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Medievalist | Celticist | Research Asst Prof @TCDHistory. PI of Early Irish Hands @Research Ireland, CLÓSCAPE @TLRH, and Wandering Books. Passionate about all things medieval Irish, manuscripts, palaeography, and early Christianity in the insular world.
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📢 Only a few days til Feb 6, when we deepdive into the contents and context of the Karlsruhe Bede (Aug. perg. 167)! @historytcd.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social See earlyirishhands.ie/karlsruhe-bede-conference

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Hello all manuscript fans! As we are approaching St Brigit's day, why not transcribe some of Cogitosus' Vita S. Brigidae in her honour? Images from the Cambrai manuscript ready to go here -> fromthepage.com/nicolev/eih-... #Brigit #medievalsky @historytcd.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social

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Had the pleasure of examining some rewritten manuscripts from the Reichenau (or not?🤔) in Karlsruhe today with my student Peter. A big thank you to the staff of the #BLB for their kind assistance! @historytcd.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social

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STATEMENT WOinACTIE De deal die CDA, CU, JA21 en SGP met Geert Wilders sluiten, is volstrekt onacceptabel en verwerpelijk. De onderwijsbezuinigingen zijn funest voor universiteiten, steden, regio’s en uiteindelijk voor heel Nederland. Dat zeggen tal van maatschappelijke partners met ons. 1/

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Call for Papers: (Re)Creating Stories, a conference on (Early) Modern Irish adaptations of Old and Middle Irish prose and poetic narratives. 🚨 Deadline to submit: 31 January 2025 🗓️ Friday 23rd & Saturday 24th May 2025, @diasdublin.bsky.social www.dias.ie/2024/11/05/c...

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📢 join us on February 6-7 2025 for a deep dive into the contents and context of the Karlsruhe Bede (Aug. perg. 167). @historytcd.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social See earlyirishhands.ie/karlsruhe-be...

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Love our campus during the winter ❤️

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This week's Ó Cléirigh seminar in @ucddublin.bsky.social at 4pm on 29 Nov is Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh (Edinburgh), ‘The visuality of Irish manuscripts in the age of print’ Fáilte roimh chách /all welcome. And feel free to re-post.

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Some of the amazing early medieval gold thread recovered by our Durham University/ DigVentures excavations at Lindisfarne (Holy Island)

submitted 96 days ago • 14 comments

Family Carers Ireland have organised a Christmas raffle with great prizes! Donate here 👇 www.idonate.ie/raffle/FCICa...

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

Just one week remains for postgraduate students and those who have recently graduated with a higher degree to submit to the Medium Ævum Essay Prize 2025! Visit our website to submit your entry today: aevum.space/EssayPrize

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📢 Applications open! Postgrad training course in the electronic editing of medieval texts funded by the ERASMUS+ KA2 program. 💻 Two 5-day sessions in beginner-level and advanced-level training in text encoding and big data technologies. Is your institution participating? 👉 antidote.hi.is/apply/

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Book launch coming up next Thursday Dec 5 in @tlrhub.bsky.social Pls register here: shorturl.at/haod9

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📢📜 The Trinity Centre for the Book’s final seminar of the year is at 5pm on Wed 27 Nov in the Neill Lecture Theatre in Trinity Long Room Hub. The Hon. Sir Donnell Deeny, who is one of Trinity’s Pro-Chancellors, will be speaking on rare book collecting in contemporary Ireland. Hope to see you there!

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In other news, if you want to learn a little something about French paleography with me, now's your chance: I'll be leading a short online course through the Institute of English Studies and London International Palaeography School on March 10-11, 2025. ies.sas.ac.uk/events/trans...

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