Mairéad Nic Craith
@maireadnc.bsky.social
Irish, Gaeilgeoir, writer, academic, interested in folklore, nature and environmental humanities. Love reading, playing the piano, Tai ‘Chi
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Mairéad Nic Craith
@maireadnc.bsky.social
· Oct 12
BBC Radio Scotland - New Every Sunday, 12/10/2025
Act of worship with Prof Mairéad Nic Craith.
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My thoughts on the seasons of life broadcast this morning @alastairmci.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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I’ve been asking AI how it works, and without needing to get into the statistical mapping of language model word associations onto vector space, the bottom line is there is no sapient IQ in AI, but it also queries how much “intelligence” there is in what most of us mostly say!
January 30, 2026 at 8:58 AM
I’ve been asking AI how it works, and without needing to get into the statistical mapping of language model word associations onto vector space, the bottom line is there is no sapient IQ in AI, but it also queries how much “intelligence” there is in what most of us mostly say!
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A magnificent hidden treasure of Irish legal history - the Bechbretha ('bee-judgments') of the Brehon law manuscripts composed in the seventh century (TCD MS 1316/2 page 25)
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
January 23, 2026 at 4:00 PM
A magnificent hidden treasure of Irish legal history - the Bechbretha ('bee-judgments') of the Brehon law manuscripts composed in the seventh century (TCD MS 1316/2 page 25)
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
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Here’s my sharing with the folks at St Ethelburga’s Centre for Recociliation & Peace in London last June. It includes an exploration of their stained glass window with this formidable woman, the verse “O pray for the peace of Jerusalem” … towards a healing of the nations”.
youtu.be/mDLqmGe8Iy4?...
youtu.be/mDLqmGe8Iy4?...
Celtic - Christian Spiritual Ecology - an interview with Alastair McIntosh
YouTube video by St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace
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November 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Here’s my sharing with the folks at St Ethelburga’s Centre for Recociliation & Peace in London last June. It includes an exploration of their stained glass window with this formidable woman, the verse “O pray for the peace of Jerusalem” … towards a healing of the nations”.
youtu.be/mDLqmGe8Iy4?...
youtu.be/mDLqmGe8Iy4?...
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Astonishing! A sign of changing times, yearning for depth? A BBC super-ranking of the best music albums of 2025 makes No. 1 Rosalia’s “Lux” (Light). She told Billboard: “Each song is inspired by the story of a [female] saint. A main theme is not fearing.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The best albums and songs of 2025: Unexpected comebacks and operatic pop
From Pulp's unexpected comeback to Rosalía's experimental pop, here's the best music of the year.
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December 21, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Astonishing! A sign of changing times, yearning for depth? A BBC super-ranking of the best music albums of 2025 makes No. 1 Rosalia’s “Lux” (Light). She told Billboard: “Each song is inspired by the story of a [female] saint. A main theme is not fearing.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Quick reminder of the Call for Papers for our @thinkuhi.bsky.social 'Mapping Identities: Visual Depictions of Scotland Conference' being held at UHI Perth on 9-10 February 2026.
tinyurl.com/yvpe9cwr
tinyurl.com/yvpe9cwr
December 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Quick reminder of the Call for Papers for our @thinkuhi.bsky.social 'Mapping Identities: Visual Depictions of Scotland Conference' being held at UHI Perth on 9-10 February 2026.
tinyurl.com/yvpe9cwr
tinyurl.com/yvpe9cwr
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Pope Leo in the Turkish city of Iznik (ancient Nicaea, of Christian Council fame), where he said: "We must strongly reject the use of religion for justifying war, violence, or any form of fundamentalism or fanaticism."
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Pope Leo finds his voice on first foreign trip
We are learning a little more about how Pope Leo intends to carry out his duties, writes Religion Editor Aleem Maqbool.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Pope Leo in the Turkish city of Iznik (ancient Nicaea, of Christian Council fame), where he said: "We must strongly reject the use of religion for justifying war, violence, or any form of fundamentalism or fanaticism."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Sometimes with a work of art a viewer will see more than the artist had consciously thought was being said. Reading this account from the studio, I think that such might be so with my reading of the St Ethelburga’s window. Kaleidoscopic theology!
www.barleystudio.co.uk/portfolio/st...
www.barleystudio.co.uk/portfolio/st...
St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconcilation and Peace, London - Barley Studio
Figurative Work by Helen Whittaker St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, London St Ethelburga – East window (3.3m x 3.3m) 2002 A transformation has taken place at St. Ethelburga’s churc...
www.barleystudio.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Sometimes with a work of art a viewer will see more than the artist had consciously thought was being said. Reading this account from the studio, I think that such might be so with my reading of the St Ethelburga’s window. Kaleidoscopic theology!
www.barleystudio.co.uk/portfolio/st...
www.barleystudio.co.uk/portfolio/st...
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#Cornish has won Part III of the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages after many years of campaigning by our community, including Kowethas an Yeth and the other language organisations, Cornwall Council, activists, and YOU: teachers, learners, speakers and supporters together. 💛
November 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
#Cornish has won Part III of the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages after many years of campaigning by our community, including Kowethas an Yeth and the other language organisations, Cornwall Council, activists, and YOU: teachers, learners, speakers and supporters together. 💛
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Professor Alex Sanmark & PhD candidate Peter Randall presented their research supported by students from Viking and Early Medieval Studies at the Scottish Society for Northern Studies Day Conference.
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INS Researchers Highlight Research at the Exciting SSNS 2025 Conference!
Staff and students from the University of the Highlands and Islands Institute for Northern Studies gathered at the Scottish Society for Northern Studies Day Conference in Arbroath on 22nd November …
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November 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Professor Alex Sanmark & PhD candidate Peter Randall presented their research supported by students from Viking and Early Medieval Studies at the Scottish Society for Northern Studies Day Conference.
tinyurl.com/5h2ry4wr
tinyurl.com/5h2ry4wr
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Vérène and I are heading up Ben Lomond, a wee quiet celebration of my 70th.
November 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Vérène and I are heading up Ben Lomond, a wee quiet celebration of my 70th.
My thoughts on the seasons of life broadcast this morning @alastairmci.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio Scotland - New Every Sunday, 12/10/2025
Act of worship with Prof Mairéad Nic Craith.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 8:41 AM
My thoughts on the seasons of life broadcast this morning @alastairmci.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Reposted by Mairéad Nic Craith
I'm giving a keynote lecture at 2 pm (UK) on Fri 3 Oct to the annual gathering of Quakers Uniting in Publications on "Depth and Discernment in Spiritual Writing". Focussed mainly on my titles with @BirlinnBooks. Other speakers too - full programme and Zoom registration at www.quakerquip.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I'm giving a keynote lecture at 2 pm (UK) on Fri 3 Oct to the annual gathering of Quakers Uniting in Publications on "Depth and Discernment in Spiritual Writing". Focussed mainly on my titles with @BirlinnBooks. Other speakers too - full programme and Zoom registration at www.quakerquip.com
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Ocean acidification, caused by carbon emissions from fossil fuels, has exceeded safe levels, hindering the ability of shellfish and corals to develop, impacting fisheries and the ocean's capacity to absorb carbon dioxide, thereby exacerbating global warming.
www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
Oceans have crossed 'safe' acidic threshold, scientists warn | CBC News
The latest Planetary Health Check report says ocean acidification has reached risky territory. Experts say it will reduce our oceans’ ability to absorb the carbon we emit and also weaken the shellfish...
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September 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Ocean acidification, caused by carbon emissions from fossil fuels, has exceeded safe levels, hindering the ability of shellfish and corals to develop, impacting fisheries and the ocean's capacity to absorb carbon dioxide, thereby exacerbating global warming.
www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
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Centre for Human Ecology alumnus Adam Weymouth: “Ten years ago I walked across Scotland, beginning on an estate attempting to reintroduce wolves, & finishing where Scotland's last wolf is reputed to have been shot, in 1680. Along the way I spoke with gamekeepers, hikers, conservationists & farmers…”
September 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Centre for Human Ecology alumnus Adam Weymouth: “Ten years ago I walked across Scotland, beginning on an estate attempting to reintroduce wolves, & finishing where Scotland's last wolf is reputed to have been shot, in 1680. Along the way I spoke with gamekeepers, hikers, conservationists & farmers…”
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I’ll be on Thought for the Day on BBC Radio Scotland tomorrow (Tuesday) at about 0720 on the mackerel fishing season, a terrible tangle, and for World Quaker Week, how Scrappy Mick taught me to “think it possible that you might be mistaken”. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
BBC Radio Scotland - Good Morning Scotland
The nation's morning news programme.
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September 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I’ll be on Thought for the Day on BBC Radio Scotland tomorrow (Tuesday) at about 0720 on the mackerel fishing season, a terrible tangle, and for World Quaker Week, how Scrappy Mick taught me to “think it possible that you might be mistaken”. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
Sometimes we all get it wrong😂
September 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Sometimes we all get it wrong😂
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September 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Proud of our PhD student Sarah Squire presenting on heritage and conviviality at Charles University Prague @insuhi.bsky.social @paulmalgrati.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Proud of our PhD student Sarah Squire presenting on heritage and conviviality at Charles University Prague @insuhi.bsky.social @paulmalgrati.bsky.social
Ullrich Kockel from @insuhi.bsky.social presenting on heritage and displacement at Charles University Prague @paulmalgrati.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Ullrich Kockel from @insuhi.bsky.social presenting on heritage and displacement at Charles University Prague @paulmalgrati.bsky.social
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The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 P 16, Leabhar Breac: www.ria.ie/collections/manuscripts/irish-language-manuscripts/leabhar-breac-the-speckled-book-the-book-of-mac-egans-leabhar-mor-duna-doighre/
July 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 P 16, Leabhar Breac: www.ria.ie/collections/manuscripts/irish-language-manuscripts/leabhar-breac-the-speckled-book-the-book-of-mac-egans-leabhar-mor-duna-doighre/
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Review of Belfast Twilight by Gabriel Rosenstock
Haiku Dawning in Ireland
Gabriel Rosenstock reviews Belfast Twilight, Liam Carson's sparkling debut as a haiku poet. Published by Salmon Poetry, 2025.
www.academia.edu
July 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Review of Belfast Twilight by Gabriel Rosenstock
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Congratulations to Associate Professor Jessica Smyth &Associate Professor Dr Neil Carlin, and International colleagues, on their publication in Antiquity today,
"The ‘king’ of Newgrange? A critical analysis of a Neolithic petrous fragment from the passage tomb chamber"
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"The ‘king’ of Newgrange? A critical analysis of a Neolithic petrous fragment from the passage tomb chamber"
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Doubts cast over suggestions incestuous ‘god-kings’ ruled during Neolithic Ireland
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June 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Congratulations to Associate Professor Jessica Smyth &Associate Professor Dr Neil Carlin, and International colleagues, on their publication in Antiquity today,
"The ‘king’ of Newgrange? A critical analysis of a Neolithic petrous fragment from the passage tomb chamber"
www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...
"The ‘king’ of Newgrange? A critical analysis of a Neolithic petrous fragment from the passage tomb chamber"
www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...
My thoughts on prayer, Gaelic and the corncrake @lillis.bsky.social @frankrennie.bsky.social @alastairmci.bsky.social @insuhi.bsky.social @paulmalgrati.bsky.social
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Prayer for the Day - Marking the programme's 55 years on Radio 4 - BBC Sounds
The sound of the corncrake inspires Professor of Public Folklore, Mairéad Nic Craith.
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June 23, 2025 at 8:27 AM
My thoughts on prayer, Gaelic and the corncrake @lillis.bsky.social @frankrennie.bsky.social @alastairmci.bsky.social @insuhi.bsky.social @paulmalgrati.bsky.social
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Delighted that we passed the Scottish Languages Bill today, recognising for the first time in law that Scots is one of our native languages and strengthening measures to support both it and Gaelic.
🧵 I passed about 50 amendments to strengthen the bill in various ways, inc:
🧵 I passed about 50 amendments to strengthen the bill in various ways, inc:
June 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Delighted that we passed the Scottish Languages Bill today, recognising for the first time in law that Scots is one of our native languages and strengthening measures to support both it and Gaelic.
🧵 I passed about 50 amendments to strengthen the bill in various ways, inc:
🧵 I passed about 50 amendments to strengthen the bill in various ways, inc: