baking hot cross buns BL Lansdowne 451; 15th century; England; f.6r @blmedieval.bsky.social

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

The MS of the Week is RIA MS 23 E 25, Lebor na hUidre / The Book of the Dun Cow. This 12th century manuscript is best known for containing the oldest version of the Táin Bó Cuailgne. Visit @rialibrary.bsky.social to read more about this MS and explore highlights from the RIA Library’s collections.

Library of the Royal Irish Academy@rialibrary.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The manuscript of the week is RIA MS 23 E 25, Lebor na hUidre / The Book of the Dun Cow. This 12th century manuscript is best known for containing the oldest extant version of the Táin Bó Cuailgne, or the Cattle Raid of Cooley, a renowned Irish epic.

Locating women in the historical archive deepens our understanding of the past. For #IWD2026 we're sharing records + research highlighting women in the records + their role in History. Starting with this 😀 👇️ Women in the Guild of St Anne - Virtual Treasury virtualtreasury.ie/image-galler...

Very nice to be back in the old stomping ground today at the tail end of a brief but enjoyable and productive research trip @ihr.bsky.social

The Huguenot Bursary is now live ! A bursary of £4,000 is available to scholars at any career stage. It is intended to support a period of archival research leading to a publication or completion of a doctoral thesis. More info: www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...

The Huguenot Bursary for Historical Research 2026

The purpose of the award is to facilitate the research of the recipient, for example to cover research trips etc.

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Very much looking forward to this tomorrow. I’ll be speaking about eight letters, and for a flavour, here is the salutatio of the earliest of these, sent by Cathal Crobderg Ó Conchobair to King John, which shows the practice of the Latin cursus alive and well in Gaelic Connacht.

John Marshall@jmarshallmed.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Next Friday, I will be speaking at the Ó Cléirigh seminar on my forthcoming article in the Proceedings of the RIA, which analyses surviving letters sent by Irish kings and provides a full edition and translation of them. All are welcome! @historytcd.bsky.social

Next Friday, I will be speaking at the Ó Cléirigh seminar on my forthcoming article in the Proceedings of the RIA, which analyses surviving letters sent by Irish kings and provides a full edition and translation of them. All are welcome! @historytcd.bsky.social

A lovely job opportunity for an ECR, a temporary lecturing position but it has built in research time too. Come work with us in Maynooth for a year! #medievalsky You can email/message me if you've any questions & I can point you in the right direction.

Deborah Hayden@dhaydenceltic.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🎇Job Klaxon!!🎇 Assistant Lectureship in Medieval Irish and Celtic Studies at Maynooth University (12-month contract). Application deadline 22 March 2026. Come work with us in the Department of Early Irish @ceilteachomn.bsky.social! my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...

Call for papers, Irish Conference of Medievalists! Trinity College Dublin, 28-29 May (in person) Registration €40 (students €20). 1/4

Presentation I gave for the Warsaw Spatial Humanities Seminar on Layers of London @layersoflondon.bsky.social as an example of applied Deep Mapping is now live on Vimeo vimeo.com/1161792658

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This is a video recording of a lecture "Deep Mapping in Practice: ‘Layers of London’ and Participatory Experiential Mapping" delivered by Justing…

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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!

Selling academic books #skystorians #scottish mainly £10hb/£5pb plus postage with a few exceptions for rare books. Email claredownham360@hotmail.com if interested in any of the titles which you can view here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/tkgc6...

Great belated Christmas present in the post today. Delighted to have a chapter in this, particularly as it’s dedicated to the late Björn Weiler, who I had the privilege of speaking alongside the conference and who had always been incredibly generous to me over the years @historytcd.bsky.social

My tasty take (pun intended) on the Bayeux Tapestry—a subject on which I had vowed never to publish. Available Open Access with @ihr.bsky.social. See what you make of it, and bon appetit! academic.oup.com/histres/adva...

Chewing over the Norman Conquest: the Bayeux Tapestry as monastic mealtime reading*

Abstract. This article offers a new contextualization of the Bayeux Tapestry by exploring its use as mealtime reading in a monastic refectory. This concept

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The ad for the second postdoctoral position on our @leverhulme.ac.uk Britain’s Early Medieval Letters project is now live. We’re looking for an Old English specialist (who also works with Latin). 32-month FT post. Deadline for apps is 16 Jan 🙂 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Postdoctoral Research Associate

Are you passionate about early medieval Britain?  Do you have advanced knowledge of Old English and proficiency in Medieval Latin?  If yes, then you may be interested in this fixed term full time post...

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A privilege to be involved in this project working closely with Paul Dryburgh. Lots of valuable material here, make sure to check it out! @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy

Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland@virtualtreasury.bsky.social · 8mo ago

#TNAConnections Have you had a chance to explore our newest Gold Seam, Parchment Conquest (1171–1307)? 150 years ago Henry Savage Sweetman published the first of five volumes that would become foundational to the study of medieval Ireland. virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/C...