David Stifter 🍵📄🦊
@davidstifter.bsky.social
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
Ceann Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh in Ollscoil Mhá Nuad 🇮🇪
Taighdeoir ar ᚑᚌ(ᚆ)ᚐᚋ OG(H)AM ⁊ DiAgnostic
⚫️⚪️
https://maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-arts-celtic-studies-philosophy/our-people/david-stifter
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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
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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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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1/4📜 New on ISOS: RIA MS 24 B 1, a Táin Bó Cuailnge manuscript by Peadar Ó Longáin. Digitised with @dias.ie @ria.ie & @unimelb.bsky.social for @anzamems.bsky.social ANZAMEMS 2025. Thanks to Sarah Corrigan @corrigans.bsky.social for underscoring its importance to Irish scribal tradition and the Táin.
November 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
1/4📜 New on ISOS: RIA MS 24 B 1, a Táin Bó Cuailnge manuscript by Peadar Ó Longáin. Digitised with @dias.ie @ria.ie & @unimelb.bsky.social for @anzamems.bsky.social ANZAMEMS 2025. Thanks to Sarah Corrigan @corrigans.bsky.social for underscoring its importance to Irish scribal tradition and the Táin.
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It may have taken 2.5 months for us to edit, but you get a 2.5 hour-long pod in exchange! Learn about the multitude of early Irish professions and lower classes in Episode 15: Up the Workers, wherever you get your podcasts ✊ (Image: law text about physicians, Bretha Déin Chécht)
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
It may have taken 2.5 months for us to edit, but you get a 2.5 hour-long pod in exchange! Learn about the multitude of early Irish professions and lower classes in Episode 15: Up the Workers, wherever you get your podcasts ✊ (Image: law text about physicians, Bretha Déin Chécht)
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This Underwood typewriter, likely the first with Irish characters, was used by the Gaelic League around 1905.
Now on display in the newly opened Changing Ireland Galleries in Collins Barracks, it’s a powerful symbol of everyday tools shaping Irish identity.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Now on display in the newly opened Changing Ireland Galleries in Collins Barracks, it’s a powerful symbol of everyday tools shaping Irish identity.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
I kept finding cló gaelach everywhere this weekend - a typewriter @nmireland.bsky.social , font on school signage, and blocks of type at the National Print Museum #gaeilge #clógaelach
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This Underwood typewriter, likely the first with Irish characters, was used by the Gaelic League around 1905.
Now on display in the newly opened Changing Ireland Galleries in Collins Barracks, it’s a powerful symbol of everyday tools shaping Irish identity.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Now on display in the newly opened Changing Ireland Galleries in Collins Barracks, it’s a powerful symbol of everyday tools shaping Irish identity.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Reposted by David Stifter 🍵📄🦊
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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🚨 FOLÚNTAS: Post mar Fhoclóirí Cúnta le Foclóir Stairiúil na Gaeilge (Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann).
🗓️ Spriocdháta: 19 Samhain 2025
🔗 Tuilleadh eolais: www.ria.ie/about/career...
🗓️ Spriocdháta: 19 Samhain 2025
🔗 Tuilleadh eolais: www.ria.ie/about/career...
www.ria.ie
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🚨 FOLÚNTAS: Post mar Fhoclóirí Cúnta le Foclóir Stairiúil na Gaeilge (Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann).
🗓️ Spriocdháta: 19 Samhain 2025
🔗 Tuilleadh eolais: www.ria.ie/about/career...
🗓️ Spriocdháta: 19 Samhain 2025
🔗 Tuilleadh eolais: www.ria.ie/about/career...
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The next Henry Sweet Society (@henrysweetsoc.bsky.social) Colloquium will be held on 2-4 September 2026 at the University of Nottingham (@uniofnottingham.bsky.social).
Thematic focus: (Non-)Native Speakers in the History of Linguistic Ideas
CfP: hiphilangsci.net/2025/11/08/c...
#Histlx
Thematic focus: (Non-)Native Speakers in the History of Linguistic Ideas
CfP: hiphilangsci.net/2025/11/08/c...
#Histlx
Cfp: Henry Sweet Society Colloquium 2026
The 2026 annual colloquium of the Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas will be held on 2–4 September 2026 at the University of Nottingham, UK. Confirmed plenary speaker: Cécile V…
hiphilangsci.net
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
The next Henry Sweet Society (@henrysweetsoc.bsky.social) Colloquium will be held on 2-4 September 2026 at the University of Nottingham (@uniofnottingham.bsky.social).
Thematic focus: (Non-)Native Speakers in the History of Linguistic Ideas
CfP: hiphilangsci.net/2025/11/08/c...
#Histlx
Thematic focus: (Non-)Native Speakers in the History of Linguistic Ideas
CfP: hiphilangsci.net/2025/11/08/c...
#Histlx
Is calóg shneachta ar leith thú.
Mar na calóga ar fad eile.
Mar na calóga ar fad eile.
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Is calóg shneachta ar leith thú.
Mar na calóga ar fad eile.
Mar na calóga ar fad eile.
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
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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✨ #7 of 85 Things About DIAS – School of Cosmic Physics
26 March 1947, the School of Cosmic Physics became the third constituent school of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.
The School is organised in two broad sections: Geophysics and Astronomy & Astrophysics
#DIASDiscovers
26 March 1947, the School of Cosmic Physics became the third constituent school of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.
The School is organised in two broad sections: Geophysics and Astronomy & Astrophysics
#DIASDiscovers
November 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
✨ #7 of 85 Things About DIAS – School of Cosmic Physics
26 March 1947, the School of Cosmic Physics became the third constituent school of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.
The School is organised in two broad sections: Geophysics and Astronomy & Astrophysics
#DIASDiscovers
26 March 1947, the School of Cosmic Physics became the third constituent school of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.
The School is organised in two broad sections: Geophysics and Astronomy & Astrophysics
#DIASDiscovers
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Léacht reachtúil na Scoile do 2025
SCS Statutory Lecture for 2025
Gregory Toner, QUB
The historian at work in Lebor Gabála
Friday 14 November
UCD, Theatre R, Newman Building
Mar chuid de Thionól 2025 / Part of Tionól 2025
www.dias.ie/2025/10/22/t...
#DIASdiscovers
@dias.ie
SCS Statutory Lecture for 2025
Gregory Toner, QUB
The historian at work in Lebor Gabála
Friday 14 November
UCD, Theatre R, Newman Building
Mar chuid de Thionól 2025 / Part of Tionól 2025
www.dias.ie/2025/10/22/t...
#DIASdiscovers
@dias.ie
November 7, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Léacht reachtúil na Scoile do 2025
SCS Statutory Lecture for 2025
Gregory Toner, QUB
The historian at work in Lebor Gabála
Friday 14 November
UCD, Theatre R, Newman Building
Mar chuid de Thionól 2025 / Part of Tionól 2025
www.dias.ie/2025/10/22/t...
#DIASdiscovers
@dias.ie
SCS Statutory Lecture for 2025
Gregory Toner, QUB
The historian at work in Lebor Gabála
Friday 14 November
UCD, Theatre R, Newman Building
Mar chuid de Thionól 2025 / Part of Tionól 2025
www.dias.ie/2025/10/22/t...
#DIASdiscovers
@dias.ie
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Bígí linn le haghaidh an chéad seimineár taighde eile de chuid Roinn na Nua-Ghaeilge, 17:00 Déardaoin 13 Samhain 2025 i Seomra 1.33 IONTAS.
*'Bail ó Dhia ar an mbó': Leigheasanna traidisiúnta ar ghalair ainmhithe i gConamara*
Sailí Ní Dhroighneáin (@maynoothuniversity.ie)
Fáilte roimh chách!
*'Bail ó Dhia ar an mbó': Leigheasanna traidisiúnta ar ghalair ainmhithe i gConamara*
Sailí Ní Dhroighneáin (@maynoothuniversity.ie)
Fáilte roimh chách!
November 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bígí linn le haghaidh an chéad seimineár taighde eile de chuid Roinn na Nua-Ghaeilge, 17:00 Déardaoin 13 Samhain 2025 i Seomra 1.33 IONTAS.
*'Bail ó Dhia ar an mbó': Leigheasanna traidisiúnta ar ghalair ainmhithe i gConamara*
Sailí Ní Dhroighneáin (@maynoothuniversity.ie)
Fáilte roimh chách!
*'Bail ó Dhia ar an mbó': Leigheasanna traidisiúnta ar ghalair ainmhithe i gConamara*
Sailí Ní Dhroighneáin (@maynoothuniversity.ie)
Fáilte roimh chách!
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The LEIGHEAS project Irish Medical Manuscript of the Month for November 2025 is Maynooth, @mulibrary.bsky.social MS C110, containing an Irish translation of Arnaldus de Villanova’s Speculum medicinae completed in Rosscarbery, Co. Cork on 15 May 1414:
leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...
leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...
November 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The LEIGHEAS project Irish Medical Manuscript of the Month for November 2025 is Maynooth, @mulibrary.bsky.social MS C110, containing an Irish translation of Arnaldus de Villanova’s Speculum medicinae completed in Rosscarbery, Co. Cork on 15 May 1414:
leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...
leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...
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Unlike the perfectly regular and predictable Modern Irish pronunciation, the pronunciation of Old Irish words is a bit more unpredictable (I certainly won't call it challenging - it is not).
Perhaps that's a project for my future incarnations...
Perhaps that's a project for my future incarnations...
Didn’t know this.
But do they have an Old Irish version? I learned my pronunciation of Old Irish law texts, Bretha Comaithchesa (“judgements on neighbourhood”) and Crith Gablach (“Branched purchase”) by listening very carefully every time Prof Fergus Kelly talked… 🙂
But do they have an Old Irish version? I learned my pronunciation of Old Irish law texts, Bretha Comaithchesa (“judgements on neighbourhood”) and Crith Gablach (“Branched purchase”) by listening very carefully every time Prof Fergus Kelly talked… 🙂
8. Teanglann dot ie and
Focloir dot ie both have audio pronunciation tools to help you. C for Connacht, M for Munster, U for Ulster.
Don't ask for Irish words to be spelled out phonetically, you'll never learn that way.
Focloir dot ie both have audio pronunciation tools to help you. C for Connacht, M for Munster, U for Ulster.
Don't ask for Irish words to be spelled out phonetically, you'll never learn that way.
November 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Unlike the perfectly regular and predictable Modern Irish pronunciation, the pronunciation of Old Irish words is a bit more unpredictable (I certainly won't call it challenging - it is not).
Perhaps that's a project for my future incarnations...
Perhaps that's a project for my future incarnations...
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Rud atá spéisiúil agus mé ag freastal ar léachta éagsúla faoi litríocht na Gaeilge sna meánaoiseanna ná a oiread scoláire nach de bhunadh na hÉireann iad atá ag treabhadh sa ghort sin, ó gach cearn den domhan.
Agus méid suntasach acu inniúil ar an Nua Ghaeilge chomh maith.
Agus méid suntasach acu inniúil ar an Nua Ghaeilge chomh maith.
November 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Rud atá spéisiúil agus mé ag freastal ar léachta éagsúla faoi litríocht na Gaeilge sna meánaoiseanna ná a oiread scoláire nach de bhunadh na hÉireann iad atá ag treabhadh sa ghort sin, ó gach cearn den domhan.
Agus méid suntasach acu inniúil ar an Nua Ghaeilge chomh maith.
Agus méid suntasach acu inniúil ar an Nua Ghaeilge chomh maith.
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The German word ‘Pferd’ and its Dutch cognate ‘paard’ are horses of mixed breed parentage.
Their common ancestor came from Latin ‘paraverēdus’ (substitute post-horse), a word composed of an Ancient Greek element and a Gaulish one.
Zoom in on my new infographic to learn everything about it:
Their common ancestor came from Latin ‘paraverēdus’ (substitute post-horse), a word composed of an Ancient Greek element and a Gaulish one.
Zoom in on my new infographic to learn everything about it:
November 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The German word ‘Pferd’ and its Dutch cognate ‘paard’ are horses of mixed breed parentage.
Their common ancestor came from Latin ‘paraverēdus’ (substitute post-horse), a word composed of an Ancient Greek element and a Gaulish one.
Zoom in on my new infographic to learn everything about it:
Their common ancestor came from Latin ‘paraverēdus’ (substitute post-horse), a word composed of an Ancient Greek element and a Gaulish one.
Zoom in on my new infographic to learn everything about it:
Reposted by David Stifter 🍵📄🦊
We are now on Bluesky! Follow us for updates on our project, which will produce editions of the earliest version of Acallam na Senórach 'The Colloquy of the Ancients', the central Finn Cycle text from medieval Ireland. New software will also be developed to help in this work. 1/2
November 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
We are now on Bluesky! Follow us for updates on our project, which will produce editions of the earliest version of Acallam na Senórach 'The Colloquy of the Ancients', the central Finn Cycle text from medieval Ireland. New software will also be developed to help in this work. 1/2
The enshittification of Duolinguo has been proceding at a steady pace for a while, but it has now reached new levels.
They have introduced "energy levels" which stop you from doing several exercises in a row, unless you sign up.
No, Duolinguo, practicising languages does NOT drain my energy.
They have introduced "energy levels" which stop you from doing several exercises in a row, unless you sign up.
No, Duolinguo, practicising languages does NOT drain my energy.
November 4, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The enshittification of Duolinguo has been proceding at a steady pace for a while, but it has now reached new levels.
They have introduced "energy levels" which stop you from doing several exercises in a row, unless you sign up.
No, Duolinguo, practicising languages does NOT drain my energy.
They have introduced "energy levels" which stop you from doing several exercises in a row, unless you sign up.
No, Duolinguo, practicising languages does NOT drain my energy.
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Our annual seminar jointly organised with @ucc.ie is happening this Saturday in the Venice of the North. Full details at irishtextssociety.org/events. This year we’re looking at The Life of Saint Declan of Ardmore.
irishtextssociety.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Our annual seminar jointly organised with @ucc.ie is happening this Saturday in the Venice of the North. Full details at irishtextssociety.org/events. This year we’re looking at The Life of Saint Declan of Ardmore.
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Plunging headlong into the 21st Century, we are now on Bluesky. You can still follow us on the platform formerly known as Twitter @IrishTextsSoc and our website irishtextssociety.org
Irish Texts Society
This is the website of the Irish Texts Society which contains information about the Society, news, events and publications.
irishtextssociety.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Plunging headlong into the 21st Century, we are now on Bluesky. You can still follow us on the platform formerly known as Twitter @IrishTextsSoc and our website irishtextssociety.org
Reposted by David Stifter 🍵📄🦊
The MS of the week is RIA MS 23 E 25, Lebor na hUidre, also known as the Book of the Dun Cow. Written in Irish at Clonmacnoise before AD 1106, it contains the oldest version of the Táin Bó Cuailgne, the Voyage of Bran, the Feast of Bricriú, and other material from the Irish literary tradition.
November 3, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The MS of the week is RIA MS 23 E 25, Lebor na hUidre, also known as the Book of the Dun Cow. Written in Irish at Clonmacnoise before AD 1106, it contains the oldest version of the Táin Bó Cuailgne, the Voyage of Bran, the Feast of Bricriú, and other material from the Irish literary tradition.
Breathnaigh ar na daoine rathúla sin ar fad. Níl tú ina measc.
November 3, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Breathnaigh ar na daoine rathúla sin ar fad. Níl tú ina measc.
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🧵 Wisdom I have obtained after a whole decade of learning Irish (i mBéarla toisc go bhfuil sé ceadaithe uaireanta)
November 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🧵 Wisdom I have obtained after a whole decade of learning Irish (i mBéarla toisc go bhfuil sé ceadaithe uaireanta)
𝗗𝗶Ⓐ𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 19
A few words about the dissemination of the DiⒶgnostic research. Later this week, my PhD student Paul Le Meur-Bouthemy will give a talk at the student-organised conference *Widame at @maynoothuniversity.ie about “First steps in designing a linguistic methodology to identify...
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A few words about the dissemination of the DiⒶgnostic research. Later this week, my PhD student Paul Le Meur-Bouthemy will give a talk at the student-organised conference *Widame at @maynoothuniversity.ie about “First steps in designing a linguistic methodology to identify...
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November 2, 2025 at 8:31 AM
𝗗𝗶Ⓐ𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 19
A few words about the dissemination of the DiⒶgnostic research. Later this week, my PhD student Paul Le Meur-Bouthemy will give a talk at the student-organised conference *Widame at @maynoothuniversity.ie about “First steps in designing a linguistic methodology to identify...
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A few words about the dissemination of the DiⒶgnostic research. Later this week, my PhD student Paul Le Meur-Bouthemy will give a talk at the student-organised conference *Widame at @maynoothuniversity.ie about “First steps in designing a linguistic methodology to identify...
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