Tiago Veloso Silva
@tiagoovsilva.bsky.social
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Did an Irish 'nation' ever exist? Who were the Scotti? The Féni? The Gaels? Dr Patrick Wadden, DCU & Belmont Abbey College, provides a masterclass on the written sources and how Irish authors conceptualised Irishness in the early Middle Ages. @maynoothuniversity.ie open.spotify.com/episode/40rP...
Irish national identity in the early Middle Ages with Dr Patrick Wadden
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November 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Did an Irish 'nation' ever exist? Who were the Scotti? The Féni? The Gaels? Dr Patrick Wadden, DCU & Belmont Abbey College, provides a masterclass on the written sources and how Irish authors conceptualised Irishness in the early Middle Ages. @maynoothuniversity.ie open.spotify.com/episode/40rP...
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Oíche Shamhna shona daoibh! Our ethereal expert Dr Hannah Mac Auliffe @maynoothuniversity.ie guides us through the darkness of #samhain a time for feasting, mischief & terror in medieval Irish literature, when the veil between worlds is thin, & ghastly ghouls abound. open.spotify.com/episode/6gQ6...
Spooky Samhain with Dr Hannah Mac Auliffe
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October 31, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Oíche Shamhna shona daoibh! Our ethereal expert Dr Hannah Mac Auliffe @maynoothuniversity.ie guides us through the darkness of #samhain a time for feasting, mischief & terror in medieval Irish literature, when the veil between worlds is thin, & ghastly ghouls abound. open.spotify.com/episode/6gQ6...
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...Irish History podcast of his supervisor Dr Niamh Wycherley @niamhwycherley.bsky.social.
The star of the event was Benedetta d'Antuono who won no less than three awards for her thesis "Ireland and Europe: cultural intersections and literary transitions in a late-medieval manuscript"...
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The star of the event was Benedetta d'Antuono who won no less than three awards for her thesis "Ireland and Europe: cultural intersections and literary transitions in a late-medieval manuscript"...
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October 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
...Irish History podcast of his supervisor Dr Niamh Wycherley @niamhwycherley.bsky.social.
The star of the event was Benedetta d'Antuono who won no less than three awards for her thesis "Ireland and Europe: cultural intersections and literary transitions in a late-medieval manuscript"...
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The star of the event was Benedetta d'Antuono who won no less than three awards for her thesis "Ireland and Europe: cultural intersections and literary transitions in a late-medieval manuscript"...
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Huge success for Early Irish @ceilteachomn.bsky.social today: our PhD students won 4 Graduate Research Academy 2025 Awards of @maynoothuniversity.ie @muresearch.bsky.social.
Tiago de Oliveira Veloso Silva received the Postgraduate Research Community Impact Award for his work for the Medieval...
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Tiago de Oliveira Veloso Silva received the Postgraduate Research Community Impact Award for his work for the Medieval...
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October 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Huge success for Early Irish @ceilteachomn.bsky.social today: our PhD students won 4 Graduate Research Academy 2025 Awards of @maynoothuniversity.ie @muresearch.bsky.social.
Tiago de Oliveira Veloso Silva received the Postgraduate Research Community Impact Award for his work for the Medieval...
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Tiago de Oliveira Veloso Silva received the Postgraduate Research Community Impact Award for his work for the Medieval...
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How would be treated for a broken heart, menstrual cramps or infertility in medieval Ireland? Expert @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social takes us through the vast array of medical texts, the 11th c surge in scientific writing & evidence for drs & doctoring in the Middle Ages. open.spotify.com/episode/34oG...
Medieval Medicine with Prof. Deborah Hayden
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October 17, 2025 at 7:28 AM
How would be treated for a broken heart, menstrual cramps or infertility in medieval Ireland? Expert @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social takes us through the vast array of medical texts, the 11th c surge in scientific writing & evidence for drs & doctoring in the Middle Ages. open.spotify.com/episode/34oG...
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What does it say about a society that valued poets so highly? Find out in The Medieval Irish History Podcast — back for a 3rd series! We are kicking off again with the inimitable @thecelticist.bsky.social @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @tiagoovsilva.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1DTU... 1/2
Poets and Poetry with Dr Elizabeth Boyle
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October 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
What does it say about a society that valued poets so highly? Find out in The Medieval Irish History Podcast — back for a 3rd series! We are kicking off again with the inimitable @thecelticist.bsky.social @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @tiagoovsilva.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1DTU... 1/2
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Hello everyone! See the new conference here @maynoothuniversity.ie with the @ceilteachomn.bsky.social! The google link below is our registration form, we look forward to seeing you here!!
forms.gle/8katSS8HZSuf...
forms.gle/8katSS8HZSuf...
September 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Hello everyone! See the new conference here @maynoothuniversity.ie with the @ceilteachomn.bsky.social! The google link below is our registration form, we look forward to seeing you here!!
forms.gle/8katSS8HZSuf...
forms.gle/8katSS8HZSuf...
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* @hoireabhard.bsky.social who has been our postdoctoral researcher on the project since May, and PhD candidate @tiagoovsilva.bsky.social. Looking forward to sharing some of the results of our work! 2/2
September 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
* @hoireabhard.bsky.social who has been our postdoctoral researcher on the project since May, and PhD candidate @tiagoovsilva.bsky.social. Looking forward to sharing some of the results of our work! 2/2
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Join us for a two-day conference on the Book of Lecan. A collaboration between RIA, @maynoothuniversity.ie and the @dias.ie this is a wonderful opportunity to explore one of the the great treasures of Ireland's literary heritage.
Book your tickets now shop.maynoothuniversity.ie/index.php?ap...
Book your tickets now shop.maynoothuniversity.ie/index.php?ap...
September 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Join us for a two-day conference on the Book of Lecan. A collaboration between RIA, @maynoothuniversity.ie and the @dias.ie this is a wonderful opportunity to explore one of the the great treasures of Ireland's literary heritage.
Book your tickets now shop.maynoothuniversity.ie/index.php?ap...
Book your tickets now shop.maynoothuniversity.ie/index.php?ap...
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Anyone in the Meath area: the @researchireland.ie 'Power & Patronage...' team* will be giving a talk on Thursday September 18th, 7.30pm, St Finnian's Parish Centre, Clonard, titled 'Clonard: residence of kings, school of saints'. Free entry. @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie 1/2
September 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Anyone in the Meath area: the @researchireland.ie 'Power & Patronage...' team* will be giving a talk on Thursday September 18th, 7.30pm, St Finnian's Parish Centre, Clonard, titled 'Clonard: residence of kings, school of saints'. Free entry. @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie 1/2
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Last ep season 2! We chat to the erudite @elainepf.bsky.social re the Penitentials, some of the earliest written texts from the 'Insular world'. Back in Sept, have a lovely summer! Thanks all esp @tiagoovsilva.bsky.social @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @researchireland.ie open.spotify.com/episode/3I9T...
Sin and Penance with Dr Elaine Pereira Farrell
The Medieval Irish History Podcast · Episode
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July 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Last ep season 2! We chat to the erudite @elainepf.bsky.social re the Penitentials, some of the earliest written texts from the 'Insular world'. Back in Sept, have a lovely summer! Thanks all esp @tiagoovsilva.bsky.social @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @researchireland.ie open.spotify.com/episode/3I9T...
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Nearing the end of season 2 & we've hit over 100K listens on the podcast 🥂. Thanks to all of our guests for sharing their time & expertise! Thoroughly enjoyed talking medieval Ireland over the last 38 episodes, more anon! @maynoothuniversity.ie @researchireland.ie
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The Medieval Irish History Podcast
Podcast · The Medieval Irish History Podcast · Hosted by Dr Niamh Wycherley, this podcast shows that medieval Irish history is complex and dynamic — not at all stuffy or static. Via lively and engagin...
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June 10, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Nearing the end of season 2 & we've hit over 100K listens on the podcast 🥂. Thanks to all of our guests for sharing their time & expertise! Thoroughly enjoyed talking medieval Ireland over the last 38 episodes, more anon! @maynoothuniversity.ie @researchireland.ie
open.spotify.com/show/1Gq9yIx...
open.spotify.com/show/1Gq9yIx...
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Ancient Manuscripts, Modern Science!
What links medieval monks, secret ink recipes & ancient cow DNA?
Learn how Scientists used X-ray technology and genetic sequencing to uncover the secrets of 1,200-year-old Irish manuscripts in Switzerland
Read more: museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
#NMIBlog #MuseumBlog
What links medieval monks, secret ink recipes & ancient cow DNA?
Learn how Scientists used X-ray technology and genetic sequencing to uncover the secrets of 1,200-year-old Irish manuscripts in Switzerland
Read more: museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
#NMIBlog #MuseumBlog
June 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Ancient Manuscripts, Modern Science!
What links medieval monks, secret ink recipes & ancient cow DNA?
Learn how Scientists used X-ray technology and genetic sequencing to uncover the secrets of 1,200-year-old Irish manuscripts in Switzerland
Read more: museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
#NMIBlog #MuseumBlog
What links medieval monks, secret ink recipes & ancient cow DNA?
Learn how Scientists used X-ray technology and genetic sequencing to uncover the secrets of 1,200-year-old Irish manuscripts in Switzerland
Read more: museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
#NMIBlog #MuseumBlog
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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
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...
Applications open for Research Ireland Pathway PhD Studentship. – DIAS
www.dias.ie
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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Síneadh ar an #CfP!
Tá comhdháil á heagrú ag mic léinn sa Scoil dar teideal *Widame (Próta-Cheiltis "d'fhionnamar").
Cuirtear fáilte roimh thaighdeoirí iarchéime achoimre 200 focal agus beathaisnéis ghearr a chur chuig widame.maynooth@gmail.com roimh 18 Bealtaine 2025.
Tá comhdháil á heagrú ag mic léinn sa Scoil dar teideal *Widame (Próta-Cheiltis "d'fhionnamar").
Cuirtear fáilte roimh thaighdeoirí iarchéime achoimre 200 focal agus beathaisnéis ghearr a chur chuig widame.maynooth@gmail.com roimh 18 Bealtaine 2025.
May 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Síneadh ar an #CfP!
Tá comhdháil á heagrú ag mic léinn sa Scoil dar teideal *Widame (Próta-Cheiltis "d'fhionnamar").
Cuirtear fáilte roimh thaighdeoirí iarchéime achoimre 200 focal agus beathaisnéis ghearr a chur chuig widame.maynooth@gmail.com roimh 18 Bealtaine 2025.
Tá comhdháil á heagrú ag mic léinn sa Scoil dar teideal *Widame (Próta-Cheiltis "d'fhionnamar").
Cuirtear fáilte roimh thaighdeoirí iarchéime achoimre 200 focal agus beathaisnéis ghearr a chur chuig widame.maynooth@gmail.com roimh 18 Bealtaine 2025.
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#CfP extended!
Students in the School are organising a conference titled *Widame (Proto-Celtic "we found out").
Postgraduate researchers are invited to submit a 200 word abstract and short biography to widame.maynooth@gmail.com by 18 May 2025.
Students in the School are organising a conference titled *Widame (Proto-Celtic "we found out").
Postgraduate researchers are invited to submit a 200 word abstract and short biography to widame.maynooth@gmail.com by 18 May 2025.
May 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM
#CfP extended!
Students in the School are organising a conference titled *Widame (Proto-Celtic "we found out").
Postgraduate researchers are invited to submit a 200 word abstract and short biography to widame.maynooth@gmail.com by 18 May 2025.
Students in the School are organising a conference titled *Widame (Proto-Celtic "we found out").
Postgraduate researchers are invited to submit a 200 word abstract and short biography to widame.maynooth@gmail.com by 18 May 2025.
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I am very excited to be joining the 'Power and Patronage in Medieval Ireland' project at @celticstudiesmu.bsky.social as of today! I will be working with PI @niamhwycherley.bsky.social & PhD candidate @tiagoovsilva.bsky.social to help explain Clonard's place in the medieval Irish landscape.
May 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I am very excited to be joining the 'Power and Patronage in Medieval Ireland' project at @celticstudiesmu.bsky.social as of today! I will be working with PI @niamhwycherley.bsky.social & PhD candidate @tiagoovsilva.bsky.social to help explain Clonard's place in the medieval Irish landscape.
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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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Another topical #nuntastic RTÉ Brainstorm article from @tiagoovsilva.bsky.social: How Agnes of Clonard, Co. Meath, won protection from the Pope c.1195 & defended her monastery during the English conquest of Ireland. @celticstudiesmu.bsky.social @researchireland.ie
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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
www.rte.ie
May 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Another topical #nuntastic RTÉ Brainstorm article from @tiagoovsilva.bsky.social: How Agnes of Clonard, Co. Meath, won protection from the Pope c.1195 & defended her monastery during the English conquest of Ireland. @celticstudiesmu.bsky.social @researchireland.ie
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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🚨 LESS THAN A WEEK left to register!! Bígí linn! Everyone's welcome 🤗
🗓️ (Re)Creating Stories Conference, 23–24 May, DIAS, 10 Burlington Road, Dublin.
FREE registration **by 13th May** 🔗 www.dias.ie/2025/04/16/r...
#Conferences #AcademicSky #Gaeilge #EarlyModern
🗓️ (Re)Creating Stories Conference, 23–24 May, DIAS, 10 Burlington Road, Dublin.
FREE registration **by 13th May** 🔗 www.dias.ie/2025/04/16/r...
#Conferences #AcademicSky #Gaeilge #EarlyModern
May 8, 2025 at 7:23 AM
🚨 LESS THAN A WEEK left to register!! Bígí linn! Everyone's welcome 🤗
🗓️ (Re)Creating Stories Conference, 23–24 May, DIAS, 10 Burlington Road, Dublin.
FREE registration **by 13th May** 🔗 www.dias.ie/2025/04/16/r...
#Conferences #AcademicSky #Gaeilge #EarlyModern
🗓️ (Re)Creating Stories Conference, 23–24 May, DIAS, 10 Burlington Road, Dublin.
FREE registration **by 13th May** 🔗 www.dias.ie/2025/04/16/r...
#Conferences #AcademicSky #Gaeilge #EarlyModern
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PhD studentship available
‘The Lives and Miracles of St. Laurence O’Toole’.
To work on Latin texts of miracles of St Laurence under Dr Jesse Harrington (DIAS) and Dr Niamh Wycherley (Maynooth University).
Deadline: 23 May 2025
Deis mhaith do laidneoirí!
#DIASdiscovers
@celticstudiesmu.bsky.social
‘The Lives and Miracles of St. Laurence O’Toole’.
To work on Latin texts of miracles of St Laurence under Dr Jesse Harrington (DIAS) and Dr Niamh Wycherley (Maynooth University).
Deadline: 23 May 2025
Deis mhaith do laidneoirí!
#DIASdiscovers
@celticstudiesmu.bsky.social
Applications open for Research Ireland Pathway PhD Studentship. – DIAS
www.dias.ie
April 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
PhD studentship available
‘The Lives and Miracles of St. Laurence O’Toole’.
To work on Latin texts of miracles of St Laurence under Dr Jesse Harrington (DIAS) and Dr Niamh Wycherley (Maynooth University).
Deadline: 23 May 2025
Deis mhaith do laidneoirí!
#DIASdiscovers
@celticstudiesmu.bsky.social
‘The Lives and Miracles of St. Laurence O’Toole’.
To work on Latin texts of miracles of St Laurence under Dr Jesse Harrington (DIAS) and Dr Niamh Wycherley (Maynooth University).
Deadline: 23 May 2025
Deis mhaith do laidneoirí!
#DIASdiscovers
@celticstudiesmu.bsky.social
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The Association of Celtic Students will be holding its twelfth annual conference from 12 to 14 June 2025. This year’s conference will be a hybrid event. Guests are warmly invited to attend in-person presentations at Aberystwyth University, or to attend online if they prefer.
May 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The Association of Celtic Students will be holding its twelfth annual conference from 12 to 14 June 2025. This year’s conference will be a hybrid event. Guests are warmly invited to attend in-person presentations at Aberystwyth University, or to attend online if they prefer.
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In the last years of her life, the outstanding Celticist Cecile O'Rahilly was working on her final project, a synthesis of the development of Táin Bó Cúailnge. Although at an advanced stage, it was misplaced for some 40 years but was recently rediscovered! I'll be talking about this & more tomorrow
DÉARDAOIN - THURSDAY
Bígí linn do léacht Chantal Kobel:
Join us for Chantal Kobel's lecture:
The Recovery of Cecile O'Rahilly's lost work on Táin Bó Cúailnge
DIAS Dublin 5.30 Thursday 24 April
www.dias.ie/2025/02/10/l...
Bígí linn do léacht Chantal Kobel:
Join us for Chantal Kobel's lecture:
The Recovery of Cecile O'Rahilly's lost work on Táin Bó Cúailnge
DIAS Dublin 5.30 Thursday 24 April
www.dias.ie/2025/02/10/l...
Lecture series 2025 – DIAS
www.dias.ie
April 23, 2025 at 9:39 AM
In the last years of her life, the outstanding Celticist Cecile O'Rahilly was working on her final project, a synthesis of the development of Táin Bó Cúailnge. Although at an advanced stage, it was misplaced for some 40 years but was recently rediscovered! I'll be talking about this & more tomorrow
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DÉARDAOIN - THURSDAY
Bígí linn do léacht Chantal Kobel:
Join us for Chantal Kobel's lecture:
The Recovery of Cecile O'Rahilly's lost work on Táin Bó Cúailnge
DIAS Dublin 5.30 Thursday 24 April
www.dias.ie/2025/02/10/l...
Bígí linn do léacht Chantal Kobel:
Join us for Chantal Kobel's lecture:
The Recovery of Cecile O'Rahilly's lost work on Táin Bó Cúailnge
DIAS Dublin 5.30 Thursday 24 April
www.dias.ie/2025/02/10/l...
Lecture series 2025 – DIAS
www.dias.ie
April 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
DÉARDAOIN - THURSDAY
Bígí linn do léacht Chantal Kobel:
Join us for Chantal Kobel's lecture:
The Recovery of Cecile O'Rahilly's lost work on Táin Bó Cúailnge
DIAS Dublin 5.30 Thursday 24 April
www.dias.ie/2025/02/10/l...
Bígí linn do léacht Chantal Kobel:
Join us for Chantal Kobel's lecture:
The Recovery of Cecile O'Rahilly's lost work on Táin Bó Cúailnge
DIAS Dublin 5.30 Thursday 24 April
www.dias.ie/2025/02/10/l...
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Easter is always a good time to reflect on the majesty of Sitric Silkenbeard, King of Dublin, d.1042 (amongst other things of course — happy holidays to all those who celebrate! 🍫🐣🐰✝️) @celticstudiesmu.bsky.social
Forget the Battle of Clontarf, Sitric Silkenbeard is still the greatest Dubliner of all time, writes @niamhwycherley.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @researchireland.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why Sitric Silkenbeard is the greatest Dubliner of all time
He may be seen as one of the baddies of Irish history thanks to the Battle of Clontarf, but Silkenbeard built Dublin into a cosmopolitan city
www.rte.ie
April 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Easter is always a good time to reflect on the majesty of Sitric Silkenbeard, King of Dublin, d.1042 (amongst other things of course — happy holidays to all those who celebrate! 🍫🐣🐰✝️) @celticstudiesmu.bsky.social