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Dylan Bailey (he/him)
@djbirishhistory.bsky.social
PhD Researcher at the Early Irish Department at Maynooth University.

Researching the depiction of disability in medieval Irish literature, as part of the Language, Education and Medical Learning in the Premodern Gaelic World (LEIGHEAS) project.
It was an honour yesterday to close the two-day *Widame conference organised by postgraduates at @maynoothuniversity.ie @ceilteachomn.bsky.social, it was a great success! I hope everyone who attended enjoyed the proceedings! Hopefully we will see you all again some day soon!
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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In the past two days, the Maynooth Early Irish postgraduate students organised the *Widame Conference for Postgraduate Scholars in Celtic Studies @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @muahi.bsky.social. We had the pleasure to welcome speakers from universities in six countries.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
TOMORROW! Looking forward to welcoming everyone to Maynooth for an exciting new two-day conference, put on by the @ceilteachomn.bsky.social!

See below for more information!

www.maynoothuniversity.ie/school-celti...
November 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Bígí linn | Join us for the next Early Irish & Celtic Studies research seminar. Thursday 23 October at 17:00, Room 2.31 IONTAS.

*The Welsh Legendary Triads: Trioedd Ynys Prydein*
Dr Nia Wyn Jones (Independent Scholar @niajones.bsky.social)

Croeso i bawb! Fáilte roimh chách!
October 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Amazing to see the Book of Lecan in the flesh during last week's brilliant conference at @ria.ie, hosted with @ceilteachomn.bsky.social and @scs-dias.bsky.social !
October 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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It is the subject of a two-day conference taking place this week in RIA, in collaboration with @maynoothuniversity.ie and the @dias-isos.bsky.social Read more and view the digital images, provided by Irish Script on Screen and copyright Royal Irish Academy Library: www.ria.ie/collections/...
September 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Fantastic piece on a fascinating aspect of early Irish law, by my former PhD student and @ceilteachomn.bsky.social graduate, Dr Viktoriia Krivoshchekova, who is now a postdoc at @scs-dias.bsky.social

#MedievalSky

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How to get away with murder in medieval Ireland
Duinetháide murders, where the killer didn't leave a trace or a body, carry all the intrigue of a classic murder mystery
www.rte.ie
September 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Visit Words on the Wave at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street before it closes on October 24th

www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
September 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Delighted to have this post published by the @irishhumanities.bsky.social, where I discuss some of the terminology surrounding disability in medieval Ireland!

www.irishhumanities.ie/news-events/...
Irish Humanities Alliance | The Good, The Bad, and The Blemished: Disability Terminology in Medieval Ireland
The language surrounding disability changes over time. There are certain terms which were previously common for describing disabled people but would now be considered out of date…
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September 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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”Sunt lacrimae rerum...”
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro), poet of Ancient Rome, whose epic Aeneid inspired Western art & literature, died #OTD 19 BC.
Landscape with Aeneas at Delos, 1672, by Claude Lorrain
National Gallery London
September 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Looking forward to hosting people at Maynooth this November! Everyone come down!
Hello everyone! See the new conference here @maynoothuniversity.ie with the @ceilteachomn.bsky.social! The google link below is our registration form, we look forward to seeing you here!!
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September 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Delighted to have a chapter on Irish medical writing published Open Access in this excellent volume, now available in print! Many thanks to @brendankanect.bsky.social and Patrick Wadden for all their hard work as editors:

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An Eoraip: Gaelic Ireland in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
"An Eoraip: Gaelic Ireland in Medieval and Early Modern Europe" published on 04 Aug 2025 by Brill.
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August 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Thanks to you, Deborah, and to all the other contributors for their wonderful work. And thanks to Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social for such an excellent job all around in producing the volume. Can't say enough about their professionalism and support; joy to work with. Enjoy, a chairde!
Delighted to have a chapter on Irish medical writing published Open Access in this excellent volume, now available in print! Many thanks to @brendankanect.bsky.social and Patrick Wadden for all their hard work as editors:

brill.com/display/titl...
An Eoraip: Gaelic Ireland in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
"An Eoraip: Gaelic Ireland in Medieval and Early Modern Europe" published on 04 Aug 2025 by Brill.
brill.com
August 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Scoil samhraidh 2025: gabhaimid ár mbuíochas le gach duine a ghlac páirt inti, agus tá súil againn gur bhain gach duine leas agus spraoi aisti.
Summer School 2025: thanks to all who took part, and we hope everyone benefited from it and enjoyed it.
www.dias.ie/2024/11/12/c...
July 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Over 7000 pages of medieval medical recipes are now freely accessible online at the end of the Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries project.
👉 Discover more about this ambitious project and its achievements: loom.ly/XFJt-Tg
Hundreds of medieval medical manuscripts now accessible
Over the course of the last three years, the Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries project has been enhancing the discoverability of medieval medical recipes in historic library collections across the ...
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July 29, 2025 at 10:58 AM
It's been an intensive but fulfilling last two weeks! Thank you to @scs-dias.bsky.social for hosting such an amazing event, I've learnt so much and would definitely recommend the Summer School to anyone interested in expanding their knowledge of the Celtic nations!
July 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Royal Irish Academy, 2-3 Octover
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July 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
What an incredible time at this year's @celticstudents.bsky.social conference! Looking forward to seeing it come to Trinity next year. In the mean time, enjoy these photos from Aberystwyth, including an amazing sea view and an incredible gig from Welsh and Breton bands Sachasky and Plouz and Foen!
June 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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It's back! Can't wait to see what else @dias.ie has in store for us. First episode is already available online!
Ní hansae, The School of Celtic Studies Research Podcast Season 2: Trailer
YouTube video by Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies DIAS
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June 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Looking forward to hearing from all the amazing speakers at @celticstudents.bsky.social conference in Aberystwyth!
June 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Simultaneous interpretation will be available at our conference for all Celtic-language papers. Make sure to bring headphones and a phone/laptop with you to Aberystwyth to access the interpretation. Learn how interpretation on Zoom works here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Cyfieithu | Interpretation
Cyfieithu | Interpretation Certain sessions will contain papers presented in a Celtic language. Simultaneous Interpretation to English will be provided for these papers so everyone can understand and...
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June 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Enjoyed attending and speaking at Comhdháil ar an Óige agus an Míchumas: Polasaí, Cleachtas, Cuimsiú agus Pobal na Gaeilge’ at UCD today, where I discussed the theory behind discussing disability in medieval Ireland. Learnt a lot from the other papers, and also got to practice my cúpla focal! GRMA!
June 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
A few highlights from my trip to the Words on the Wave exhibition at the National Museum of Archaeology in Dublin, deffo worth a visit!
June 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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The first keynote speaker of the #Celticstudentsconference2025 is Mererid Hopwood (Aberystwyth University)!
She will deliver the keynote lecture Dychmygu Iaith: ‘merch perygl’ neu ‘cwch bach’ (Language Imagined: ‘the daughter of danger’ or a ‘little boat’). In this lecture,
June 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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GET INVOLVED!
We will elect a new committee at the #celticstudentsconference2025 in Aberystwyth and online. This election is very important, as without students volunteering their time, the Association and the Celtic Students Conference would not exist!
May 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM