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Nora White
@ndefaoite.bsky.social
Researching early Irish epigraphy at Maynooth University funded by Research Ireland. EMISoS (Early Medieval Irish Scripts on Stone) and OG(H)AM projects
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Lots of #TEIFriday planning going on today. Some highlights:

We're going to hold an #EpiDoc training workshop in Glasgow this December! Details and signup to follow very soon. A great group of people involved @ndefaoite.bsky.social @trishaoconnor88.bsky.social @dralexa.bsky.social 💯
October 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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*Widame (Proto-Celtic “we found out”), a conference for postgraduate scholars in Celtic Studies, will take place November 7th & 8th 2025 in 1.33 IONTAS in @maynoothuniversity.ie.

Conference schedule and registration is available here: buff.ly/b3GjydF

Register by the 10th of October 2025.
October 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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#TEIFriday
Today's TEI-related musing brought by EpiDoc Guidelines local practice documentation and concordance (via the ogham.glasgow.ac.uk project).

What if a letter is incomplete and could therefore be read as any of several potential letters?
OG(H)AM – Harnessing digital technologies to transform understanding of ogham writing, from the 4th century to the 21st
ogham.glasgow.ac.uk
September 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Yesterday was the big day:
The team of the Glasgow-Maynooth OG(H)AM project celebrated the end of four years of intensive work (2021-5) with the launch - in the venerable rooms of the Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie - of the new, revised and hugely updated 𝕆𝕘𝕙𝕒𝕞 𝕚𝕟 𝟛𝔻 database and website.
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September 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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My book Landscapes of Kingship in Early Medieval Ireland is finally out, and it’s a beaut. In bookshops tomorrow but you can order online here - only €45! First interdisciplinary study of early Irish kingship, focusing on landscape/spatial dimensions of rule: www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/l...
July 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Delighted to be taking part in #HeritageWeek2025 this year with the launch of our publication 'Ogham Stones of County Mayo' by Mayo County Council Heritage Office on Wednesday evening!
@heritagecouncil.ie
@mayocountycouncil.bsky.social
Launch of 'Ogham Stones of County Mayo' Booklet | National Heritage Week 16th – 24th August 2025
Join us for the Heritage Week launch of the 'Ogham Stones of County Mayo'. This richly illustrated booklet features information on the 12 recorded ogham stones ...
www.heritageweek.ie
August 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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This is shockingly sad news. Among the countless incredible achievements and qualities of Andrew West 魏安 was also his foundational and inspirational contribution to the digitisation of ogam.

Scríbthar a ainm n-ogaim!
I've just heard the terrible news that my friend - and friend of many here - Andrew West, @babelstone.co.uk, the incomparably brilliant Sinologist and Tangutologist passed away suddenly but peacefully on 10th July. 1/2
July 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Happy International Day of Ogham! Although the OG(H)AM project has sadly now finished, work on ogham continues. Here is a sneak preview of our digital corpus, still under development, but due to be launched in September! #InternationalDayOfOgham
#OG_H_AM
July 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Located next to a small holy well, not far from Kilmovee in County Mayo, this ogham stone may be one of the earliest recorded in Ireland based on its inscription.

When translated, it reads:

ALATTOS MAQI BR[--.

(see the excellent Oghamin3D ogham.celt.dias.ie/stone.php?la...)
#Ireland #Archaeology
June 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Friends & colleagues, the amazing OG(H)AM project, a collaboration between Dept. of Celtic & Gaelic @uofglasgow.bsky.social & Dept. of Early Irish @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @muahi.bsky.social is slowly coming to an end.
With a smile & a tear, I present the final instalment...
June 25, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Thank you so much to @padraicmoran.bsky.social for this thought-provoking keynote lecture at our recent Digital Epigraphy workshop @maynoothuniversity.ie (funded by @researchireland.ie) and now also a blog post so that many more can benefit from Pádraic's valuable insights into this important topic👏
"Designing sustainable Digital Editions." This is a lightly revised version of a talk I gave at the Digital Epigraphy Workshop in Maynooth on 26 May 2025. Many thanks to Nora White for the invitation and to the audience for discussion and feedback. www.pmoran.ie/posts/sustai...
June 11, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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#EpigraphyTuesday
The Donaghmore Ogham Stone, 3D printed replica in the early Irish department at Maynooth University. (#EpiDoc workshop)
May 27, 2025 at 9:09 AM
What a fantastic few days of digital epigraphy #EpiDoc @tcddublin.bsky.social & @maynoothuniversity.ie ! Huge thanks to to all our participants, trainers @palaeofuturist.bsky.social @3dgroovanstones.bsky.social @trishaoconnor88.bsky.social & collaborator Christine Morris @tcdclassics.bsky.social ...
It's the final morning of our Digital Epigraphy workshop, and @trishaoconnor88.bsky.social is leading us through how to encode placenames, people and organisations using Epidoc standards. @ndefaoite.bsky.social @palaeofuturist.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @ceilteachomn.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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⏰️ Final keynote of the Digital Epigraphy Workshop @maynoothuniversity.ie @muahi.bsky.social @ceilteachomn.bsky.social
🗣 Pádraic Moran @padraicmoran.bsky.social (University of Galway @uniofgalway.bsky.social)
📜 Designing Sustainable Digital Editions
💻 Slides: pmoran.ie/maynooth2025.pdf
May 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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It's the final morning of our Digital Epigraphy workshop, and @trishaoconnor88.bsky.social is leading us through how to encode placenames, people and organisations using Epidoc standards. @ndefaoite.bsky.social @palaeofuturist.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @ceilteachomn.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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@palaeofuturist.bsky.social guiding Digital Epigraphy Workshop participants through encoding the object description of the Donaghmore ogham stone in #EpiDoc #XML format. @researchireland.ie @maynoothuniversity.ie @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @3dgroovanstones.bsky.social @ndefaoite.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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May 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Great session with @3dgroovanstones.bsky.social at the Digital Epigraphy workshop @tcddublin.bsky.social participants have successfully exported #RTI images using Relight and have created interactable files that can be manipulated in #RTI Viewer. @palaeofuturist.bsky.social @ndefaoite.bsky.social
May 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Time to learn #RTI, an imaging technique that creates an interactable file in which you can change the lighting position to create a different angle of raking light to emphasise features of an inscribed object. @3dgroovanstones.bsky.social @palaeofuturist.bsky.social @ndefaoite.bsky.social
May 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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📢Gabriel Bodard @palaeofuturist.bsky.social introducing the first keynote speaker for the Digital Epigraphy Workshop @tcddublin.bsky.social:
🗣Prof. Charlotte Roueché (University of London)
📜 Words, Places & Objects
@ndefaoite.bsky.social @3dgroovanstones.bsky.social @researchireland.ie
May 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Time for the practical session of the Digital Epigraphy Workshop! Sincere thanks to Christine Morris @tcddublin.bsky.social for arranging a great selection of inscribed objects.
#photogrammetry @ndefaoite.bsky.social @palaeofuturist.bsky.social @researchireland.ie @3dgroovanstones.bsky.social
May 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Day 1 of the Digital Epigraphy Workshop is underway at the wonderful Weingreen Museum @tcddublin.bsky.social with @3dgroovanstones.bsky.social introducing us to #Photogrammetry for inscribed artifacts @researchireland.ie @ndefaoite.bsky.social @palaeofuturist.bsky.social
May 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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📢 An exciting workshop happening next week #medievalsky @teiconsortium.bsky.social‼️
📷💻Digital Epigraphy Workshop: Hands-on training in #Photogrammetry #RTI and #EpiDoc
📅 May 26-28, 2025
🏫 @tcddublin.bsky.social & @maynoothuniversity.ie
📲Programme: ahi.maynoothuniversity.ie/mind-materia...
May 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM