Each year the School arranges for a lecture which is open to the general public and which is intended to present research in Irish and Celtic Studies to a wide audience. This Statutory Lecture is held in alternate years in Trinity College, Dublin and University College, Dublin, and usually takes place as part of the Tionól in November.
Nowadays the Statutory Lectures are recorded and made available on the website, so that they are freely available to audiences around the world. Scroll down to see the latest ones.
Previous Statutory Public Lectures
2018
Liam Breatnach: Poetry on the edge: marginal verses in mediaeval Irish manuscripts – Download Handout
What do the early Irish texts tell us about the history of music in this country? The main emphasis in this lecture will be on the period between the coming of Christianity in the 5th century and the Anglo-Norman invasion in the late 12th century. Topics to be discussed include the identification of the stringed instruments crot and timpán, the use of wind-instruments in military contexts, the development of bag-pipes, the functions of percussion instruments, and the various styles of singing mentioned in the texts. There will also be an account of the evidence for dancing in early Christian Ireland.
The lecture will conclude with a summary of the role of music in early Irish society, and a discussion of the Church’s attitude towards different types of music, as well as an account of the frequent association between music and the supernatural in early Irish literature.
My favourite code-switched phrase from a story on Bridget in the Commentary to the Félire:
...et dixit illa non.
...and she said: "no."
I will get good use out of this.
(MSS UCD-OFM A7, f. 8v through @DIAS_ISOS ) Retweeted by
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Looking forward to speaking at this conference and highlighting Irish Script On Screen's work @isos_dias with my colleague Andrea Palandri...registration closes tomorrow, don't miss out! #diasdiscoverstwitter.com/TeachingCodex/…Retweeted by
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Oct 3: Feast of Madailb, a bishop, Ternóc mac Raite & Nuadu an anchorite; obscure saints commemorated by the Irish
[A7 36r @ucdarchives@DIAS_ISOS] Retweeted by
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Oct 1: Feast of Fintan & Colmán, obscure saints in Irish martyrologies
[KBR (Royal Library of Belgium) 5100-04 (Martyrology of Gorman) f152v @DIAS_ISOS] Retweeted by
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Statutory Public Lectures
Each year the School arranges for a lecture which is open to the general public and which is intended to present research in Irish and Celtic Studies to a wide audience. This Statutory Lecture is held in alternate years in Trinity College, Dublin and University College, Dublin, and usually takes place as part of the Tionól in November.
Nowadays the Statutory Lectures are recorded and made available on the website, so that they are freely available to audiences around the world. Scroll down to see the latest ones.
Previous Statutory Public Lectures
Handout
What do the early Irish texts tell us about the history of music in this country? The main emphasis in this lecture will be on the period between the coming of Christianity in the 5th century and the Anglo-Norman invasion in the late 12th century. Topics to be discussed include the identification of the stringed instruments crot and timpán, the use of wind-instruments in military contexts, the development of bag-pipes, the functions of percussion instruments, and the various styles of singing mentioned in the texts. There will also be an account of the evidence for dancing in early Christian Ireland.
The lecture will conclude with a summary of the role of music in early Irish society, and a discussion of the Church’s attitude towards different types of music, as well as an account of the frequent association between music and the supernatural in early Irish literature.
Part of Tionól 2013
Part of Tionól 2012
Part of Tionól 2011.
Part of Tionól 2010.
Part of Tionól 2009
Part of Tionól 2008
Part of Tionól 2007
Part of Tionól 2006
Part of Tionól 2005
Part of Tionól 2004
Part of Tionól 2003
Part of Tionól 2002
Part of Tionól 2001
Part of Tionól 2000
Brian Ó Cuív: ‘Personal Names, Epithets and Nicknames in Irish’
Brian Ó Cuív: ‘The Linguistic Training of the Mediaeval Irish Poet’
Daniel A. Binchy: ‘A Thousand Years of Irish – Corpus Iuris Hibernici’
Daniel A. Binchy: ‘The Book of Rights and Irish Pseudo-History’
Daniel A. Binchy: ‘The Ritual Hunger Strike in Ancient Ireland’
Myles Dillon: ‘Linguistic Borrowing and Historical Evidence’
School of Celtic Studies
Nike Stam (@SCSLibrary @DIAS_Dublin) is concerned with the bilingual nature of relics - code-switching in the Félire Óengusso. Retweeted by DIAS_SCS Library
Tionól 2019 will take place on Thursday 14th, Friday 15th and Saturday 16th November @SCSLibrary @DIAS_Dublin #DIASdiscovers #SCSTionol2019 Tionól programme is now available dias.ie/celt/celt-conf…
#HappyFriday! The second keynote is Jacopo Bisagni of @nuigalway, who is well-known in the hist. code-switching sphere for his '#Prolegomena to the study of code-switching in the Old Irish Glosses' in @peritiaEditors. #CfP for #MMM out till Nov. 29! #DIASDiscovers @SCSLibrary Retweeted by DIAS_SCS Library
A closer look at the Irish medieval book by Pádraig Ó Macháin rte.ie/brainstorm/201… via @rte image from @DIAS_ISOS #DIASdiscovers
Congratulations to @CClearych who has been awarded an O'Donovan Scholarship here @SCSLibrary @DIAS_Dublin We look forward to working with Dr Cleary on her research projects over the coming years. #DIASdiscovers #CelticStudies #loveIrishresearch
My favourite code-switched phrase from a story on Bridget in the Commentary to the Félire: ...et dixit illa non. ...and she said: "no." I will get good use out of this. (MSS UCD-OFM A7, f. 8v through @DIAS_ISOS ) Retweeted by DIAS_SCS Library
Looking forward to speaking at this conference and highlighting Irish Script On Screen's work @isos_dias with my colleague Andrea Palandri...registration closes tomorrow, don't miss out! #diasdiscovers twitter.com/TeachingCodex/… Retweeted by DIAS_SCS Library
Anton Gerard van Hamel: New revelations from the archives of a Dutch Celticist Thurs 17th October 4.30pm @DIAS_Dublin #DIASdiscovers @Naoicea @UtrechtUni dias.ie/event/new-reve…
Diarmuid MacMurrough to face trial before Ferns jury - Prof. Liam Breatnach to present details of Brehon Law #TheMacMurroughInquiry #DIASdiscovers wexfordtoday.com/2019/09/21/dia…
Tomorrow @FernsVillage Prof. Liam Breatnach will be in attendance at the re-enactment of #TheMacMurroughInquiry and he will present details of Brehon Law #DIASdiscovers independent.ie/regionals/newr…
I am very honoured to be a speaker at this year's @DIAS_Dublin's mini-festival "Samhain agus Science" on Wed 30 Oct, with a talk on heavenly bodies in medieval Ireland. Info: dias.ie/event/samhain-… Free registration: eventbrite.ie/e/samhain-agus… Retweeted by DIAS_SCS Library
#HappyFriday! So while the #CfP is still up, let me use #Fridays tell you about the keynotes! Esther-Miriam Wagner of @Cambridge_Uni works on Arabic and Jiddish sociolinguistics in a variety of contexts with a strong focus on scribal practice #DIASMMM #DIASDiscovers @SCSLibrary Retweeted by DIAS_SCS Library
Thank you to Dr Bernadette Cunningham for listing both @DIAS_ISOS and bill.celt.dias.ie as useful websites #DIASdiscovers twitter.com/Library_RIA/st…
Oct 3: Feast of Madailb, a bishop, Ternóc mac Raite & Nuadu an anchorite; obscure saints commemorated by the Irish [A7 36r @ucdarchives @DIAS_ISOS] Retweeted by DIAS_SCS Library
Brainstorming and learning about evergreen stories with @byjimcarroll @RTEBrainstorm for #DIASday #DIASdiscovers @DIAS_Dublin
*Call for papers* Medieval Multilingual Manuscripts: Texts, Scribes, and Patrons 22nd + 23rd May 2020 @DIAS_Dublin Organiser: Dr Nike Stam @Naoicea #DIASdiscovers dias.ie/2019/10/01/cal…
Oct 1: Feast of Fintan & Colmán, obscure saints in Irish martyrologies [KBR (Royal Library of Belgium) 5100-04 (Martyrology of Gorman) f152v @DIAS_ISOS] Retweeted by DIAS_SCS Library
The Library at the School of Celtic Studies invites applications for a 2 month paid internship commencing immediately. #LISJobsIE #internship #cataloguing dias.ie/2019/09/26/lib…
Anton Gerard van Hamel: New revelations from the archives of a Dutch Celticist October 17th, 4:30 pm @DIAS_Dublin #DIASdiscovers dias.ie/event/new-reve…
Decoding the Past, a conference on critical editions, takes place on 1 & 2 November @tcddublin, including speakers from @TCDRnaGaeilge and @SCSLibrary @DIAS_Dublin #DIASDiscovers twitter.com/decodingthepas… Retweeted by DIAS_SCS Library