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Craobh Chonradh na Gaeilge B.Á.C. 7 @craobhbhac7.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Splanc - Féile Ealaíona Bhaile Átha Cliath 7 16-18/10/26 Réimse ócáidí le teacht

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today is #HobbitDay because Bilbo and Frodo Baggins were both born on September 22nd. Normally we'd shire a hobbit pun or two but it might just feel like a tolkien gesture and we don't want to embarrass our elves. Anyway it's a good day to come and boromir #Tolkien books. 📚

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Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

no sorry bro i can't. my business is with Isengard tonight, with rock and stone.

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Moby Dick by French artist Gérard DuBois,

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Hwæt! @hwaet.info · 08/09/2026

"Hwæt" Beowulf, 1000 Unknown 🇬🇧

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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The programme for the @scs-dias.bsky.social @dias.ie Tionól 2026 is out (26-28 November). An exciting, three-day programme.

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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

University of Liverpool - doctoral funding in Irish Studies Applications to the PhD programme should ideally be submitted a fortnight before the studentship deadline, i.e. by 16 September 2026. PhD studies to commence in the academic year 2026/7. A PhD can start at any point during the year.

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Postgraduate research | School of Histories, Languages and Cultures | University of Liverpool

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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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Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 18/08/2026

Right everyone the wine harvest is about to start. Have we got our hedgehogs at the ready?

We are looking at a scene from the Bestiary of Rochester showing three hedgehogs having what we can only describe as the best time collecting grapes off vines. One is covered with grapes and is heading off into the burrow whilst the other two are on their backs rolling around in the grapes. The whole scene is then gilded with the exception of the blue and green vines and the brown hedgehogs.

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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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Myriah Williams @myriahwilliams.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

As a coda to this thread, please enjoy Aneurin Owen’s attempt to restore the lost cat in his 1841 edition Ancient Laws and Institutes of Wales

Somewhat childish drawing of a cat roughly in keeping with the illustrations in NLW Peniarth MS 28. From Aneurin Owen, ed., Ancient Laws and Institutes of Wales, vol. 2 (London, 1841), p. 812.

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Dr. Black's Medieval Remedies @winstonblack.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Medieval science in action for the big eclipse day: SOL (sun), LVNA (moon), "Eclipsis solis lune obiectu euenit" (An eclipse of the sun comes about by the interposition of the moon.)

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Joumana Medlej @majnouna.com · 30/07/2026

That day when I was looking through a 14th-century romance. First impression: That's not a very good stag, is it... Closer look: OMG LOOOOOL #medievalmanuscripts

Bottom half of a manuscript page where we can see a drum player and an odd-looking stag.

A close-up on the stag reveals that it's a man-made costume: the two hind legs are human feet, the fore legs are a cane or crutch, and a human face can be seen peering out through the fur of the chest

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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

THE BAT'S A CUTE LITTLE ANIMAL: WIGGLES ITS EARS AND EATS WORMS (Evansville Press, Indiana, January 14, 1909)

the bat's a cute little animal: wiggles its ears and eats worms

a long eared bat

Evansville Press, Indiana, January 14, 1909

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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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Olly DH @grainneoga.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The 13th annual Celtic Students Conference by @celticstudents.bsky.social starts this Thursday! It will be held in TCD and over Zoom, with live interpretation for Irish, Welsh and Scottish Gaelic papers. The schedule and registration link can be found at linktr.ee/celticstuden...

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Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, 11th - 13th June 2026

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Library of the Royal Irish Academy @rialibrary.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Today is the feast day of St Columba (Colum Cille), who according to tradition, wrote the Cathach (RIA MS 12 R 33) as a copy of a Latin psalter belonging to St Finnian in a single night. A dispute arose about the ownership of the copy leading to the battle of Cúl Dreimne in AD 561.

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 02/06/2026

Hedgehog Conservation Ireland and researchers at University of Galway and Oxford are calling on people to take part in the inaugural Great Big All-Ireland Hedgehog Count

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Call for public to assist in nationwide hedgehog count

Hedgehog Conservation Ireland and researchers at University of Galway and Oxford are calling on people to take part in the inaugural Great Big All-Ireland Hedgehog Count.

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Association of Celtic Students @celticstudents.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Attention 2026 conference speakers! You should have an e-mail asking to confirm your personal info, presentation title, etc. Didn't see an e-mail? Check your spam—and if it isn't there, please reach out to celticstudents.conference@gmail.com ASAP. Go raibh míle maith agat!!

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Alex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK

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Societas Celtologica Europaea @soccelteuropaea.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

✨ Scholarship: Scoláireacht Taighde Henry Flood, Roinn na Gaeilge, Coláiste na Tríonóide. @tcddublin.bsky.social Scoláireacht bhliana, €8,000 in aghaidh na bliana chomh maith le fiacha (leibhéal AE). Is é an dáta deiridh d’iarratais Dé hAoine, 26ú Meitheamh 2026. Tuilleadh eolais thíos.

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Societas Celtologica Europaea @soccelteuropaea.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

🚨 Schedule, abstracts & registration for the @celticstudents.bsky.social annual conference in Trinity College Dublin this year. 🔗 linktr.ee/celticstuden...

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Celtic Students Conference | Instagram, X, Facebook | Linktree

Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, 11th - 13th June 2026

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Association of Celtic Students @celticstudents.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN Registration for the 2026 Celtic Students Conference is now live. This includes our conference dinner. Attendance at the dinner is limited to the first 40—so register ASAP! www.eventbrite.com/e/celtic-stu...

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School of Celtic Studies - Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh DIAS @scs-dias.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Scéim na mac léinn samhraidh 2026 Summer studentships 2026 Bí linn i Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh! Deis le scileanna taighde a fhoghlaim. Stipinn ar fáil. Join us in SCS! A chance to acquire research experience. A stipendium is paid. Sprioc: 27 Bealtaine Deadline: 27 May www.dias.ie/dias-summer-...

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Olly DH @grainneoga.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Bígi linn! The conference is hybrid so there is also the option to attend online if you can't make it to Dublin.

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Societas Celtologica Europaea @soccelteuropaea.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Comhdháil | Conference in Irish & English 🐦‍⬛ An Lon Dubh: Ceiliúradh ar an lon sa litríocht, sa nádúr, sa cheol agus sa chultúr 🐦‍⬛ The Blackbird: A celebration of the blackbird in literature, nature, music and culture Friday 15 May 2026, Trinity Long Room Hub. Registration: www.tcd.ie/Irish/gaeilg...

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School of Celtic Studies - Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh DIAS @scs-dias.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Tionól 2026 27-28 Samhain / November Sprioc: 3 Iúil Deadline: 3 July. @dias.ie #DIASdiscovers www.dias.ie/2026/04/30/t...

Call for papers for Tionól 2026, to be held on 27-28 November. Deadline 3 July. Click on link for details.

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An Siopa Leabhar @ansiopaleabhar.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Ó Dhámhscoil go Daonáireamh 19 Bealtaine 19.00 Ceardlann ar an gcló Gaelach, lámhscríbhinní, agus ar an nGaeilge réamhchaighdeánaithe. Fáilte roimh chách ach clárú roimh ré. Líon teoranta ticéad. Comhimeacht idir muid ⁊ Club Chonradh na Gaeilge. Ticéid: www.tickettailor.com/events/clubc...

Handwritten manuscript in top quarter. Event title and subtitle black text on white background. Section from 1926 Census. Event details (given in post)

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cıan @ciancairbreach.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Ní bhfuair Fungie bás in aon chor, ach chuaigh i mbun dianstaidéar na matamaitice

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Coiste na bhFocal Nua @coistenabhfocalnua.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Ó The Gaelic Meme Machine

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

28 Mar 1627: The first dateable manuscript penned #otd by Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, #Franciscan friar, scribe, historian, lexicographer & one compiler of the Annals of the Four Masters (His signature from @ucdarchives.bsky.social )

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

24 Mar ?654: d. St. Caimín, founder of Inis Celtra monastery on the #Shannon. Here is the wonderful later psalter named after him, UCD-OFM Ms A1 from @ucdarchives.bsky.social

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Maynooth University @maynoothuniversity.ie · 23/03/2026

Meet the Bart Simpson of 16th century Ireland 😈 An Ceithearnach Caoilriabhach was a rule-breaking trickster in Early Modern Irish culture, a disruptive figure who left chaos in his wake, writes Dr Brianán Ní Bhuachalla @ceilteachomn.bsky.social www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spo...

An intricate medieval engraving depicting a feast scene. Several figures in fur-trimmed garments sit around a long table set with empty plates and a tankard. One person gestures animatedly, and another plays a harp. In the foreground, a dog sniffs the ground near a roasting spit over a fire. The background shows people cutting meat, implying a lively banquet atmosphere.

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Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies @sims-mss.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Sproingggggg! A bunny hops in the bottom margin of f. 311r, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century illuminated Bible #DrolleryDonnerstag #medievalsky 🔗: bit.ly/3HKjIyM

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UCD Archives @ucdarchives.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

The feast day of St Patrick is tomorrow. He shares his day with St Failtigern, a holy woman, now obscure, whose name is recorded in Félire Óenguso/Martyrology of Óengus, UCD-OFM MS A7, f 13r, C15th. H/T @elvabjohnston.bsky.social

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TG4 @tg4.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Ní inniu 👀

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Olly DH @grainneoga.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

‘An Lon Dubh’ an téama do Chomhdháil Choláiste na Tríonóide 2026. ‘The Blackbird’ is this year’s theme for Comhdháil Choláiste na Tríonóide. ar an 15/05/2026, clár, eolas, agus clárú (saor in aisce) anseo: www.tcd.ie/Irish/gaeilg...

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Library of the Royal Irish Academy @rialibrary.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The manuscript of the week is RIA MS 23 E 25, Lebor na hUidre / The Book of the Dun Cow. This 12th century manuscript is best known for containing the oldest extant version of the Táin Bó Cuailgne, or the Cattle Raid of Cooley, a renowned Irish epic.

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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

"A spindle-whorl for a spindle-whorl", as the Old Testament says (vaguely remembered). Here's one from Orkney for Women's Day, in Sc. Gaelic & ogham script (Buckquoy, S-ORK-005). It probably reads BENDDACTANIML "a blessing, soul of L". 🔗: ogham.celt.dias.ie/S-ORK-005 📷: @3dgroovanstones.bsky.social

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Myriah Williams @myriahwilliams.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

In honor of St. David's Day, the story of St. Patrick being kicked out of Wales by an angel in order to make way for the Welsh saint: #DyddGŵylDewi 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (1/9)

St. David preaching in an historiated D in Cambridge University Library MS Ff.1.27, p. 618

St. Patrick preaching in an historiated P in Cambridge University Library MS Ff.1.27, p. 453

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Archifau Prifysgol Bangor University Archives @archpbu.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Welsh Grammar This manuscript was written in the early 17th century. It was probably owned by Iolo Morgannwg as it contains notes in his hand. It is a copy of the grammar used by the poets in the 16th century, although not an exact copy. Date: 17th century BMSS/2 www.jstor.org/stable/commu...

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Medieval Military Medicine @medmilmedicine.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Beware the hare with the thousand yard stare - 14th century, British Library, Yates Thompson MS 8, f. 304r

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Olly DH @grainneoga.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

it’s incredible I manage to get anything done at home with this one around

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a swarm of autumn bugs @facefullabugs.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Love the glimpse into the beautiful mind that notated this used copy of Moby Dick I got

Chapter 1 of Moby Dick, page 1

The phrase ‘Call me Ishmael’, the first sentence of the book, is highlighted in blue, with careful highlighting on the very big C at the start. Above this, written in ballpoint pen ‘His name’

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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Famously, this inscribed stone not only bears a runic inscription, but it is also the only runic-og(h)am biscriptal stone in Ireland (more at O3D: ogham.celt.dias.ie/I-CLA-004). Contrary to a widespread belief, the ogham inscription does NOT contain the Norse name TORQRIM (Thórgrímr).

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RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Meet the Bart Simpson of 16th century Ireland. Brianán Ní Bhuachalla @maynoothuniversity.ie @researchireland.ie tells the story of An Ceithearnach Caoilriabhach, a rule-breaking trickster in Early Irish Modern culture who caused chaos wherever he went www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

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Meet the Bart Simpson of 16th century Ireland

An Ceithearnach Caoilriabhach was a rule-breaking trickster in Early Irish Modern culture, a figure who caused chaos wherever he went

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Deborah Hayden @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Hugely looking forward to hosting this one-day symposium on 'Medical Learning in the Medieval Gaelic World' as part of the @researchireland.ie LEIGHEAS project @maynoothuniversity.ie - join us @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @muahi.bsky.social on Thursday 12th March!

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

poster, creative computing, magazine (1978) archive.org/details/crea...

a poster of star wars ascii art with luke in his iconic stance, holding up his light sabre and princess leia, standing in front to down and to the left. the two droids are to the right and above them is ascii art the rear of a space ship hovering above land and a planet above.
a box in the top left hand corner says:
star wars
compliments of williams radio & tv. inc
computer division
jacksonville florida

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Alwin Kloekhorst @alwinkloekhorst.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

The program of the Leiden Summer School in Languages and Linguistics 2026 (6-17 July) is now online! www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/education... Hopefully, there will be some courses of your liking! (Hittite perhaps?) The application form will be online soon, too, so keep an eye out for it.

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Program 2026 - Leiden University

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