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Celtic at Oxford @oxfordceltic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you missed this year's Oxford O'Donnell lecture in May, there's another chance to hear it online. Thanks once again to @aaron-griffith.bsky.social for enlightening us on variation in Old Irish! #oldirish #gaeilge www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-xx...
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Old Irish: plenty of variation, but of what kind? (O'Donnell Lecture 2026)
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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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Celtic at Oxford @oxfordceltic.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Congratulations to Jasmine Ashworth, who has won this year's Sir John Rhŷs Prize for an essay on the treatment of dead bodies in medieval Welsh literature. Llongyfarchiadau, Jasmine! www.english.ox.ac.uk/article/sir-...
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Sir John Rhŷs Prize2026 awarded to Jasmine Ashworth
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Celtic at Oxford @oxfordceltic.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Delighted to welcome @aaron-griffith.bsky.social to Oxford this week as this year's O'Donnell Lecturer, talking about variation in Old Irish. Join us this Friday at 5.30pm in the Schwarzman Centre. Book a free ticket here: www.english.ox.ac.uk/event/old-ir...
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Jesus College Oxford @jesusoxford.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
We are incredibly grateful to College alumnus Professor Eddie Williams (1962, Modern Languages) for his donation of an early edition of the Mabinogion to the Fellows’ Library. 🔎Read more: www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/college-gifted-e… 📸Oxford Conservation Consortium
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Jesus College Oxford @jesusoxford.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
A new series of Stori'r Iaith, the S4C programme that explores the history of the Welsh language, starts today. Ep 1 was filmed at Jesus and features several of Oxford's Celtic scholars. Watch the programme live at 9PM or on catch-up: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0n1q6c0. Subtitles available.
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S4C - Stori'r Iaith, Cyfres 2, Stori'r Iaith - Cerys Matthews
Cyfres Newydd. Cerys Matthews sy'n mynd ar daith bersonol i olrhain stori'r iaith Gymra...
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Celtic at Oxford @oxfordceltic.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus i bawb! Happy St David's Day!
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Celtic at Oxford @oxfordceltic.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Cacenni toes a Chymraeg Canol i ddathlu'r ŵyl! Welsh cakes in Middle Welsh class in the run up to St David's Day! #stdavidsday #gwyldewi
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Celtic at Oxford @oxfordceltic.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Poster for this term's Oxford Celtic Seminar, held jointly with @yganolfangeltaidd.bsky.social now out! Croeso cynnes i bawb!
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Celtic at Oxford @oxfordceltic.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
A reminder that there are Celtic, Welsh and Irish pathways in Oxford Linguistics masters programmes. Find out more at the online open day: www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/news/2025/07...
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Graduate Linguistics Online Open Day
The Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics will be holding an online Graduate Open Day via Microsoft Teams for all prospective graduate applicants on Thursday 25th September 2025 from 1-2pm (...
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Celtic at Oxford @oxfordceltic.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
There's another chance to hear this year's Oxford O'Donnell lecture, a fabulous talk by Ronald Hutton on the medieval Irish goddess figure, the Morrigan, now uploaded here www.youtube.com/watch?v=HazN...
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O'Donnell Lecture 2025: 'The Morrigan Revisited' by Ronald Hutton
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Celtic at Oxford @oxfordceltic.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Come and join us in Oxford! We're advertising for a two-year full-time departmental lecturer in Medieval Irish Language and Literature. Full details here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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Celtic at Oxford @oxfordceltic.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Congratulations to Maia Williams of @jesusoxford.bsky.social, who has won the 2025 Sir John Rhŷs Essay Prize for her piece on mythological elements in an alternative ending to the Middle Welsh tale Math uab Mathonwy. Da iawn, Maia! www.english.ox.ac.uk/article/sir-...
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Celtic at Oxford @oxfordceltic.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Llongyfarchiadau i'n myfyrwraig @francesdowle.bsky.social, sy wedi ennill Gwobr Robins y Philological Society am ei thraethawd ar gytundeb gramadegol yn y Gymraeg. Da iawn, Frances!
Frances Dowle yn derbyn Gwobr Robins
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Celtic at Oxford @oxfordceltic.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Great to see so many turn out for Friday's O'Donnell lecture. Thanks to Ronald Hutton for a fantastic discussion of the Morrigan across the medieval and modern worlds. See you for @aaron-griffith.bsky.social next year!
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Celtic at Oxford @oxfordceltic.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Pleased to announce that this year's Oxford O'Donnell Lecture will be given by Prof Ronald Hutton on medieval and modern representations of the Irish Morrigan, 2 May, 5pm, in the English Faculty, St Cross Road
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Celtic at Oxford @oxfordceltic.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Great to hear @pomuirch.bsky.social speaking about his work on the Gaelic writings of Dugald MacNicol at the Oxford Celtic seminar this week. Tapadh leat, a Pheadair!
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Celtic at Oxford @oxfordceltic.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
A reminder that @pomuirch.bsky.social will be joining us in Oxford this Thursday at 5.15pm in the Memorial Room in Jesus to talk about his work 'In search of the nineteenth-century Gaelic Caribbean'. Fàilte romhaibh uile!
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Celtic at Oxford @oxfordceltic.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Syr John Rhŷs yn dathlu Gŵyl Ddewi yn yr heulwen.
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Celtic at Oxford @oxfordceltic.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
A reminder that our next speaker is David Callander talking about 'Merlin, Gwenddydd, and the End of our Age', hybrid from the Memorial Room, Jesus at 5.15pm Thursday 20 February.
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Celtic at Oxford @oxfordceltic.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
It was a pleasure to welcome Laura Arman at the most recent seminar in Oxford to entertain us with her thoughts on 'Dwi YN' in contemporary Welsh.
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Celtic at Oxford @oxfordceltic.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Roedd yn bleser croesawu Laura Arman o Gaerdydd i'r seminar diwethaf yn Rhydychen i'n diddanu gyda'i meddyliau am 'Dwi YN!'.
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Celtic at Oxford @oxfordceltic.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
The programme for this term's Celtic Seminar with @yganolfangeltaidd.bsky.social is now out. Join us for our first session next Thursday with an online talk by @brendankanect.bsky.social on Irish bardic poetry.
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