Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 15hLovely to see an Ogham in the British Museum! 020
Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 05/10/2026In 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! 290
Reposted by Dylan Bailey (he/him)Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Members @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! ✊️ 03011
Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 05/10/2026As 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 ✊️ 030
Reposted by Dylan Bailey (he/him)Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Along 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...climatejusticeuniversitiesunion.orgStatement of Solidarity with Public Sector Workers and StudentsThe 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... 0125
Reposted by Dylan Bailey (he/him)David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Newly 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... 0178
Reposted by Dylan Bailey (he/him)Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 10/09/2026In-person research seminars @ceilteachomn.bsky.social in Maynooth this semester! All welcome. 32715
Reposted by Dylan Bailey (he/him)UCC Library @ucclibrary.bsky.social · 07/09/2026UCC 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/4589456libcal.ucc.iePublic Conference: Recording the Past: The Annals of Inisfallen and the Making of Irish HistoryJoin 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... 01917
Reposted by Dylan Bailey (he/him)Association of Celtic Students @celticstudents.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The 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... 032
Reposted by Dylan Bailey (he/him)University College Cork @ucc.ie · 02/09/2026One 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 110844
Reposted by Dylan Bailey (he/him)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 01212
Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 26/08/2026openletter.earth/open-letter-... Please sign if you can! Very important!openletter.earthOpen letter about the future of research in Ireland 011
Reposted by Dylan Bailey (he/him)Hannah E @hspevans.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Tomorrow!! www.ssns.org.uk/events/ssns-...ssns.org.ukSSNS 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. 0106
Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Enjoyed 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! 050
Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Had 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... 000
Reposted by Dylan Bailey (he/him)David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Scéal pearsanta suimiúil faoin gconair chuig an Ghaeilge. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...irishtimes.comAmano De Londra Miura: Being Japanese-Irish is possibly the least interesting thing about meAmano De Londra Miura, who has roots in Kerry and Japan, blends sean-nós with contemporary music and spoken word 194
Reposted by Dylan Bailey (he/him)Bodies and Being: The Premodern Body Project @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social · 13/06/2026If 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 #WhatsHistoryyoutu.beMedieval Needlework with Kristi DiClementeYouTube video by Bodies and Being: The Pre-Modern Body Project 0104
Reposted by Dylan Bailey (he/him)Deborah Hayden @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social · 13/06/2026The 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... 13112
Reposted by Dylan Bailey (he/him)David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Another 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.ieshop.dias.ie 0117
Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Found two Joan of Arcs, how fun! One in Paris, the other in Caen! 041
Reposted by Dylan Bailey (he/him)Niamh Wycherley @niamhwycherley.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Great 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 0198
Reposted by Dylan Bailey (he/him)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... 03937
Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Very excited to attend this conference, share my research and hear from others looking at this topic! 000
Reposted by Dylan Bailey (he/him)Bodies and Being: The Premodern Body Project @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Need 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 #Bodiesbodiesandbeing.comOur EventsVisit the post for more. 0113
Reposted by Dylan Bailey (he/him)David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Disheartened 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... /1youtube.comOG(H)AM - The script, the texts, the project (2024)YouTube video by David Stifter 33416
Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 27/04/2026A 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! 141
Reposted by Dylan Bailey (he/him)David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 25/04/2026The 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 2187
Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 20/04/2026I 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/bodiesandbeing.comOur EventsVisit the post for more. 130
Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 04/04/2026I 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/bodiesandbeing.comOur EventsVisit the post for more. 020
Reposted by Dylan Bailey (he/him)President of Ireland @president.ie · 24/03/2026Sheol 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 0457
Reposted by Dylan Bailey (he/him)Elena Parina @elenaparina.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Spread the word about the Johann-Kaspar-Zeuß-Prizes of SCE! This is a great opportunity for early career researchers in Celtic Studies 064
Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Great 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! 091
Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Honoured 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! 2114
Reposted by Dylan Bailey (he/him)Tiago Veloso Silva @tiagoovsilva.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Have 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.open.spotify.comHagiography with Dr Sarah Waidler 1308
Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 24/01/2026First 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! 143
Reposted by Dylan Bailey (he/him)David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 12/11/2025𝗗𝗶Ⓐ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... /1 184
Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 09/11/2025It 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! 141
Reposted by Dylan Bailey (he/him)David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 08/11/2025In 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 2257
Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 06/11/2025TOMORROW! 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... 053
Reposted by Dylan Bailey (he/him)Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh OMN | School of Celtic Studies MU @ceilteachomn.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Bígí 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! 0103
Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Amazing 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 ! 070
Reposted by Dylan Bailey (he/him)Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 29/09/2025It 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/... 183
Reposted by Dylan Bailey (he/him)Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Fantastic 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...rte.ieHow to get away with murder in medieval IrelandDuinetháide murders, where the killer didn't leave a trace or a body, carry all the intrigue of a classic murder mystery 04417
Reposted by Dylan Bailey (he/him)National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Visit Words on the Wave at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street before it closes on October 24th www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...museum.ieWords on the Wave: Ireland and St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe | Archaeology | National Museum of IrelandDiscover how science, art, archaeology and the study of script help reveal the links between Ireland and Europe 0136
Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Delighted 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/...irishhumanities.ieIrish Humanities Alliance | The Good, The Bad, and The Blemished: Disability Terminology in Medieval IrelandThe 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… 083
Reposted by Dylan Bailey (he/him)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 2427
Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Looking forward to hosting people at Maynooth this November! Everyone come down! 000
Reposted by Dylan Bailey (he/him)Deborah Hayden @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Delighted 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...brill.comAn 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. 03414