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Call for papers: Tionól 2015

This year’s Tionól will take place at the School of Celtic Studies, 10 Burlington Road, Dublin 4, on 20 and 21 November. Papers will relate to any aspect of Celtic Studies, and will be 30 minutes in duration…. Read More

New publication: The Art of Bardic Poetry

Bardic poetry dominated the Irish literary landscape for at least four centuries, from 1200 to 1600. The standardised language and metres developed for versification in this period and the poets’ sophisticated analysis of them are among the outstanding… Read More

Statutory Public Lecture 2014

Professor Liam Breatnach: The Church in the Laws of Early Mediaeval Ireland View the lecture Handout Part of Tionól 2014

One-day law conference videos available

The talks from the one-day law conference in honour of Fergus Kelly on the occasion of his retirement, held on 28th June 2014, are now available.

One day law conference in honour of Fergus Kelly

A one-day law conference in honour of on the occasion of his retirement Professor Fergus Kelly was held on Satuday 28th June 2014. The talks given are below. Thomas Charles-Edwards (University of Oxford): ‘Bretha Comaithchesa and Early Irish… Read More

New publication: Authorities and Adaptations: The Reworking and Transmission of Textual Sources in Medieval Ireland

Edited by Elizabeth Boyle and Deborah Hayden. Authorities and Adaptations investigates how texts were studied, copied and reworked in medieval Ireland. Encompassing a wide range of genres in Latin and Irish, including saga literature, law texts, grammatical tracts,… Read More

Tionól 2013

The 2013 Tionól took place at the School of Celtic Studies, 10 Burlington Road, Dublin 4, on 15 and 16 November. Schedule Download as printable PDF. Time Friday 15 November Saturday 16 November 9.15–9.50 Niamh Wycherley ‘Sacred remains:… Read More

Seminar Series on Classical Irish Verse

Dr Gordon Ó Riain will begin a seminar series reading the poem Meisde mh’inmhe mh’fhad ó Shaidhbh at 5pm on Thursday, 31st January 2013 in the Seminar Room of the School of Celtic Studies, DIAS. This poem, attributed… Read More

From Late Antiquity to Early Modernity: Towards a New History of Gaelic Literature, A.D. 250–1750

A series of lectures in memory of Proinsias Mac Cana to be delivered in the Royal Irish Academy and the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies by: Professor David Dumville Sixth-century Professor in History, Palaeography & Celtic University of… Read More