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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 28/09/2026

The MS of the Week is RIA MS 23 M 70, Leabhar Gabhála/Book of Invasions, and it is on display in the Reading Room of the Library this week from 10:00-16:30, Mon-Fri. Come visit! Check @rialibrary.bsky.social to learn more about this Manuscript and explore highlights from the Library’s collections.

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irishtextssociety.bsky.social @irishtextssociety.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Our annual seminar jointly organised with the combined Departments of Irish, UCC, will be held on Saturday, 7 November. This year's subject will be Cath Maige Tuired: The Second Battle of Mag Tuired.

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irishtextssociety.bsky.social @irishtextssociety.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

You can buy our beautiful boxed set of Lebor Gabála Érenn, The Book of the Taking of Ireland, through @ria.ie. The updated link is here: shop.ria.ie/products/iri...

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irishtextssociety.bsky.social @irishtextssociety.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Our beautiful boxed set of the six volumes of Lebor Gabála Érenn – the Book of the Taking of Ireland - is back in (limited) stock. You can order it through your local bookshop or online from the Royal Irish Academy bookshop shop.ria.ie.

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 07/08/2026

‘Monasticism in Ireland, AD 900-1250’ by Edel Bhreathnach (Four Courts Press) is one of the shortlisted books for the 2026 Michel Déon Prize for non-fiction. Read more about the prize and shortlist on the RIA website: www.ria.ie/2026/07/03/s...

Book cover titled "Monasticism in Ireland AD 900-1250" by Edel Bhreathnach, featuring a carved stone face sculpture.

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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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Celtic Students Conference Official: Instagram, X, Facebook | Linktree

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

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 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). This month it will be on display in the @rialibrary.bsky.social on 26 June from 10:00-16:30. Come visit!

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irishtextssociety.bsky.social @irishtextssociety.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Our annual Noel O’Connell Memorial Lecture, organized with the Irish Literary Society, will be given tomorrow, Thursday, at 7.30pm by Nollaig Ó Muraíle on 'James Hardiman and his manuscript collection in the British Library’, at the Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith. All are welcome.

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acirishstudies.bsky.social @acirishstudies.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

#ACIS is officially on BlueSky, just in time for the #NationalACIS26 conference in Denver from May 27-31!

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irishtextssociety.bsky.social @irishtextssociety.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Our annual Noel O’Connell Memorial Lecture, organized with the Irish Literary Society will be given next week by Nollaig Ó Muraíle on 'James Hardiman and his manuscript collection in the British Library’ at the Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith on Thursday, 28 May 2026 at 7.30 p.m.

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 27/04/2026

The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS D ii 1, Book of Uí Mhaine and it is on display in the Reading Room of the Library this week from 10.00-16.30, Monday - Friday. Come visit! Check @rialibrary.bsky.social to learn more about this MS and explore highlights from the Library’s collections.

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irishtextssociety.bsky.social @irishtextssociety.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Hot off the presses! Irish Among the Languages: Late Victorian Developments in Education by Phyllis Gaffney. Available now through your local bookshop or online from @RIAdawson at shop.ria.ie for the remarkably reasonable price of €7.50.

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 20/04/2026

The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 P 10(iii) and it is on display in the Reading Room of the Library this week from 10.00-16.30, Monday - Thursday. Come visit! Check @rialibrary.bsky.social to learn more about this MS and explore highlights from the Library’s collections.

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irishtextssociety.bsky.social @irishtextssociety.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Our annual Noel O’Connell Memorial Lecture, jointly organised with the Irish Literary Society, will be given this year by Nollaig Ó Muraíle on 'James Hardiman and his manuscript collection in the British Library’ at the Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith, on Thursday, 28 May 2026 at 7.30 p.m.

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irishtextssociety.bsky.social @irishtextssociety.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Our President Ruairí Ó hUiginn recently gave a great overview of the Ulster Cycle on the Medieval Irish History podcast. Well worth a listen. podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...

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The Ulster Cycle with Prof. Ruairí Ó hUiginn

Podcast Episode · The Medieval Irish History Podcast · 13 February · 55min

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Societas Celtologica Europaea @soccelteuropaea.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

🚨 The next Bonn+Marburg online Celtic Seminar is next week, 9th Feb, 18:00 CET. 💬 Nina Cnockaert-Guillou: "Scribes, manuscripts and words: coming to terms with different versions of Acallam na Senórach" @disappearingtext.bsky.social To get the link, please contact celtic@uni-bonn.de 🔗

Programme for the Bonn+Marburg Celtic Seminar, Winter Term 2025

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irishtextssociety.bsky.social @irishtextssociety.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Our speaker, Dr Deirdre Nic Chárthaigh, School of Irish, @tcddublin, will show the importance of the harper at the Gaelic court, the symbolic significance of the harp, and the reception of harping performances.

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Binn gotha na dtéad | The harp and the harper in Classical Irish Poetry

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irishtextssociety.bsky.social @irishtextssociety.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

A reminder that our annual Ó Buachalla Lecture is coming up next Wednesday, 3rd December at 6.30 pm and will examine literary descriptions of harpers, harps and harp music in bardic poems between the 13th and 17th centuries. irishtextssociety.org/obuachalla-l...

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Irish Texts Society - Breandán Ó Buachalla Memorial Lecture

Breandán Ó Buachalla Memorial Annual Lecture.

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irishtextssociety.bsky.social @irishtextssociety.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

In breaking news, the Society has launched the proceedings of our 25th Annual Seminar, organised with @ucc.ie, which looked at “Sgéalta Uí Chathasaigh, Mayo Stories Told by Thomas Casey” collected, edited and translated by Douglas Hyde (Vol. 36 Main Series 1939).

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irishtextssociety.bsky.social @irishtextssociety.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Join us online for this year’s Breandán Ó Buachalla Lecture, organised with the support of @nlireland.bsky.social. The lecture, “The harp and the harper in Classical Irish Poetry” will be given by Dr Deirdre Nic Chárthaigh. Registration now open www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...

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Binn gotha na dtéad

The harp and the harper in Classical Irish Poetry

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irishtextssociety.bsky.social @irishtextssociety.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

The Scriptorium was buzzing this year, delivering two new editions in our main series, Vol 69 On the Faults of Poetry: An Edition of Irish Grammatical Tracts V, and Vol 70 Táin Bó Fliodhaise - The Cattle Raid of Fliodhais. A greater contrast in subject, content and style you could not imagine.

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irishtextssociety.bsky.social @irishtextssociety.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Our annual seminar jointly organised with @ucc.ie is happening this Saturday in the Venice of the North. Full details at irishtextssociety.org/events. This year we’re looking at The Life of Saint Declan of Ardmore.

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irishtextssociety.bsky.social @irishtextssociety.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Plunging headlong into the 21st Century, we are now on Bluesky. You can still follow us on the platform formerly known as Twitter @IrishTextsSoc and our website irishtextssociety.org

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Irish Texts Society

This is the website of the Irish Texts Society which contains information about the Society, news, events and publications.

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