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Liam Mac Amhlaigh

@liammacamhlaigh.bsky.social
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Ollamh Comhlach le Nua-Ghaeilge Associate Professor of Modern Irish @Maynoothuni.bsky.social Nualitríocht • Foclóireacht • Daonnachtaí Digiteacha • Stair Chultúrtha

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Dr Nina Cnockaert-Guillou @ninacnock.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Tá áthas an domhain orm a rá gur thosnaigh mé post nua mar Léachtóir le Gaeilge (buan) in Ollscoil na Banríona i mBéal Feirste inné..! I’m really excited to say I’ve started a new (permanent) post as Lecturer in Irish at Queen’s University Belfast yesterday..!
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IMRAM @imramfeile.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Tá clár Féile IMRAM beo anois !! Ticéid ar fail anois ar www.imram.ie
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IMRAM @imramfeile.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
INNIU! BAIRD IMRAM AR CHAMPAS: 📅 Déardaoin, 24/09/26 🕠 5.30pm 📍 Seamus Heaney Centre, @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social 🎟️ FREE 📲 Booking: seamusheaneycentre.com/Events/ Tráthnóna speisialta le @laoighseach.bsky.social Caitríona Ní Chléirchín agus Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh – poetry in English & Irish
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Oireachtas na Gaeilge @oirnagaeilge.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🎶 Beidh GaelGuth, an chéad chór Gaeilge uile-oileáin, á sheoladh ag an Oireachtas, á stiúradh ag Colm Ó Foghlú. Ag lorg amhránaithe le guthanna éagsúla as na 32 contae. An gcanann tú? Foirm léiriú spéise anseo: www.antoireachtas.ie/na-taibhealaio…
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Lillis Ó Laoire @lillis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Dorn san Aer do Rónán inniu.
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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 25/09/2026
The RIA is pleased to announce the publication of 'Ireland: Why it matters to be an island', a new book by Michael Cronin MRIA: www.ria.ie/2026/09/25/r...
Stacks of the book “Ireland: Why It Matters to Be an Island” by Michael Cronin, featuring blue wave patterns and yellow circles.
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Here's a brief exposition as to what my Ancient Celtic Working Group is supposed to be.
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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 28/08/2026
Oíche Chultúir 2026 ag Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann! Culture Night Dublin 2026 at the Royal Irish Academy! Dé hAoine, 18 Meán Fómhair, 5:00–9:00pm. Friday, 18 September, 5:00–9:00pm. @dib.ie @dri.ie @ihtaria.bsky.social @difp-ria.bsky.social @rialibrary.bsky.social @arinsproject.bsky.social
Illustration of a building entrance with stairs on a green background, featuring Royal Irish Academy and Culture Night logos below.
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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It is in the world and it is a thing of beauty! 'This highly original account of the extraordinarily rich and varied lives of Mary and Padraic Colum is not just welcome, but, given the magnitude of their legacy, an urgent rectification' Barry McCrea University of Notre Dame In bookshops next week
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School of Celtic Studies - Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh DIAS @scs-dias.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Lá cainteanna agus seoladh eagráin nua den Navigatio Sancti Brendani A day of talks to mark the launch of the new edition and translation of the Voyage of St Brendan 24 Meán Fómhair / September 2026 DIAS #DIASdiscovers www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-voyage...
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The Voyage of St Brendan, A European Odyssey
A day of events to celebrate the launch of a modern edition and English translation of the text
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
One for the diary at @scs-dias.bsky.social: Aindí Mac Giolla Chomhaill "Assessing 18th-century toponymic knowledge: Tadhg Ó Neachtain’s Irish gazetteer (1728)" When: 25 Sept 2026 16:00 Where: @dias.ie Registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inaugural-...
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Inaugural Lecture & Launch: The Society for Name Studies in Ireland
'Assessing 18th-century toponymic knowledge: Tadhg Ó Neachtain’s Irish gazetteer (1728)' with Aindí Mac Giolla Chomhaill
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
My new workplace. A new chapter in my life after 15 years as Professor of Old and Middle Irish at Maynooth University, almost 7 years Head of the Department of Early Irish, 2 years Head of the School of Celtic Studies, I am Senior Professor of Celtic Studies at the Dublin Institute for Advanced...
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School of Celtic Studies - Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh DIAS @scs-dias.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Clár Thionól na bliana seo ar fáil anois! Tabhair faoi deara gur ar an Déardaoin a chuirfear tús leis i mbliana. Programme for this year's Tionól now available. NB this year it starts on the Thursday. #DIASdiscovers www.dias.ie/2026/04/30/t...
Programme for Tionól 2026.
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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Very best of luck to my wonderful colleague @davidstifter.bsky.social who finished at @ceilteachomn.bsky.social yesterday & now takes up his Senior Professorship @scs-dias.bsky.social. Even though he will only be a few miles away, Maynooth will not be the same without him. Truly the end of an era. 😭
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Mise Áine @miseaine.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Ag súil le cuid agaibh a fheiceáil ag Féile Ainm Cleite, 11-13 Meán Fómhair, thiar i gCeantar na nOileán, a chairde. #ScéalLeScaipeadh Clár na Féile, thíos. Áthas orainn go mbeidh ár nUachtarán Uasal, Catherine Connolly, inár gcuideachta don oscailt oifigiúil. @president.ie
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Liam Carson @liamcarson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
BAIRD IMRAM AR CHAMPAS Thursday 24 September Seamus Heaney Centre, Belfast Gala bi-lingual poetry reading in Irish and English with Caitríona Ní Chléirchín, Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh and Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha. All welcome. Free admission, booking at www.seamusheaneycentre.com/Events/BAIRD...
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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 04/09/2026
Did you know that in the Middle Ages the Isle of Man had its own distinctive variety of Latin? This striking finding has resulted from the RIA’s Dictionary of Medieval Latin from Celtic Sources (DMLCS) Find out more about the DMLCS and the RIA’s other research programmes www.ria.ie/research-pro...
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irishtextssociety.bsky.social @irishtextssociety.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The Annals of Inisfallen on display at @UCC until November www.ucc.ie/en/news/2026...
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The Annals of Inisfallen to go on public display in University College Cork | University College Cork
Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Fancy learning Old Irish the conversational way? Francesco Felici is gearing up to develop a conversational, online beginners' course in Old Irish, organised and facilitated by The Patrologist ⬇️ @jeltzz.bsky.social. More info at thepatrologist.com/learn-to-spe...
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Learn to speak Old Irish
Several weeks ago I came across Francesco Felici's doctoral dissertation on teaching Old Irish as a living language. I wrote a little bit about it here, and some other thoughts here, and probably some...
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EURALEX @euralex.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The EURALEX Board met on 4 September 2026. Topics discussed included finances and membership, as well as preparations for EURALEX 2026 and the next General Meeting.
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Oireachtas na Gaeilge @oirnagaeilge.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
✨Oíche Chultúir, Oíche dár Saol✨ 📍Imeachtaí Gaeilge: Co. Mhaigh Eo 📆Dé hAoine, 18 Meán Fómhair 2026 #OícheChultúir #OícheDárSaol #Oireachtas2026
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Michal Měchura @lexiconista.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
From now on, every time I give a talk somewhere that doesn’t come with a publication, I’ll turn it into a blog post (or at least I’ll try). And I’m starting right now. www.lexiconista.com/ux-of-topony...
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The UX of toponymy
We need to talk about the user experience of the websites we build as front-ends for our placenames databases.
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Tuairisc @tuairisc.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Ó pheann agus pár go dtí teacht an AI - 40 bliain i Rannóg an Aistriúcháin i dTeach Laighean
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Ó pheann agus pár go dtí teacht an AI – 40 bliain i Rannóg an Aistriúcháin i dTeach Laighean
Tá Vivian Uíbh Eachach éirithe as mar phríomhaistritheoir i dTeach Laighean. Labhair sé le Tuairisc faoi na blianta a chaith sé i Rannóg an Aistriúcháin agus a bhfuil i ndán don rannóg
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Oireachtas na Gaeilge @oirnagaeilge.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Ceardlann Filíochta & Seisiún Eolais 📆Dé Luain, 17 Lúnasa 2026 🕓16:00 📍Páirc an Phiarsaigh, Sráid Deiní, Trá Lí, Co. Chiarraí, V92 FYR2 Is gá clárú don cheardlann, cláraigh anseo: rb.gy/bp6xfo Bí ann!
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John Walsh @nuachainteoir.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Alt liom ar stair Choimisiún na Gaeltachta 1926 ar Comhar na míosa seo (síntiús de dhíth). Bunaithe ar chaibidil de mo leabhar nua atá le foilsiú ag Cló Iar-Chonnacht sa bhfómhar. comhar.ie/iris/86/8/na...
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Na fir a bhunaigh an Ghaeltacht
Bliain chinniúnach i stair na hÉireann agus na Gaeltachta ab ea 1926, a deir John Walsh
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Tim McMahon @timtimothy87.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Irish-language research opportunity at the University of St Thomas (St Paul, MN): 8-wk funded research for early career scholar with interest in the Gaeltacht +/or contemporary spoken Irish. Details attached.
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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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Michal Měchura @lexiconista.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
“Ba mhaith liom an phunann infheistíochta a bheith mar a bhíonn mo chuid stéigeacha.” www.lexiconista.com/offtopic/tui...
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Tuigeann muid a chéile – Marc-Uwe Kling
“Tá an banc mar atá an gruagaire: is é an níochán tús gach gnó.”
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Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Spá i nDún Laoghaire a gheallann suaimhneas is só. Tá mé in amhras faoin ainm mar sin féin…
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Síobhra Aiken @siobhraaiken.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Congratulations to Peter on his outstanding leadership over the past decade @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social. He leaves big shoes to fill, but we are excited to continue building on the vibrancy of the programmes and community at Irish Studies in Queen's.
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Síle Ní Mhurchú @silenimhurchu.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Ag agallamh leis an Acallam - ná cailligí an chomhdháil seo!
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Aberystwyth University @aberuni.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
📖 Academics from our Department of Welsh and Celtic Studies have co-edited a new collection of poetry that sheds light on women's poetic voices across Wales, Ireland and Scotland between 1400 to 1800. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/425psjdu #WomensPoetry #CelticLanguages
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Síle Ní Mhurchú @silenimhurchu.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Ailt spéisiúla ar Ghaeilge Mhanann: www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
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Special Issue: Manx Revivals; Issue Editors: Christopher Lewin and Erin McNulty
Volume 2026, issue 298-299 of the journal International Journal of the Sociology of Language was published in 2026.
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Síle Ní Mhurchú @silenimhurchu.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Ag súil go mór leis an gcomhdháil seo a bheidh ar siúl Dé Céadaoin! www.ria.ie/events/muine...
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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 05/08/2026
Calling Tim Robinson fans! RIA Publishing House is producing new editions of Robinson's iconic map series, Aran, The Burren and Connemara. How would you like to see these wonderful maps brought back to life? We would love to hear from you! Email publications@ria.ie with your feedback.
Black and white map of Connemara, County Galway, with marked regions and the author Tim Robinson's name displayed.
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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 01/08/2026
📢Táimid ag earcú / We are hiring! Fáiltítear roimh iarratais ar phost an Eagarthóra Bainistíochta le Foclóir Stairiúil na Gaeilge (FNG), atá lonnaithe in Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann. Dáta deiridh: 15:00 ar an 31 Lúnasa 2026 Chun tuilleadh eolais a fháil tabhair cuairt ar: www.ria.ie/about/career...
Job offer by Royal Irish Academy for Managing Editor position, resume submission to recruitment@ria.ie, with mountain-themed graphics on green and purple background.
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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 06/08/2026
@arinsproject.bsky.social is a collaboration project between the RIA and the @notredame.bsky.social. It provides authoritative, independent and non-partisan analysis and research on constitutional, institutional and policy options for Ireland, north and south. Find out more at www.arinsproject.ie
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Publication alert at @scs-dias.bsky.social: Malacha McKenna, The Irish of Rann na Feirste Co. Donegal: A Phonemic System, @dias.ie 2026. Available at a reduced introductory price now: shop.dias.ie/product/the-...
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Elena Parina @elenaparina.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Join us on Monday at the Bonn+Marburg Celtic Seminar online for the lecture of Jessica Shales (Cardiff University) The Arthur of the Britons: comparing perceptions of Arthur across medieval Brittany, Cornwall, and Wales. Send an email to celtic@uni-bonn.de if you have not yet written to us this term
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Síle Ní Mhurchú @silenimhurchu.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Ba mhór an onóir dom bualadh le Uachtarán na hÉireann, Catherine Connolly, inné agus na Clocha Oghaim @ucc a thaispeáint di!
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
For your diary: Stokesday: Problems of Celtic Lexicography (I) 6 June 2026: 9.30- 17.40 Visualisation Building Penglais Campus Aberystwyth, SY23 3BF
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Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh OMN | School of Celtic Studies MU @ceilteachomn.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Tar ag obair linn! | Come work with us!
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Mise Áine @miseaine.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Mar eolas daoibh, a Spéiríní. 🎶 🎵
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
... I have been appointed Senior Professor in the School of Celtic Studies @scs-dias.bsky.social at the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies @dias.ie. It is an enormous honour to have been chosen for this very prestigious position. I intend to take up my new role in September. /2
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
𝗗𝗶Ⓐ𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 36 It has been a very eventful time since my last DiⒶgnostic news item four weeks ago. I promised then important news about the DiⒶgnostic project, which I can finally reveal now. By a decision of the Irish Cabinet and approved by the Taoiseach and the President of Ireland,... /1
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Maynooth University @maynoothuniversity.ie · 27/05/2026
MU congratulates Prof Delia Ferri on her election to the @ria.ie. At a ceremony held on May 22, Prof Ferri was formally admitted in recognition of their contributions to the sciences, humanities, social sciences & public service. @maynoothlaw.bsky.social www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...
A group of three people stands outdoors, surrounded by lush greenery and colorful flowers. The two individuals on the left and center wear black and gold academic gowns, while the person on the right is dressed in a dark suit with a flower-patterned tie. They appear to be at a formal event, possibly a graduation ceremony.
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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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Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Bhain mé triail as cogar.ie Bíonn sí breá bríomhar, féarplé don dream a cheap í. Sciar maith de na Spéiríní ann - ní chuirfeadh sé a dhath i gcuimhne duit ach casadh leis na comharsanaigh agus tú ar laethanta saoire ar an Mhór-roinn
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Cogar - Bígí páirteach i dtodhchaí na Gaeilge.
Ardán sóisialta nua do phobal na Gaeilge
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
...ag Prof. Rossana Guglielmetti (Milano), bunaithe ar obair iomráiteach Giovanni Orlandi a thosaigh taighde a dhéanamh ar an Nauigatio sna 60í. Chun Lá Fhéile Bréanainn a cheiliúradh, tairgtear an leabhar seo ar mhargadh maith ar feadh dhá sheachtain. Téigí go dtí shop.dias.ie/product/navi.... /3
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Fantastic concert by the @maynoothuniversity.ie Chamber Choir and its director Michael Dawson this evening, celebrating its 40th anniversary. The University Chapel was sold out. Ad multos annos!
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