Dr Sarah Corrigan

A fun little piece I did on Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, with some interesting snippets from the RIA collection, for your delectation!

And also a huge thanks to @dias-isos.bsky.social for making it happen!

Really looking forward to discussing these manuscripts at @anzamems.bsky.social Conference in just three short weeks!

4/4With gratitude to Kathleen Kilmartin, Director of the Academic Centre (Newman & St Mary’s) for facilitating access to the Australian manuscript that inspired this project & to the Royal Irish Academy for their ongoing commitment to making Gaelic manuscripts accessible to all. Thanks also to DIAS.

MS Táin Bó Cuailnge (Australia: Newman College and St. Mary's College)

3/4 Digitising RIA MS 24 B 1 reunites this Táin text with the Seosamh Ó Longáin version on ISOS, offering new insight into the Ó Longáin scribal tradition and early Irish storytelling.

Explore the Australian manuscript here:

www.isos.dias.ie/AUS1/AUS_MS_...

#DIASdiscovers

MS 24 B 1 (Royal Irish Academy)

2/4 RIA MS 24 B 1 is now available on ISOS (link below).

🪶 A significant step in reconnecting Irish scribal tradition across hemispheres.

www.isos.dias.ie/RIA/RIA_MS_2...

1/4📜 New on ISOS: RIA MS 24 B 1, a Táin Bó Cuailnge manuscript by Peadar Ó Longáin. Digitised with @dias.ie @ria.ie & @unimelb.bsky.social for @anzamems.bsky.social ANZAMEMS 2025. Thanks to Sarah Corrigan @corrigans.bsky.social for underscoring its importance to Irish scribal tradition and the Táin.

Registration deadline is 9 November - it's all coming up fast now!

Programme for Tionól conference 2025

Clár Tionól na bliana seo!
Programme for Tionól 2025!
14-15 Samhain/November.
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New Far Side cartoons! 😱

Medieval Medicine with Prof. Deborah Hayden

How would be treated for a broken heart, menstrual cramps or infertility in medieval Ireland? Expert @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social takes us through the vast array of medical texts, the 11th c surge in scientific writing & evidence for drs & doctoring in the Middle Ages. open.spotify.com/episode/34oG...

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Congrats to my incredible colleagues - come and study Akkadian with us!

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I will cut adrift—I will sit on pavements and drink coffee—I will dream; I will take my mind out of its iron cage and let it swim—this fine October.

- Virginia Woolf
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Nine Objects: An Encounter with the Collections of the University of Melbourne | Potter Museum of Art

Really looking forward to this!

What is Hwæt? The Debate Behind Beowulf’s Opening Line - Medievalists.net Discover the meaning of hwæt, the iconic first word of Beowulf, and explore the medieval and modern debates over how it should be translated.

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In the Treasures of the O'Gorman Special Collection blog series, we highlight volumes by the acclaimed poet and author Seamus Heaney including first editions, signed volumes and more. To read more, please visit: hardimanlibrary.blogspot.com/2025/10/treasures-of-ogorman-special-collection.html

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Ancient writers, especially physicians, had plenty to say about caring for genitals – but please don't try it at home.

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An Incipit (opening letter) with two birds from the St. Gallen manuscript Priscian Institutiones Grammaticae, Cod. Sang 904, p. 25. © Stiftsbibliothek St Gallen.

Families Join us for an Open Day: Words on the Wave – Ireland & St. Gallen exhibition
🗓️ Sat 4 Oct | 11.00–16.00
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Talks: Maeve Sikora (11:30), Dr Ó Riain (12:30), Prof Ó Cróinín (14:30)
Take part in free Workshops & handle replica artefacts
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Reinventing conferences:

Organisers agree to produce a programme to show to your home institution for money but when you get there it’s all just coffee breaks, lunches, and wine receptions and there’s a room where you can do your paper if you really want to.

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'Rotten' Australian university culture lashed in long-running senate inquiry Australia's universities are blighted by a "culture of consequence-free, rotten failure", a senate inquiry has found.

There is still much to be done to fix university governance but nonetheless a huge win for the thousands of NTEU members who have campaigned tirelessly to build better unis.

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