Siobhán Barrett
@siobhbar.bsky.social
Researcher in Department of Early Irish at Maynooth University. Irish Mammy. Irish Granny.
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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
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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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:
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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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October 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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How the mantle cloak set fashion trends in Medieval Ireland. A highly valued item of durable clothing at home, the cloak was what made the notion of 'Irishness' visible and distinct in Europe, writes @maireadfinnegan.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
How the mantle cloak set fashion trends in Medieval Ireland
A highly valued item of durable clothing at home, the cloak was what made the notion of 'Irishness' visible and distinct in Europe
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September 30, 2025 at 11:48 AM
How the mantle cloak set fashion trends in Medieval Ireland. A highly valued item of durable clothing at home, the cloak was what made the notion of 'Irishness' visible and distinct in Europe, writes @maireadfinnegan.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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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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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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For the September 2025 LEIGHEAS project Irish Medical Manuscript of the Month, the excellent @siobhbar.bsky.social looks at Dublin, @ria.ie MS 23 P 10 iii, containing a compilation of texts on fevers and many beautiful illuminations. Read more here! 👇📜
leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...
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September 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
For the September 2025 LEIGHEAS project Irish Medical Manuscript of the Month, the excellent @siobhbar.bsky.social looks at Dublin, @ria.ie MS 23 P 10 iii, containing a compilation of texts on fevers and many beautiful illuminations. Read more here! 👇📜
leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...
leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...
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The LEIGHEAS project Irish Medical Manuscript of the Month for August 2025 is Dublin, @ria.ie MS 24 P 15, containing Irish versions of Petrus de Argellata’s surgical text and the works of Bernard of Gordon. Read more here! 👇 📜
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August 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The LEIGHEAS project Irish Medical Manuscript of the Month for August 2025 is Dublin, @ria.ie MS 24 P 15, containing Irish versions of Petrus de Argellata’s surgical text and the works of Bernard of Gordon. Read more here! 👇 📜
leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...
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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
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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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The LEIGHEAS project Irish Medical Manuscript of the Month for July 2025 is Dublin, @ria.ie MS 23 N 29. It consists of 23 paper fragments, one of which is a portion of the sole surviving prosimetrical remedy collection in Irish. Read more here! 👇
leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...
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July 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The LEIGHEAS project Irish Medical Manuscript of the Month for July 2025 is Dublin, @ria.ie MS 23 N 29. It consists of 23 paper fragments, one of which is a portion of the sole surviving prosimetrical remedy collection in Irish. Read more here! 👇
leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...
leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...
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The LEIGHEAS project Medical Manuscript of the Month for June 2025 is London, British Library MS Add. 15582, completed in Co. Mayo, Ireland in 1563 & then brought to Scotland. It contains texts on regimen, cautery & this image of a ‘Phlebotomy Man’:
leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...
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June 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The LEIGHEAS project Medical Manuscript of the Month for June 2025 is London, British Library MS Add. 15582, completed in Co. Mayo, Ireland in 1563 & then brought to Scotland. It contains texts on regimen, cautery & this image of a ‘Phlebotomy Man’:
leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...
leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...
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Hayden, Deborah and Baccianti, Sarah (2025) Medicine in the Medieval North Atlantic World. Vernacular Texts and Traditions. mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/19...
Medicine in the Medieval North Atlantic World. Vernacular Texts and Traditions - MURAL - Maynooth University Research Archive Library
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May 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Hayden, Deborah and Baccianti, Sarah (2025) Medicine in the Medieval North Atlantic World. Vernacular Texts and Traditions. mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/19...
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The LEIGHEAS project Medical Manuscript of the Month for May 2025 is Edinburgh, NLS Adv. MS 72.1.4 (‘Neil MacBeath’s Psalter’), containing a copy of Psalm 118 followed by medical definitions and aphorisms in Latin with Irish translations:
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May 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The LEIGHEAS project Medical Manuscript of the Month for May 2025 is Edinburgh, NLS Adv. MS 72.1.4 (‘Neil MacBeath’s Psalter’), containing a copy of Psalm 118 followed by medical definitions and aphorisms in Latin with Irish translations:
leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...
leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...
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Extended deadline: 6 June 2025
PhD studentship
The Lives and Miracles of St Laurence O'Toole
Work on Latin Miracula under Dr Jesse Harrington (DIAS) and Dr Niamh Wycherley (Maynooth).
www.dias.ie/applications...
@niamhwycherley.bsky.social
@ceilteachomn.bsky.social
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PhD studentship
The Lives and Miracles of St Laurence O'Toole
Work on Latin Miracula under Dr Jesse Harrington (DIAS) and Dr Niamh Wycherley (Maynooth).
www.dias.ie/applications...
@niamhwycherley.bsky.social
@ceilteachomn.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMW428/r...
Applications open for Research Ireland Pathway PhD Studentship. – DIAS
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May 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Extended deadline: 6 June 2025
PhD studentship
The Lives and Miracles of St Laurence O'Toole
Work on Latin Miracula under Dr Jesse Harrington (DIAS) and Dr Niamh Wycherley (Maynooth).
www.dias.ie/applications...
@niamhwycherley.bsky.social
@ceilteachomn.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMW428/r...
PhD studentship
The Lives and Miracles of St Laurence O'Toole
Work on Latin Miracula under Dr Jesse Harrington (DIAS) and Dr Niamh Wycherley (Maynooth).
www.dias.ie/applications...
@niamhwycherley.bsky.social
@ceilteachomn.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMW428/r...
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It was a great honour to speak yesterday at the @dias.ie conference '(Re)Creating Stories'. Shout out to @ninacnock.bsky.social for putting it on and to @lydiahursh.bsky.social for the photo. Thanks also to all the amazing speakers who have given me so much to think about in this area of study!
May 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
It was a great honour to speak yesterday at the @dias.ie conference '(Re)Creating Stories'. Shout out to @ninacnock.bsky.social for putting it on and to @lydiahursh.bsky.social for the photo. Thanks also to all the amazing speakers who have given me so much to think about in this area of study!
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New episode w/Royal Irish Academy Librarian Barbara McCormack about @ria.ie's collection incl. many of Ireland's most precious medieval manuscripts e.g. the Cathach, the Stowe Missal, Leabhar Breac & The Book of the Dun Cow. FREE TO ALL. Check out www.ria.ie/library/
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The Royal Irish Academy Library with Barbara McCormack
The Medieval Irish History Podcast · Episode
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May 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
New episode w/Royal Irish Academy Librarian Barbara McCormack about @ria.ie's collection incl. many of Ireland's most precious medieval manuscripts e.g. the Cathach, the Stowe Missal, Leabhar Breac & The Book of the Dun Cow. FREE TO ALL. Check out www.ria.ie/library/
open.spotify.com/episode/28Pq...
open.spotify.com/episode/28Pq...
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Advance notice: to be broadcast in 4 instalments from Sun 8 June: "From that Small Island" (programmesales.rte.ie/programme/fr...)
A history of Ireland by Briona Nic Dhiarmada & Jane Ohlmeyer.
Includes cameos by myself as part of my @researchireland.ie research.
📖: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
A history of Ireland by Briona Nic Dhiarmada & Jane Ohlmeyer.
Includes cameos by myself as part of my @researchireland.ie research.
📖: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
May 20, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Advance notice: to be broadcast in 4 instalments from Sun 8 June: "From that Small Island" (programmesales.rte.ie/programme/fr...)
A history of Ireland by Briona Nic Dhiarmada & Jane Ohlmeyer.
Includes cameos by myself as part of my @researchireland.ie research.
📖: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
A history of Ireland by Briona Nic Dhiarmada & Jane Ohlmeyer.
Includes cameos by myself as part of my @researchireland.ie research.
📖: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Agnetha Ní Máelshechlainn was a clever political negotiator who defended her monastery from expropriation during the English conquest of Ireland, writes Tiago de Oliveira Veloso Silva.
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Meet 'The Great Nun' who won papal protection in medieval Ireland
Agnetha Ní Máelshechlainn was a clever political negotiator who defended her monastery from expropriation during the English conquest of Ireland, writes Tiago de Oliveira Veloso Silva. With the
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May 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Agnetha Ní Máelshechlainn was a clever political negotiator who defended her monastery from expropriation during the English conquest of Ireland, writes Tiago de Oliveira Veloso Silva.
@scs-dias.bsky.social
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spo...
@scs-dias.bsky.social
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spo...
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My article 'Tradition and Innovation in the Materiality of Medieval Gaelic Law Manuscripts' is now out in Care & Conservation of Manuscripts 19
mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/19...
This features research conducted while still @scs-dias.bsky.social before joining @celticstudiesmu.bsky.social 🎉
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This features research conducted while still @scs-dias.bsky.social before joining @celticstudiesmu.bsky.social 🎉
May 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
My article 'Tradition and Innovation in the Materiality of Medieval Gaelic Law Manuscripts' is now out in Care & Conservation of Manuscripts 19
mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/19...
This features research conducted while still @scs-dias.bsky.social before joining @celticstudiesmu.bsky.social 🎉
mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/19...
This features research conducted while still @scs-dias.bsky.social before joining @celticstudiesmu.bsky.social 🎉
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Don't miss the ‘Medical Words/Medical Worlds’ workshop in the University of Cambridge on 5-6 June 2025! 🩻
Speakers will explore medieval medical lexicography and translation in a range of European linguistic traditions. 🌍
More info: buff.ly/r77QWCA
Speakers will explore medieval medical lexicography and translation in a range of European linguistic traditions. 🌍
More info: buff.ly/r77QWCA
May 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Don't miss the ‘Medical Words/Medical Worlds’ workshop in the University of Cambridge on 5-6 June 2025! 🩻
Speakers will explore medieval medical lexicography and translation in a range of European linguistic traditions. 🌍
More info: buff.ly/r77QWCA
Speakers will explore medieval medical lexicography and translation in a range of European linguistic traditions. 🌍
More info: buff.ly/r77QWCA
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"Designing sustainable Digital Editions", Dr Pádraic Moran, University of Galway. 17.00-18.00, Tuesday 27 May 2025. Iontas seminar room 1.33, Maynooth University. All welcome - no booking required.
May 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"Designing sustainable Digital Editions", Dr Pádraic Moran, University of Galway. 17.00-18.00, Tuesday 27 May 2025. Iontas seminar room 1.33, Maynooth University. All welcome - no booking required.
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The OG(H)AM project just about made it, on the last day of the month, to publish Katherine Forsyth's Og(h)am of the Month, about a - once - mysterious small object from Moynagh Lough (Meath) with og(h)am on it: ogham.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/og...
While the object as such is mysterious no more...
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April 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The OG(H)AM project just about made it, on the last day of the month, to publish Katherine Forsyth's Og(h)am of the Month, about a - once - mysterious small object from Moynagh Lough (Meath) with og(h)am on it: ogham.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/og...
While the object as such is mysterious no more...
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🎆Job Klaxon!!🎆 Research Assistantship in the Dept of Early Irish @maynoothuniversity.ie, working with the amazing @chantalkobel.bsky.social for the SCRÍBHINN project on medieval Irish legal & medical manuscripts. Deadline 30 May 2025. More details here:
ahi.maynoothuniversity.ie/mind-materia...
ahi.maynoothuniversity.ie/mind-materia...
Job opportunity: Research assistantship in the Department of Early Irish, Maynooth University (SCRÍBHINN Project) - Mind and Material in the Middle Ages
SCRÍBHINN Job advert (PDF) The Department of Early Irish at Maynooth University is pleased to invite applications for a research assistant position in the project SCRÍBHINN: Scribal Culture in Medieva...
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May 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
🎆Job Klaxon!!🎆 Research Assistantship in the Dept of Early Irish @maynoothuniversity.ie, working with the amazing @chantalkobel.bsky.social for the SCRÍBHINN project on medieval Irish legal & medical manuscripts. Deadline 30 May 2025. More details here:
ahi.maynoothuniversity.ie/mind-materia...
ahi.maynoothuniversity.ie/mind-materia...
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Digital Epigraphy Workshop coming soon in Dublin (TCD) and Maynooth (MU)! #Photogrammetry #RTI and #EpiDoc hands-on training over 3 days. Booking essential for workshop as limited places (note: keynotes do not require booking). Programme & Eventbrite link: ahi.maynoothuniversity.ie/mind-materia...
Digital Epigraphy Workshop: 3D imaging and EpiDoc XML training - Mind and Material in the Middle Ages
This three-day, in-person workshop introduces several digital approaches to the study of epigraphy—reading and publishing historical texts inscribed on stone or other durable materials, and recording ...
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May 6, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Digital Epigraphy Workshop coming soon in Dublin (TCD) and Maynooth (MU)! #Photogrammetry #RTI and #EpiDoc hands-on training over 3 days. Booking essential for workshop as limited places (note: keynotes do not require booking). Programme & Eventbrite link: ahi.maynoothuniversity.ie/mind-materia...
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Tá an ceapachán déanta ag Uachtarán na hÉireann @president.ie arna moladh ag an Aire Ard-Oideachais, Breis-Oideachais agus Oiliúna, Nuálaíochta, Taighde ⁊ Eolaíochta, James Lawless TD. Breis eolais ag: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...
Ceapachán mór le rá don Ollamh Deborah Hayden | Prestigious
Ceapachán mór le rá don Ollamh Deborah Hayden Comhghairdeas mór leis an Ollamh Deborah Hayden, ár gcomhghleacaí i Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge (Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh), ar cheap Uachtarán na hÉireann í
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May 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Tá an ceapachán déanta ag Uachtarán na hÉireann @president.ie arna moladh ag an Aire Ard-Oideachais, Breis-Oideachais agus Oiliúna, Nuálaíochta, Taighde ⁊ Eolaíochta, James Lawless TD. Breis eolais ag: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...