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Sheila Kidd @sheilamkidd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Oops, not enough caffeine - Tuesday 6 October (not 5th).

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Sheila Kidd @sheilamkidd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A-màireach – tomorrow (5/10) Centre for Scottish & Celtic Studies’ Research Seminar in person & online Professor Hugh Cheape ‘Material Culture and Language: Reconstructing the Past in a West Highland Community’ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hugh-cheap...

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Hugh Cheape, Material Culture and Language

Part of the weekly seminar series run by the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies, for academic session 2026/27

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Nicolai Egjar Engesland @nicolai1505.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Deadline extended to October 31. Call for papers: The Origins of the Irish Language: Texts and Traditions. The Norwegian Institute in Rome (Italy), 28–29 October 2027. Further description and submission of abstracts here: www.hf.uio.no/dnir/forskni...

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Call for papers: The Origins of the Irish Language: Texts and Traditions - Det norske institutt i Roma

Bidrag og deltagelse fra både etablerte og yngre deltagelse ønskes velkommen. Vi ber om innmelding av interesse innen 30. september 2026. Konferansen holdes i Roma 28. - 29. oktober 2027.

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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 30/09/2026

Thoir dhuinn do bheachd air Gàidhlig aig Oilthigh Ghlaschu san àm ri teachd. Tha sinn a' sireadh bheachdan bho cho-obraichean, oileanaich agus am poball san fharsaingeachd air an dreachd Plana Gàidhlig againn 2027-2032. gla.ac/4rNwoaM

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Thoiribh ur beachd air Gàidhlig aig Oilthigh Ghlaschu san àm ri teachd

Give your opinion on the future of Gaelic at the University of Glasgow

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Geraldine Parsons @gparsons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Solidarity with Edinburgh colleagues, especially in #CelticStudies who have begun 5 hard weeks of strikes as well copping with the bleak circumstances that have triggered them www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Edinburgh University lecturers begin five-week strike over cuts

Members of the University and Colleges Union are walking out in part of a long-running dispute over job and course cuts.

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Liam Ó hAisibéil @ainmeolai.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Clárú saor in aisce do mhic léinn, dála an scéil! Fáilte roimh chách!

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Geraldine Parsons @gparsons.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

'keep moving' and 'skip ahead to fill in gaps' (with no chance of returning to see the panels missed) - which failed to recognise that people actually wanted to see the tapestry ... by the end I felt really hassled, despite moving at pace. A very mixed experience, tilting to the disappointing. 2/2

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Geraldine Parsons @gparsons.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Realised a long-held ambition on Friday, when I saw the Bayeux Tapestry on Day 2 of the @britishmuseum.bsky.social exhibition - but real teething problems on show. We queued for 1 hr 30+ after our timed entry slot before seeing it & viewed it to a constant refrain, from recordings and guides, of 1/2

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Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh @pomuirch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Wonderful blog by @sheilamkidd.bsky.social on this fascinating document!

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Geraldine Parsons @gparsons.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

We all miss you, but are massively proud of this new stage in your career. Guímid gach rath ort i mBéal Feirste!

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Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh @pomuirch.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Ag súil leis an ócáid seo in UCC i dtreo dheireadh na seachtaine seo chugainn.

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Geraldine Parsons @gparsons.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Meal do naidheachd, Petra a charaid!

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The Disappearing Text Project @disappearingtext.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Congratulations Elva and all involved! We're thrilled to see our own @ninacnock.bsky.social's analysis of an episode from the Franciscan A4 Acallam included here. A lot more to come from Dr Cnockaert-Guillou on this witness in the future! Comhghairdeas leat, Nina.

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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The proceedings of the 5th International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales = Ulidia 5 (Maynooth, March 2016), eds. Lára Ní Mhaoláin, @thecelticist.bsky.social & myself, are now available free and open access at Maynooth MURAL @mu-mural.bsky.social: mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/21...

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The Disappearing Text Project @disappearingtext.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Comhdháil ar Acallam na Senórach, an tseachtain seo chugainn! Our Acallam conference is next week! 🗓️ Today is the LAST day to register for the conference dinner. You can register for the conference itself until next Monday 17th. Tuilleadh eolais | Registration details: www.ucc.ie/en/disappear...

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

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The Disappearing Text Project @disappearingtext.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Our project conference is in less than a month! Some important info: 🚨 Don't forget to register (www.ucc.ie/en/disappear...). Conference dinner deadline: 10 August. Conference attendance deadline: 17 August. 🗓️ The programme is now available! A fantastic lineup. We look forward to seeing you in UCC!

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Programme for the Disappearing Text conference (Friday 21 August)

Programme for the Disappearing Text conference (Saturday 22 August)

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Geraldine Parsons @gparsons.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

A reminder that registration is open!

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

'Classicist says university job cuts are "ideological" attack' (The Times), by Ed Halford, Marieta Marinova and @nicolawoolcock.bsky.social

The Times reports a conversation with Exeter University classicist Dr Emily Hauser after a a lecture at the Chalke History Festival, regarding the proposed redundancies (150) at that university, especially in Humanities and Social Sciences. The redundance announcement was made during an online meeting. Staff were not permitted to ask questions at the meeting, The Times reports.

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Aaron Griffith @aaron-griffith.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Guess what? The call for papers for the XVIII Celtic Congress in Salamanca is open! internationalcelticcongresssalamanca.com/index.php/re...

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CALL OF PAPERS | WordPress

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Fionn Folklore Database @fionnfolklore.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

In our latest video, we turn to the Ordnance Survey correspondence of John O’Donovan! In this tale, he encounters a man named Donnelly in County Kildare, who was convinced he had discovered the location of Fionn Mac Cumhaill’s hidden treasure! @ria.ie #fiannaiocht #fionnmaccumhail #folklore

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Laury Sarti @laurysarti.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

CALL FOR PAPERS: Insular Encounters in Early Medieval Europe, Zürich 3–6 March 2027

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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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Donncha O’Connell @donnchalaw.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

University staff say €4.55bn research fund ignores arts and humanities. Almost 2,000 sign open letter criticising Research Ireland for favouring industry and commercial interests. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

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University staff say €4.55bn research fund ignores arts and humanities

Letter to Min Higher Ed

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Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh @pomuirch.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Ag súil go mór leis an gcomhdháil seo, in #Barbados an tseachtain seo chugainn, lá go leith ag caint ar Ghaeil na hAlban agus na hÉireann sna hIndiacha Thiar - idir stair agus litríocht. Ó ‘transport [na nÉireannach] go Jamaica’ sa 17ú C go dtí an file Gaeilge a raibh sclábhaithe aige sa 19ú C.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 03/05/2026

This is very much a real thing; even if a bunch of media outlets reported it quite sloppily and some of the numbers ended up needlessly overstated. If this was a normal industry it'd just be a fixable planning consideration. But tech is panic-building thousands so it's something bigger

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AI datacenters create heat islands around them, paper finds

: Researchers say localized warming can extend well past site edges, raising concerns about community impact

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Fiona Campbell-Howes @fortrenn.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Very excited for this one!

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Geraldine Parsons @gparsons.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Colleagues in #CelticStudies might be interested in this excellent thesis by Dr Kris Swank on #Tolkien and #Irish - I was delighted to be 2nd supervisor, alongside the estimable @dimitrafimi.bsky.social. theses.gla.ac.uk/85231/1/2025...

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Geraldine Parsons @gparsons.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Great to see two members of Glasgow's Celtic & Gaelic dept in this very promising-looking conference

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Irish Studies at Boston College @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

On 4/16, we're celebrating Natasha Sumner's new work, Heroes of the Gael: A History of Fionn and the Fianna (Princeton Uni Press, 2026) Joining Sumner for a discussion of Irish folklore are Geraldine Parsons (Uni of Glasgow), Ciara Ní Riain (Harvard), & Ray Cashman (Indiana Uni)

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Geraldine Parsons @gparsons.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I'm very excited to be involved in this event, marking the publication of a very significant new contribution to the study of Finn Cycle literature - and, as it demonstrates, therefore to pan-Gaelic culture - if you are in anywhere near Boston, we'd love to see you there!

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Joshua Byron Smith @joshuabyronsmith.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

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The Disappearing Text Project @disappearingtext.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh! ☘️ Here is a snippet of the 13th century Acallam na Senórach 'The Colloquy of the Ancients', a narrative in which ancient warriors from Finn mac Cumaill's warrior-band, the fían, recount hundreds of stories to St Patrick. Even his guardian angels approved! #StPatrick

Passage from p. 12 of Ann Dooley and Harry Roe's translation of Acallam na Senórach (Tales of the Elders of Ireland, Oxford World's Classics, 1999).

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Joshua Byron Smith @joshuabyronsmith.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Still time to register for tomorrow's book launch for An Eoraip: Gaelic Ireland in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. bsky.app/profile/josh...

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Jonas Haslbeck @jmbh.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

🚨 Techno-optimism reduces willingness to address climate change 🚨 In a new preprint, @maiensachis.bsky.social, @fdabl.bsky.social, and I examined the causal effect of techno-optimist beliefs on the willingness to contribute to addressing climate change. 🔗 Read the paper: lnkd.in/eE847_jK

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Geraldine Parsons @gparsons.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Many congratulations Rory! Wonderful cover too.

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 04/03/2026

Earlier this week, Peadar sat down to talk with Éanna Ó Caollaí from the Irish Times, check it out: www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/tuar...

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An creideamh, an Ghaeilge agus na cnámha aduaine

An scéal neamhghnách faoin tslí ar tharla sleachta Gaeilge a bheith scríofa ar chnámha beithígh

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