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Dylan Bailey (he/him)

@djbirishhistory.bsky.social
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PhD Researcher at the Early Irish Department at Maynooth University. Researching the depiction of disability in medieval Irish literature, as part of the Language, Education and Medical Learning in the Premodern Gaelic World (LEIGHEAS) project.

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Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 15h
Lovely to see an Ogham in the British Museum!
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Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In other news... delighted to be able to announce that I have now officially submitted my PhD thesis for Viva examination! Thank you to everyone who helped me get to this point! I am eternally grateful!
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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Members @ifut.bsky.social staged a 1-hour walkout today at Maynooth as part of the Irish public sector pay dispute. Grateful also to the Postgraduate Workers' Organisation for their support. Solidarity with our colleagues in other unions who have begun working to contract. Power to the people! ✊️
Members of Maynooth University Postgraduate Workers' Organisation supporting the 1-hour walkout by the Irish Federation of University Teachers. A crowd of IFUT members and supporters gather while staging a one-hour work stoppage as part of the Irish public sector pay dispute. IFUT members and supporters gather during a one-hour work stoppage. A flag from the Climate Justice University Union is prominent in the bottom half of the photo.
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Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
As a member of the Postgraduate Worker’s Organisation, I withdrew my labour today from 12-1pm, in #solidarity with other public sector workers across Ireland as part of a public sector pay dispute. It was great to see so many people out there showing their support ✊️
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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Along with my fellow trade union members, I am withdrawing my labour for one hour today, 12-1pm, in #solidarity with other public sector workers in Ireland, including teachers & nurses, as part of the public sector pay dispute. ✊️ climatejusticeuniversitiesunion.org/statement-of...
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Statement of Solidarity with Public Sector Workers and Students
The Climate Justice Universities Union stands in solidarity with Ireland’s public sector workers and their trade unions taking industrial action. We also stand in solidarity with students and their un...
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Newly published by @scs-dias.bsky.social @dias.ie: Liam Breatnach, Fíngein mac Flaind’s poem on the Fir Arda: An early medieval Irish reflection on the limitations of satire, DIAS 2026 Available at: shop.dias.ie/product/fing...
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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In-person research seminars @ceilteachomn.bsky.social in Maynooth this semester! All welcome.
Maynooth University Early Irish and Celtic Studies Research Seminars. 15 October, Dr Hannah Mac Auliffe (MU), The Good, the Bad and the Saintly: Clonard in Medieval Irish Hagiography. 5 November, Dr Simon Rodway (Aberystwyth), Peis Dinogat from the Book of Aneirin and Rewilding. 10 December, Dr Liam Ó hAisibéil (Galway), Snub-nosed, Scabby and Toothless: Descriptive Bynames in the Irish Personal Naming System. All seminars are at 5pm in Room 1.33, Iontas Building, North Campus.
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UCC Library @ucclibrary.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
UCC Library invites you to "Recording the Past: The Annals of Inisfallen and the Making of Irish History" one day conference on 18 September. Explore the legacy of this remarkable medieval manuscript with expert speakers from UCC, Oxford and Edinburgh. libcal.ucc.ie/event/4589456
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Public Conference: Recording the Past: The Annals of Inisfallen and the Making of Irish History
Join us for a special conference to mark Recording the Past: The Annals of Inisfallen and the Making of Irish History exhibition. Conference Keynote: Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s...
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Association of Celtic Students @celticstudents.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The deadline to submit your papers for the 2026 proceedings volume has been extended! The new deadline is 18th September 2026, 5pm (UK time). Please submit your papers through this form: forms.gle/kMmv3d2i7pz2...
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 02/09/2026
One of most important surviving records of medieval Ireland The Annals of Inisfallen are now on public display in a major new free exhibition at University College Cork.⁣⁣ www.ucc.ie/en/news/2026... @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Close to a thousand years old, The Annals of Inisfallen is considered one of the most important surviving records of medieval Ireland.

Image: Clare KeoghBrian McCarthy, Fexco, and Kerry Bryson, Cork University Foundation, view the manuscript now on display in a free exhibition in The Glucksman, UCC.

Image: Clare Keogh.
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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
@imc-leeds.bsky.social Leeds IMC Call for Papers for a session co-ordinated by Liverpool PhDs Hannah Evans and Nik Frenzel #medievalsky #celtic #norse #academic #skystorians
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Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
openletter.earth/open-letter-... Please sign if you can! Very important!
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Open letter about the future of research in Ireland
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Hannah E @hspevans.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Tomorrow!! www.ssns.org.uk/events/ssns-...
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SSNS Seminar - Hannah Evans - 'For every woman who is an embroideress deserves more profit than even queens': gender, status, and textiles in medieval Ireland. - Scottish Society for Northern Studies ...
Stephen will explore why so many of the crucial incidents leading to the downfall of the Norse line of northern Scottish jarls in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries.
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Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Enjoyed attending the Disappearing Text conference at @ucc.ie the last two days! Got to hear a lot of fascinating insights into the Acallam na Senórach and the Finn Cycle (many a follow-up has to be sent!) and got to see the legendary book of Lismore in person! GRMMA a Corcaigh, bhí tú go h-iontach!
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Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Such a great event!
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Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Had a smashing weekend in Caen. Thanks to @universite-caen.bsky.social for letting me give my first paper in France! Great to get to know the community better over there, I got a lot out of this, as I hope others did too! I also enjoyed a cameo from a certain Norman duke...
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Scéal pearsanta suimiúil faoin gconair chuig an Ghaeilge. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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Amano De Londra Miura: Being Japanese-Irish is possibly the least interesting thing about me
Amano De Londra Miura, who has roots in Kerry and Japan, blends sean-nós with contemporary music and spoken word
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Bodies and Being: The Premodern Body Project @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
If you're super jealous that you missed @xpi.bsky.social talking about #needlework patterns based on #marginalia, here's the video! #MedievalSky #MedievalHistory #Medieval #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #EarlyModernSky #EarlyModernHistory #EarlyModern #MaterialCulture #Bodies #WhatsHistory
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Medieval Needlework with Kristi DiClemente
YouTube video by Bodies and Being: The Pre-Modern Body Project
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Deborah Hayden @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
The LEIGHEAS project Irish Medical Manuscript of the Month for June 2026 is Dublin, @ria.ie MS 23 A 4, containing texts on uroscopy copied in the 16th century by Aodh Ó Cendamháin, physician to the O’Flahertys in Co. Mayo: leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Another great offer from the bookshop at @scs-dias.bsky.social @dias.ie: 25% off all books on occasion to celebrate the Association of Celtic Students @celticstudents.bsky.social conference that is happening at the moment in Trinity College Dublin. Valid until Friday 19 June! 🔗 shop.dias.ie
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Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Found two Joan of Arcs, how fun! One in Paris, the other in Caen!
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Niamh Wycherley @niamhwycherley.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Great to finally see this manuscript up online. Thanks so much to Anne Marie in ISOS, @kate-manning.bsky.social & UCD Archives, Professor Mícheál Mac Craith OFM, and all the Franciscans who preserved this ms over the centuries. Looking forward to researching these texts further! #hagiographyiscool
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Deborah Hayden @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
🎆Job Klaxon!!🎆 Full-time, permanent lectureship in Old and Middle Irish at Maynooth University @maynoothuniversity.ie. Application deadline 26 July 2026. Tar ag obair linn i Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge @ceilteachomn.bsky.social! my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...
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Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Very excited to attend this conference, share my research and hear from others looking at this topic!
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Bodies and Being: The Premodern Body Project @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Need to vent after submitting your grades? Want to talk about your summer research goals? Just can't handle not seeing us? Come hang with us online. #MedievalSky #MedievalHistory #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #EarlyModernSky #EarlyModernHistory #EarlyModern #MaterialCulture #Bodies
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Disheartened to see that, within 8 hours of uploading, a random 🐂💩 video about ogham garnered 4 times as many views on YouTube as the the OG(H)AM project's video (at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3sE...) did in one and a half years. The presenter tells the audience that ogham is an ancient... /1
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OG(H)AM - The script, the texts, the project (2024)
YouTube video by David Stifter
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Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
A pleasure to speak to this exciting group of scholars - I enjoyed their engagement with my research. Great to connect with the wider Premodern academic community. Give them a follow, lots of interesting work being done here, including the other great talks you can find on their YouTube channel!
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
The triumuiri representing Early Irish @ceilteachomn.bsky.social at the @maynoothuniversity.ie Open Day today: Francesco Felici, myself, and @tiagoovsilva.bsky.social. We had a good number of students interested in studying Medieval Irish Studies with us in the coming years. /1
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Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
I will be giving a talk online this Saturday at 6pm, as part of the @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social Speaker Series. Book your attendance at the link below, would be great to see you there! bodiesandbeing.com/events-2/
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Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
I will be giving a talk online on the 25th of April at 6pm, as part of the Bodies and Being The Pre-Modern Body Project Speaker Series. You can book your attendance at the link below, would be great to see lots of people there! bodiesandbeing.com/events-2/
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President of Ireland @president.ie · 24/03/2026
Sheol an tUachtarán Connolly tuarascáil ar staidéar na Gaeilge go hoifigiúil in Ollscoil Mhá Nuad tráthnóna inniu. This afternoon, President Connolly officially launched a report on the study of the Irish language at @maynoothuniversity.ie
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Elena Parina @elenaparina.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Spread the word about the Johann-Kaspar-Zeuß-Prizes of SCE! This is a great opportunity for early career researchers in Celtic Studies
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Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Great to see @tiagoovsilva.bsky.social give a talk at @uniofgalway.bsky.social as part of the @campsgalway.bsky.social seminars! Brilliant to engage with the community at Galway about our mutual research interests!
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Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Honoured to have spoken last week at the 'Medical Learning in the Medieval Gaelic World' Symposium, organised as part of Deborah Hayden's @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social LEIGHEAS Project at @ceilteachomn.bsky.social at @maynoothuniversity.ie. It was an excellent event with many brilliant papers!
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Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona dhaoibh!
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Tiago Veloso Silva @tiagoovsilva.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Have you listened to The Medieval Irish History Podcast's latest episode yet? In this episode, Dr Niamh Wycherley interviews Dr Sarah Waidler (NYU), a specialist on medieval Irish hagiographies and the various texts that can broadly be understood within the spectrum of holy writings.
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Hagiography with Dr Sarah Waidler
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Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
First ever Irish-language Queer conference will take place in UCD in the 18th of June 2026. They are accepting papers and artistic pieces in Irish from researchers and artists. Interpretation to English will be available for conference attendees. Please spread the word!
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
𝗗𝗶Ⓐ𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 20 With the DiⒶgnostic team filled for the moment, we are now making good progress with the project. In news item 12 in August, I announced that Truc Ha Nguyen, a postdoctoral researcher in the project, was compiling a list of all Old and Middle Irish texts included in... /1
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Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
It was an honour yesterday to close the two-day *Widame conference organised by postgraduates at @maynoothuniversity.ie @ceilteachomn.bsky.social, it was a great success! I hope everyone who attended enjoyed the proceedings! Hopefully we will see you all again some day soon!
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
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. /1
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Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
TOMORROW! Looking forward to welcoming everyone to Maynooth for an exciting new two-day conference, put on by the @ceilteachomn.bsky.social! See below for more information! www.maynoothuniversity.ie/school-celti...
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Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh OMN | School of Celtic Studies MU @ceilteachomn.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Bígí linn | Join us for the next Early Irish & Celtic Studies research seminar. Thursday 23 October at 17:00, Room 2.31 IONTAS. *The Welsh Legendary Triads: Trioedd Ynys Prydein* Dr Nia Wyn Jones (Independent Scholar @niajones.bsky.social) Croeso i bawb! Fáilte roimh chách!
The Welsh Legendary Triads: Trioedd Ynys Prydein, Dr Nia Wyn Jones, 17:00 23 October 2025, 2.31 IONTAS Maynooth University
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Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Amazing to see the Book of Lecan in the flesh during last week's brilliant conference at @ria.ie, hosted with @ceilteachomn.bsky.social and @scs-dias.bsky.social !
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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 29/09/2025
It is the subject of a two-day conference taking place this week in RIA, in collaboration with @maynoothuniversity.ie and the @dias-isos.bsky.social Read more and view the digital images, provided by Irish Script on Screen and copyright Royal Irish Academy Library: www.ria.ie/collections/...
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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Fantastic piece on a fascinating aspect of early Irish law, by my former PhD student and @ceilteachomn.bsky.social graduate, Dr Viktoriia Krivoshchekova, who is now a postdoc at @scs-dias.bsky.social #MedievalSky www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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How to get away with murder in medieval Ireland
Duinetháide murders, where the killer didn't leave a trace or a body, carry all the intrigue of a classic murder mystery
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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Visit Words on the Wave at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street before it closes on October 24th www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
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Words on the Wave: Ireland and St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe | Archaeology | National Museum of Ireland
Discover how science, art, archaeology and the study of script help reveal the links between Ireland and Europe
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Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Delighted to have this post published by the @irishhumanities.bsky.social, where I discuss some of the terminology surrounding disability in medieval Ireland! www.irishhumanities.ie/news-events/...
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Irish Humanities Alliance | The Good, The Bad, and The Blemished: Disability Terminology in Medieval Ireland
The language surrounding disability changes over time. There are certain terms which were previously common for describing disabled people but would now be considered out of date…
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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
”Sunt lacrimae rerum...” Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro), poet of Ancient Rome, whose epic Aeneid inspired Western art & literature, died #OTD 19 BC. Landscape with Aeneas at Delos, 1672, by Claude Lorrain National Gallery London
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Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Looking forward to hosting people at Maynooth this November! Everyone come down!
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Deborah Hayden @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Delighted to have a chapter on Irish medical writing published Open Access in this excellent volume, now available in print! Many thanks to @brendankanect.bsky.social and Patrick Wadden for all their hard work as editors: brill.com/display/titl...
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An Eoraip: Gaelic Ireland in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
"An Eoraip: Gaelic Ireland in Medieval and Early Modern Europe" published on 04 Aug 2025 by Brill.
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