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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Digital Encoding of Epigraphic Manuscripts and Surrogates (online discussion led by Gabriel Bodard and @carolinebarron.bsky.social), Friday 20th February 2026 at 14:00–15:30 GMT
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Digital Encoding of Epigraphic Manuscripts and Surrogates
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February 11, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Digital Encoding of Epigraphic Manuscripts and Surrogates (online discussion led by Gabriel Bodard and @carolinebarron.bsky.social), Friday 20th February 2026 at 14:00–15:30 GMT
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Many thanks to everyone in Oslo for a fantastic seminar and a great opportunity to meet others working on similar epigraphic material, to discuss challenges, share methods and plan collaborations @kristelzilmer.bsky.social @researchireland.ie @maynoothuniversity.ie
A good seminar today at the Museum of Cultural History on documenting, mapping and analysing inscriptions. With inspiring guest speakers Laila Kitzler Åhfeldt, Jonathan Westin, @ndefaoite.bsky.social and @3dgroovanstones.bsky.social.
January 30, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Many thanks to everyone in Oslo for a fantastic seminar and a great opportunity to meet others working on similar epigraphic material, to discuss challenges, share methods and plan collaborations @kristelzilmer.bsky.social @researchireland.ie @maynoothuniversity.ie
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Tá forbairt á déanamh againn ar Gharraí na Gaeilge chun cultúr Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh, idir sean agus nua, a chur in iúl.
Curach a léiríonn cultúr beo na Gaeltachta agus na Nua-Ghaeilge agus cloch oghaim a léiríonn traidisún ársa na Sean-Ghaeilge.
Féach anseo: buff.ly/UdU2kRa
Curach a léiríonn cultúr beo na Gaeltachta agus na Nua-Ghaeilge agus cloch oghaim a léiríonn traidisún ársa na Sean-Ghaeilge.
Féach anseo: buff.ly/UdU2kRa
January 6, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Tá forbairt á déanamh againn ar Gharraí na Gaeilge chun cultúr Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh, idir sean agus nua, a chur in iúl.
Curach a léiríonn cultúr beo na Gaeltachta agus na Nua-Ghaeilge agus cloch oghaim a léiríonn traidisún ársa na Sean-Ghaeilge.
Féach anseo: buff.ly/UdU2kRa
Curach a léiríonn cultúr beo na Gaeltachta agus na Nua-Ghaeilge agus cloch oghaim a léiríonn traidisún ársa na Sean-Ghaeilge.
Féach anseo: buff.ly/UdU2kRa
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Latinate Inscriptions
Following her 2006 PhD in Maynooth (an edition of the tales about Mongán mac Fíachnai), Dr Nora White became one of the leading scholar in Ireland for ogam inscriptions. She was the main person behind the development of the Ogham in 3D website (ogham.celt.dias.ie/)...
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Latinate Inscriptions
Following her 2006 PhD in Maynooth (an edition of the tales about Mongán mac Fíachnai), Dr Nora White became one of the leading scholar in Ireland for ogam inscriptions. She was the main person behind the development of the Ogham in 3D website (ogham.celt.dias.ie/)...
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![Nora White, Compert Mongáin and Three Other Early Mongán tales: A Critical Edition with Introduction, Translation, Textual Notes, Bibliography and Vocabulary [= Maynooth Medieval Irish Texts 5], Maynooth: Department of Old and Middle Irish 2006.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mil47usygijs2xwdehaopb2j/bafkreidwj3zhuuvf4mykhu7rswvjdiy5lazhslrad7rmhiwjks2oovfd4y@jpeg)
December 15, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Latinate Inscriptions
Following her 2006 PhD in Maynooth (an edition of the tales about Mongán mac Fíachnai), Dr Nora White became one of the leading scholar in Ireland for ogam inscriptions. She was the main person behind the development of the Ogham in 3D website (ogham.celt.dias.ie/)...
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Latinate Inscriptions
Following her 2006 PhD in Maynooth (an edition of the tales about Mongán mac Fíachnai), Dr Nora White became one of the leading scholar in Ireland for ogam inscriptions. She was the main person behind the development of the Ogham in 3D website (ogham.celt.dias.ie/)...
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OG(H)AM
The next major international project, short title OG(H)AM, resulted directly from the Digital Gaelic project, again jointly funded by @ukri.org and the IRC (@researchireland.ie). Starting from a collaboration between Dr Nora White (Maynooth) and Prof Katherine Forsyth (Glasgow),…
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OG(H)AM
The next major international project, short title OG(H)AM, resulted directly from the Digital Gaelic project, again jointly funded by @ukri.org and the IRC (@researchireland.ie). Starting from a collaboration between Dr Nora White (Maynooth) and Prof Katherine Forsyth (Glasgow),…
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December 13, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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OG(H)AM
The next major international project, short title OG(H)AM, resulted directly from the Digital Gaelic project, again jointly funded by @ukri.org and the IRC (@researchireland.ie). Starting from a collaboration between Dr Nora White (Maynooth) and Prof Katherine Forsyth (Glasgow),…
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OG(H)AM
The next major international project, short title OG(H)AM, resulted directly from the Digital Gaelic project, again jointly funded by @ukri.org and the IRC (@researchireland.ie). Starting from a collaboration between Dr Nora White (Maynooth) and Prof Katherine Forsyth (Glasgow),…
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Looking forward to teaching an #EpiDoc workshop with @ndefaoite.bsky.social @trishaoconnor88.bsky.social & @dralexa.bsky.social all this week. A wonderful array of expertise for a multidisciplinary workshop!
December 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Looking forward to teaching an #EpiDoc workshop with @ndefaoite.bsky.social @trishaoconnor88.bsky.social & @dralexa.bsky.social all this week. A wonderful array of expertise for a multidisciplinary workshop!
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@ndefaoite.bsky.social on encoding ogham inscriptions across Ireland and Britain for the #OG_H_AM project by @maynoothuniversity.ie and @glasgow.ac.uk for the Editing Inscriptions with #EpiDoc seminar.
December 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
@ndefaoite.bsky.social on encoding ogham inscriptions across Ireland and Britain for the #OG_H_AM project by @maynoothuniversity.ie and @glasgow.ac.uk for the Editing Inscriptions with #EpiDoc seminar.
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And this afternoon, a seminar of the Textual Editing Lab with @ndefaoite.bsky.social and @dralexa.bsky.social talking about their #EpiDoc projects on Oh[g]am/Irish epigraphy and Roman emperor worship respectively. If you can be here, you really should! www.eventbrite.com/e/editing-in...
Editing Inscriptions with EpiDoc: Case Studies from Glasgow
Thursday 11th December 2025, 2-4pm, Room 709A, Boyd Orr Building
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December 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
And this afternoon, a seminar of the Textual Editing Lab with @ndefaoite.bsky.social and @dralexa.bsky.social talking about their #EpiDoc projects on Oh[g]am/Irish epigraphy and Roman emperor worship respectively. If you can be here, you really should! www.eventbrite.com/e/editing-in...
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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 💯
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
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 💯
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 💯
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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.
Conference schedule and registration is available here: buff.ly/b3GjydF
Register by the 10th of October 2025.
October 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
*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.
Conference schedule and registration is available here: buff.ly/b3GjydF
Register by the 10th of October 2025.
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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?
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
#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?
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?
Reposted by Nora White
www.con-telegraph.ie/2025/09/12/o...
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@maynoothuniversity.ie @muahi.bsky.social @muresearch.bsky.social @ceilteachomn.bsky.social
@ndefaoite.bsky.social
@maynoothuniversity.ie @muahi.bsky.social @muresearch.bsky.social @ceilteachomn.bsky.social
Ogham Stones of County Mayo book launched | Connaught Telegraph
OGHAM Stones of County Mayo, an illustrated book on Mayo’s ogham stones, has been launched in Claremorris Library.
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September 12, 2025 at 10:44 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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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
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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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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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
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...
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!
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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 ...
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August 17, 2025 at 2:06 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
@heritagecouncil.ie
@mayocountycouncil.bsky.social
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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!
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
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!
Scríbthar a ainm n-ogaim!
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
#OG_H_AM
July 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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
#OG_H_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
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
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
When translated, it reads:
ALATTOS MAQI BR[--.
(see the excellent Oghamin3D ogham.celt.dias.ie/stone.php?la...)
#Ireland #Archaeology
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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...
With a smile & a tear, I present the final instalment...
June 25, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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...
With a smile & a tear, I present the final instalment...
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👏
June 11, 2025 at 7:53 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👏
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#EpigraphyTuesday
The Donaghmore Ogham Stone, 3D printed replica in the early Irish department at Maynooth University. (#EpiDoc workshop)
The Donaghmore Ogham Stone, 3D printed replica in the early Irish department at Maynooth University. (#EpiDoc workshop)
May 27, 2025 at 9:09 AM
#EpigraphyTuesday
The Donaghmore Ogham Stone, 3D printed replica in the early Irish department at Maynooth University. (#EpiDoc workshop)
The Donaghmore Ogham Stone, 3D printed replica in the early Irish department at Maynooth University. (#EpiDoc workshop)
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
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 ...
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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
🗣 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
⏰️ 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
🗣 Pádraic Moran @padraicmoran.bsky.social (University of Galway @uniofgalway.bsky.social)
📜 Designing Sustainable Digital Editions
💻 Slides: pmoran.ie/maynooth2025.pdf
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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
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
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@palaeofuturist.bsky.social introducing the Digital Epigraphy Workshop participants @maynoothuniversity.ie to #EpiDoc.
@ndefaoite.bsky.social @3dgroovanstones.bsky.social @davidstifter.bsky.social @researchireland.ie @teiconsortium.bsky.social #epigraphy #digitalhumanities
@ndefaoite.bsky.social @3dgroovanstones.bsky.social @davidstifter.bsky.social @researchireland.ie @teiconsortium.bsky.social #epigraphy #digitalhumanities
May 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
@palaeofuturist.bsky.social introducing the Digital Epigraphy Workshop participants @maynoothuniversity.ie to #EpiDoc.
@ndefaoite.bsky.social @3dgroovanstones.bsky.social @davidstifter.bsky.social @researchireland.ie @teiconsortium.bsky.social #epigraphy #digitalhumanities
@ndefaoite.bsky.social @3dgroovanstones.bsky.social @davidstifter.bsky.social @researchireland.ie @teiconsortium.bsky.social #epigraphy #digitalhumanities