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A piece I wrote about Oxford Corpus Christi College MS 129 for Feb 2025’s issue of ‘Sundial’. www.ccc.ox.ac.uk/alumni/sundi... This 16th century Irish Medical Manuscript was written by An Gilla Glas Ó Caiside. See also leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man... @celticstudiesmu.bsky.social

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A Date for the Diary!📆 Hugely looking forward to hosting this workshop in Cambridge next June in collaboration with the excellent eDIL project (www.dil.ie). Bringing together research on medical terminology in medieval Irish, Welsh, English, French, German & more. All welcome! Details to follow...

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Congrats @‪dhaydenceltic.bsky.social & @davidstifter.bsky.social Your article is also available in MURAL at: mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/19...

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Thrilled to see @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social's and my article about "Ogam, cryptography and healing charms in the nineteenth century: observations on ‘The Minchin Manuscript’" published in the Proceedings of the @ria.ie today: muse.jhu.edu/pub/423/arti.... It's an output of the OG(H)AM project,... /1

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The LEIGHEAS project Irish Medical Manuscript of the Month for February 2025 is TCD MS 1315, containing an Irish version of Magninus of Milan's Regimen sanitatis, a commentary on the Colliget of Averroes by the Irish physician Tadhg Ó Cuinn, & more! leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...

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🚨 Lost & Found! A 19th-century Irish translation of Paradise Lost by poet Tomás ‘an tSneachta’ Ó Conchubhair has been rediscovered in the University of Illinois collection! 🎉 Believed lost for decades, it's now live on ISOS. 📜 🌍 👉 Explore: www.isos.dias.ie/collection/u...

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How St Brigid made Kildare the hotspot of 7th century Ireland. Medieval writer Cogitosus described Kildare as a 'vast & metropolitan city' thanks to the presence of the tomb of St Brigid. By @niamhwycherley.bsky.social @maynoothuni.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

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In honour of the upcoming long weekend in honour of St Brigit/Feb 1st, see below a great article by Tiago Veloso Silva on some of the great Irish women who came after Brigit in Kildare @maynoothuni.bsky.social @celticstudiesmu.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

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Another year, another LEIGHEAS project blog on medieval Irish medicine! This month, Dr Siobhán Barrett @siobhbar.bsky.social takes a look at two of the more common ingredients used in Irish medical remedies for a range of ailments: leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/the-land-of-...

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The LEIGHEAS project Medical Manuscript of the Month series is back for another year! Our January 2025 entry is @ria.ie MS 23 F 19, containing an original Irish treatise on anatomy, an Irish version of the Trotula texts on women’s medicine & much more👇 leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...

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🌲2️⃣4️⃣🎁 21ˢᵗ c. Ogam for Young Readers, Dublin 2025 And so, the time has come, and we reveal the final window: The project Ogham Palaeography+ (OPal+), funded by the UK AHRC from 2023–25 and based at the Department of Celtic and Gaelic in Glasgow University and at the Department of Early Irish in… ᚐ

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The gifts keep on coming from the OG(H)AM project: Here is Patricia O Connor @trishaoconnor88.bsky.social's OG(H)AM blog of the month December with the first 6 of the 12 coding days of Christmas: ogham.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20... Happy Christmas everyone!

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🌲2️⃣3️⃣🎁 21ˢᵗ c. Dublin, Royal Irish Academy On 5 November 2024, the OG(H)AM and OPal+ team hosted a launch event at the Royal Irish Academy to celebrate the completion of a spectacular new artwork by the scribal and graffiti artist and parchment-maker Thomas Keyes. This original piece of art… ᚐ

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🌲2️⃣1️⃣➕🎁 21ˢᵗ c. Ogam Advent Calendar extra: Our colleague @chantalkobel.bsky.social alerts us of an unexpected instance of media impact of the OG(H)AM project. The 2024 Annual of the Irish satiricial magazine The Phoenix makes reference to a spoof "Ogham Award for the Use of Medieval Irish… ᚐ

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🌲2️⃣1️⃣🎁 20ᵗʰ c. I-KID-008 (CIIC 26; Dómhnach Mór/Donaghmore, Co. Kildare) We could fill a whole month with examples of 20ᵗʰ-century ogam, but we’ll leave that for another life. Instead we are cheating by presenting a 6ᵗʰ-century stone, discovered in 1902, and now kept in Swords in the depot… ᚐ

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🌲2️⃣0️⃣🎁 19ᵗʰ c. National Library of Scotland MS 50.3.11 ‘The Minchin Manuscript’ We are pleased to announce that in the next days our preliminary study of the ‘Minchin Manuscript’, the pinnacle of 19ᵗʰ-century manuscript ogam, will be published #OpenAccess online in volume 125C of the Proceedings… ᚐ

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Many thanks @frankie49.bsky.social for this wonderful Irish Diary entry abt the première of Ryan Molloy's piece for 2 choirs on my Old Irish hymn "Rétglu etir rind (Is álaind a llaë indíu)"! www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i... It was a pleasure you came. @maynoothuni.bsky.social @muahi.bsky.social

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🌲1️⃣9️⃣🎁 19ᵗʰ c. Dublin, RIA MS 23 M 35 (655) The late 18ᵗʰ and early 19ᵗʰ centuries saw the beginning of the modern systematic study of ogam stones. One of the foremost antiquarians of the period was John Windele from Cork (1801–65) who was involved in the identification and collection of… ᚐ

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What a lovely evening at the @maynooth.bsky.social Christmas Carol Concert yesterday w/ these excellent people from the Dept of Early Irish @celticstudiesmu.bsky.social, for the spectacular première of ‘Rétglu etir rind’ (lyrics by @davidstifter.bsky.social, music by Ryan Molloy)! A beautiful event🎄

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🌲1️⃣8️⃣🎁 19ᵗʰ c. Dublin, RIA MS 23 K 3 (68) This Royal Irish Academy manuscript contains mostly poetry and some Fenian literature. It was written ca. 1824 by Seaghan Ua Hethir (John Hehir) in Doonogan, Co. Clare and Cashel, Co. Tipperary. On p. 95, he copied four lines from the poem ‘An Clampar’… ᚐ

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🌲1️⃣6️⃣🎁 16ᵗʰ c. Dublin, Trinity College MS 1337 (H.3.18) This 16ᵗʰ-century manuscript contains a beautiful copy of the tract Lebor Ogaim ‘The Book of Ogam’. Its earliest surviving witness is found in the 14ᵗʰ-century compendium known as ‘Book of Ballymote’ (RIA MS 23 P 12; see our entry for 13 Dec). ᚐ

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🌲1️⃣5️⃣🎁 16ᵗʰ c. Dublin, Trinity College MS 1323 TCD MS 1323 is a composite 16ᵗʰ-century vellum codex containing texts on the medicinal uses of various plants. Its association with the North Connacht-based hereditary medical family known by the surname ‘Mac an Leagha’ is indicated by two marginal… ᚐ

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For the December 2024 LEIGHEAS project blog, our brilliant research affiliate Dr Sharon Arbuthnot of the Dictionary of the Irish Language (www.dil.ie) considers the challenges of dating medieval Irish medical texts & their vocabulary. Happy reading! 👇 leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/dating-medie...

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🌲1️⃣4️⃣🎁 14ᵗʰ c. I-COR-099 (Caisleán Chúirt an Bharraigh/Barryscourt Castle, Co. Cork) Ogam 1: ᚔ ᚇᚅᚐ ᚋᚂᚐᚓ ᚌᚋᚔᚏᚓ I DNA MLAE TA GMIRE ‘?’ Ogam 2: ]ᚓᚅ[ ]ᚔᚇᚔ[ [AM]EN [F]IDI[LES] ? ‘amen ye faithful’ As we shall see in the coming days, knowledge of ogam appears to have survived into the modern period… ᚐ

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OTD in 1155 Hildegard of Bingen decided to call forget-me-nots 'vnkrut'. (She called a lot of plants 'vnkrut'.)

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Today is 2024-12-13, the sun sets at 16:05:43 and the grand auld stretch tonight was 00 mins and 00 secs. #GrandStretch #ZeroStretch

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🌲1️⃣3️⃣🎁 14ᵗʰ c. Dublin, RIA MS 23 P 12 ‘The Book of Ballymote’ The great late-14ᵗʰ-century compendium of Irish learning known as the ‘Book of Ballymote’ (Royal Irish Academy MS 23 P 12) is of particular importance for the transmission of ideas about ogam in the later Middle Ages and modern periods. ᚐ

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🌲1️⃣1️⃣🎁 11ᵗʰ c. M-IOM-005 (Kirkmichael, Isle of Man) Ogam 1: ᚁᚂᚃᚄᚅᚆᚇᚈᚉᚊᚋᚌᚍᚎᚏᚐᚑᚒᚓᚔ BLVSNHDTCQMGGᵂSᵀRAOUEI Ogam 2: ᚋᚒᚒᚉᚑᚋᚐᚂᚂᚐᚃᚔᚒᚐᚋᚒᚂᚂᚌᚒᚉ MUUCOMALL AVI UA MULLGUC ‘Mucomael grandson of O’Maelguc’ A small number of ogam stones are Norse-Irish bilinguals in runes and ogam. Two such stones are from… ᚐ

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The earliest surviving personal letter from medieval Ireland dates from the mid 12th century (pretty late compared to other medieval societies). It is from Find, bishop of Kildare (d. 1160), to Áed mac Crimthainn of Terryglass. Both men have entries in the Dictionary of Irish Biography 🧵

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🌲🔟🎁 10ᵗʰ c. I-DUB-002 (Caisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath/Dublin Castle, Co. Dublin) ᚛ᚐᚊᚓ or ᚓᚅᚐ᚜ AQE or ENA The knowledge of ogam did not end with the demise of large commemorative stones. Its use in private contexts continued on smaller objects such as this decorated antler comb (15.1×3.4×1.1cm),… ᚐ

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🌲7️⃣🎁 7ᵗʰ c. S-SHE-004 (St Ninian’s Isle, Shetland, Scotland) ]ᚁᚓᚄᚋᚓᚊᚊᚅᚐᚅᚐᚋᚋᚑᚃᚃᚓᚎ -]B!ES MEQQ NANNAMMOVVESᵀ ‘of … son of *Nanamoguist’ Despite, or because of, its spread over all the islands, there are many subtle and not so subtle regional differences to the use of ogam. We already met the… ᚐ

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This week on the podcast! Thanks so much to @shazarch.bsky.social for chatting to us about the importance of historians and archaeologists working together to fully understand the medieval world. Ringforts, Killeen Cormac, cattle, sheep, pollen, 'remote' islands etc! open.spotify.com/episode/2xtM...

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🌲6️⃣🎁 7ᵗʰ c. I-KER-055 (CIIC 187; Cill Maoilchéadair/Kilmalkedar, Co. Kerry) ᚐᚅᚋᚋᚔᚂᚓᚔᚅᚁᚔᚏ | ᚋᚐᚉᚔᚁᚏᚑᚉᚐᚅᚅ ẠṆM MẠỊLE-INBIR/ MACI BROCANN ‘name/memorial inscription of Máel-Inbir (Mailā Andiberī) son of Broccán (Broccagnas)’ In the 7ᵗʰ century, the classical period of ogam usage on stone monuments… ᚐ

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🌲5️⃣🎁 6ᵗʰ c. I-WAT-012 (CIIC 273; Drom Lócháin/Drumlohan, Co. Waterford) ᚉᚐᚂᚒᚅᚑᚃᚔᚉ[ᚐ]ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔᚋᚒᚉᚑᚔᚂᚔᚈ[ᚓᚅ]ᚔ CALUNOVIC[A] MAQI MUCOI LIT[EN]Ị ‘of Calunovics from the kin-group of Lithen (*Litenas)’ The first element of CALUNOVICA corresponds to OIr. Culann, the name of the smith who gave Cú-Chulainn… ᚐ

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My latest blog for the OG(H)AM project discusses the new artwork ‘Anrocomraircnicsiumairne’ by Thomas Keyes, which we launched in the Royal Irish Academy (@ria.ie) just a few weeks ago! ogham.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20...

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🌲4️⃣🎁 6ᵗʰ c. I-KER-052 (CIIC 184; Gort na gCuileannach/Gortnagullanagh, Co. Kerry) ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔᚇᚓᚉᚓᚇᚇᚐ | ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔᚉᚐᚈᚒᚃ[ᚔᚉ…] a: MAQQI DECEDDA b: MAQQI CATUVỊC̣[.?.] ‘of Mac-Deichet (Maqqas-Deceddas) son of Cathai/Cathach (*Catuvics) The 6ᵗʰ century saw the greatest activity in the production of ogams. ᚐ

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🌲3️⃣🎁 5ᵗʰ c. W-PEM-001 (CIIC 449; Llandudoch/St Dogmaels, Pembrokeshire, Wales) SAGRANI FILI CVNOTAMI ‘of Sagranus son of Cunotamus’ ᚄᚐᚌᚏᚐᚌᚅᚔᚋᚐᚊᚔᚉᚒᚅᚐᚈᚐᚋᚔ SAGRAGNI MAQI CUNATAMI ‘of Sárán (Sagragnas) son of Contam (*Cunatamas)’ All but 6 of the 40 genuine ogam inscriptions in southwest Britain… ᚐ

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🌲1️⃣🎁 4ᵗʰ c. I-MEA-004 (Sí an Bhrú/Newgrange, Co. Meath) [ᚋ]ᚐᚊᚔᚐᚃᚔᚕᚑᚂᚒᚔᚕᚑᚔ [M]AQI AVI KOLUI KOI ‘of the son of the descendant of Collae? (Collovias?) here’ It is unknown when the writing system ogam was invented. The earliest extant, archaeologically datable texts are from the 4ᵗʰ century ᴀ.ᴅ. ᚐ

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🌲2️⃣🎁 5ᵗʰ c. M-IOM-007 (CIIC 500; Knoc y Doonee, Kirk Andreas, Isle of Man) AMMECATI FILIVS ROCATI HIC IACIT ‘here lies Ammecatus son of Rocatus’ [ᚐᚋ]ᚁ[ᚔ]ᚉᚐᚈᚑᚄᚋ[ᚐ]ᚊᚔᚏ[ᚑ]ᚉ[ᚐ]ᚈ[ᚑ]ᚄ [AM?]BỊCATOS MẠQI RỌCẠTỌS ‘of Imchad (Ambicatus) son of Rochad (Rocatus)’ Ogam inscriptions are pan-insular. ᚐ

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If you enjoyed last year’s Advent Calendar of Manuscript Ogham Through the Ages (which you can still check out here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...), @davidstifter.bsky.social and I have more treats in store for you next month! 😊 🎄🎁🧑‍🎄

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Part of a very long tract on pathology compiled by the 16th-century Co. Sligo physician Máel Eachlainn Mac an Leagha, and one of the very cool texts we plan to publish as part of the LEIGHEAS project! Great to have so many students and staff @celticstudiesmu.bsky.social in on the translating fun 😊

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My chapter on ‘Water and Medicine in Medieval Irish Textual Culture’ is now available #OpenAccess in this very nice collection on ‘The Elements in the Medieval World’: brill.com/display/titl...

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The LEIGHEAS project Irish Medical Manuscript of the Month for April 2024 (brought to you by @siobhbar.bsky.social) is Oxford, Corpus Christi College MS 129, containing medical, astronomical and veterinary material. Read more about it here! 👇 leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...

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For our March 2024 blog on premodern Irish medicine, LEIGHEAS project postdoctoral researcher @siobhbar.bsky.social takes a look at trees in early Irish law and their use as medicinal ingredients in a sixteenth-century doctor's manual. Check it out! 🌲👇🌲 leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/trees-and-me...

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In our latest episode, 2nd in our series on Irish queens, the gracious @bewattled.bsky.social humours my attempts to define the enigmatic Queen Gormlaith (d. 1030) of Dublin, Munster, Tara??? Ruthless warmonger or anxious Mum? Think we'll need a part 2 to decide! open.spotify.com/episode/0MGf...

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