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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊
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Ollamh le Sean- ⁊ Meán-Ghaeilge, BARE
Ceann Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh in Ollscoil Mhá Nuad 🇮🇪
Taighdeoir ar ᚑᚌ(ᚆ)ᚐᚋ OG(H)AM ⁊ DiAgnostic
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https://maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-arts-celtic-studies-philosophy/our-people/david-stifter
Pinned
By way of 𝓦𝓮𝓵𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮:
In the last days huge numbers have started to follow me. So maybe it is appropriate to say something about myself.
I teach Old Irish at @maynoothuni.bsky.social and propagate it world-wide via my introduction to the language, 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐨í𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐜: www.siopaleabhar.com/en/tairgi/se....
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Sengoidelc - An Siopa Leabhar
David Stifter’s Sengoidelc (Shan-goy-delth) provides a comprehensive introduction to Old Irish grammar and metrics. Ideally suited for use as a course text and as a guide for the independent learner, ...
www.siopaleabhar.com
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Really looking forward to this event! Beidh mé ag plé stair na Midhe agus Cluain Ioraid le linn na Méanaoise. Fáilte roimh chách
Bígí linn | Join us for the first Early Irish & Celtic Studies research seminar of the semester. Thursday 12 February at 17:00, Room 2.31 IONTAS.

*Positioning Meath and Clonard in the Central Middle Ages*
Dr Seán Ó Hoireabhárd (@hoireabhard.bsky.social @scs-dias.bsky.social)

Fáilte roimh chách!
February 10, 2026 at 8:54 AM
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𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗜𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗔𝗽𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝘆𝗽𝘀𝗲𝘀
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙑𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙙𝙤𝙢𝙣𝙖́𝙣 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙬𝙤 𝙎𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙙𝙤𝙢 𝙤𝙛 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣
John Carey

More Info: bit.ly/3OyLT6A

#Eschatology #Translation #Irish #Apocrypha #Bible #Christianity
February 10, 2026 at 8:28 AM
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Bígí linn | Join us for the first Early Irish & Celtic Studies research seminar of the semester. Thursday 12 February at 17:00, Room 2.31 IONTAS.

*Positioning Meath and Clonard in the Central Middle Ages*
Dr Seán Ó Hoireabhárd (@hoireabhard.bsky.social @scs-dias.bsky.social)

Fáilte roimh chách!
February 10, 2026 at 8:37 AM
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Nice to see some very cool images from my ‘Classicizing the Gaelic’ chapter on the visuality of Irish manuscripts included in this Irish Times write-up of the book Irish Migrations and Classical Antiquity 👇
February 10, 2026 at 8:05 AM
The universe is a really big place, and we are only a tiny speck in it.
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!

bluesky-map.theo.io

I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 9, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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Is cosúil go bhfuil muid ar oileán beag bídeach amach ó chósta ilchríoch na bhForbróirí Cluichí Indie ⁊ na n-Ealaíontóirí Digiteacha.

Bheinn féin ag coinneáil súil aniar aduaidh uainn ar Lucht Gairme Amharclann na Ríochta Aontaithe. ↖️👀
February 9, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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In collaboration with the @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social, the National Monuments Service delivered the international seminar ‘World Heritage nomination journey: Challenges and Successes’ sharing insights from European case studies to support the Strategy for World Heritage in Ireland 2025–2035.
February 9, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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UNESCO has declared 9th February World Greek Language Day (building on the national day), which seems like a good day to share my recently published open access article:

"Mount Hymettos, Athens: A holy place for writing", EGI vol. 1.

journals.wisethorough.com/index.php/EG...
Mount Hymettos, Athens: A Holy Place For Writing | EGI - Epigraphy Graffiti Iconography
journals.wisethorough.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 P 26, the Book of Fenagh. This 16th C manuscript is the work of a skilled scribe, on good quality vellum, and contains both prose and verse. The writing is in double columns and some of the capitals are filled in with red pigment.
February 9, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Further on "imbolg": Several, sometimes fanciful etymologies, have been proposed from the medieval to the modern period.

1. "Old Irish imb- (intensive prefix) and folc ('wash, cleanse'), linking it to folcaim ('to wash/cleanse oneself') and suggesting it referred to a ritual cleansing".
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Is the meaning "i mbolg" i.e. in the belly (related to farm animal pregnancy) generally accepted? I have seen a few alternative explanations but that would seem to be logical for a start-of-spring festival?
February 8, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Want to hear what I think of the neo-English word "Imbolc" for 1st February? Go down to the end of this article by Karl McDonald in the @irishtimes.com, where my opinion is cited beside that of other esteemed colleagues.

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
@maynoothuniversity.ie
Social Democrats TD misses out on €1m from Palantir share boom off the back of Ice contracts
Plus: Eamon Dunphy’s Michelin star mission; the Washington Post lays off a reporter in a war zone; and the pagans strike back
www.irishtimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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"Minus any chance of human interaction with real people who actually use the language"
February 7, 2026 at 8:29 AM
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February 6, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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An chéad léacht i sraith léachtaí an earraigh
The first lecture in our spring series

Pádraic Moran (Gaillimh/Galway)
Sun, moon and stars in the Reichenauer Schulheft

5pm, 19 Feabhra/February
DIAS, 10 Burlington Road
www.dias.ie/celt/
@dias.ie
February 6, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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Celtica XXXVII foilsithe / published!

Seolfar Celtica XXXVII (2025) ar 19 Feabhra in DIAS
Beidh an iris ar fáil ar líne as sin amach.

Celtica XXXVII (2025) will be launched on 19 February at DIAS
It will be available online from that date.
www.dias.ie/celt/
February 6, 2026 at 3:38 PM
📯 Job claxon: Assistant Professor in Celtic, University of Cambridge (ending soon)

@department-asnc.bsky.social wishes to appoint an Assistant Professor in Celtic from 1 Sept 2026. Details for the post can be found at www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista....

Closing date for applications: Wed 11 Feb 2026.
Assistant Professor in Celtic
The Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, within the Faculty of English wishes to appoint an Assistant Professor in Celtic from 1 September 2026. We seek applicants who have research and
www.cam.ac.uk
February 6, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Sin a bhfuil muid ag déanamh staidéar air sa Léann Ceilteach. Sin atá ar intinn againn nuair a bhfuil muid ag rá faoin "gCeiltis".
February 6, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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🎇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...
February 6, 2026 at 10:50 AM
𝗗𝗶Ⓐ𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 28
While the morphological variation so far (items 22–27) was all more or less easy to dismiss as evidence for dialectal variation in Old Irish, the matter is more complicated with the next item, which is phonological. Thurneysen casually mentions unexpected quality...
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February 6, 2026 at 9:56 AM
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Met Éireann has issued a Status Orange rain warning for Dublin, Wicklow, and Louth, and a Status Yellow rain warning for Kildare and surrounding counties for tomorrow, Friday 6 February. Heavy rainfall may result in localised flooding, river flooding and difficult travel conditions.
February 5, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Okay, well, can we trust this? Is this of any practical use? Does anyone have better insights into the project?
An error rate of 9.7% actually sounds pretty bad to me.

www.medievalists.net/2026/01/3200...
Over 32,000 medieval manuscripts transcribed in four months using AI - Medievalists.net
A new AI-powered tool that has transcribed over 32,000 medieval manuscripts in four months, giving researchers a vast, searchable corpus and new ways to examine historical sources.
www.medievalists.net
February 5, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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*AR CEAL | CANCELLED*

Is oth linn a rá go bhfuil seimineár na hoíche anocht le Micheál Ó Siochrú ar ceal, de bharr na drochaimsire. Gabhaimid ár leithscéal.

Tugaigí aire amuigh ansin!
Bígí linn le haghaidh an chéad seimineár taighde de chuid Roinn na Nua-Ghaeilge don seimeastar, 17:00 Déardaoin 5 Feabhra 2025 i Seomra 1.33 IONTAS.

*Athchruthú na Staire: Foinsí Béarla ó lár an tseachtú haois déag*
Micheál Ó Siochrú (Coláiste na Tríonóide)

Fáilte roimh chách!
February 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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This year's H.M. Chadwick Lecture is being given by Prof. Barry Lewis on 19th March with the title 'The flourishing of vernacular literature in the Wales of Llywelyn the Great'. #Skystorians #HanesCymru

The Zoom registration link is here:
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: H.M. Chadwick Lecture: 'The flourishing of vernacular literature in the Wales of Llywelyn the Great', Professor Barry Lewis (Dublin Institute for Advanced...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: H.M. Chadwick Lecture: 'The flourishing of vernacular literature in the Wales of Llywelyn the Great', Professor Barry Lewis (Dublin Institute for Advanced...
cam-ac-uk.zoom.us
February 5, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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Comhghairdeas Natasha!!
February 4, 2026 at 8:05 PM