Dr. Caitlyn Brinkman-Schwartz

'ernbas' (I believe 'ernmaiss' is a form of this) is a nicely effective word: It's 'bás' (death) combined with 'íarn' (iron) to describe death from combat

There's no way to quite get it across in English but I love the saint Colum Cille's description of a young warrior as 'eólach cech ernmaiss'. It's like, 'learned in all forms of death-by-iron'

I'm not saying it's difficult to find full-time academic posts in my fields of expertise, but--

My defense in my witchcraft trial would be that I'm merely running a sanctuary for supernatural creatures that need forever homes

One phrase in the English language stands out as for its exceptional versatility. In this essay I will--

Normal family whatsapp chat

Irish Language: Belfast City Council votes in favour of policy The policy could see both English and Irish displayed on council vehicles and uniforms, as well as signs.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I first assumed it was a French graal reference (holy grail conceived of as a dish); but after reading it, my best guess is a real dish that evokes a shield, hence the odd placement of the dish being on the arm. Not pinging any associations w/ saga, which is more abt cauldrons.

Why is girls' night so hard to organise

It’s Walter Benjamin’s yahrzeit. He was a philosopher who chose to die whilst fleeing the Nazis in 1940. He is the only historical figure I *miss*, irrationally, as though he was a friend I suddenly lost.

Re: the Charlie Kirk murder in the USA: If you're not familiar with Horst Wessel, now would be a great time to look it up.

The documents are Napoleonic era, but I nonetheless hear this in Picard's voice and expect tha next word to be 'stardate'

Unexpected delight at the names for different classifications of gunship

Someone should start a vegan shop and call it Seitanic Panic

from Crow’s Eye View - Asymptote Poem 9 Muzzle                Every day was a spate of gusts and now a largish hand touches my waist. Just when the smell of my sweat seeps through the ecst...

www.asymptotejournal.com/poetry/i-san... A poet I hadn't heard of before today

A witch's familiar, from The Reader's Digest Folklore book

People don't talk nearly enough about how cute 16th Century Witch's Familiars were.

reverse heist movie where a single snake has to chase all the priests back into ireland

Best team shirt ever, such a vibe

Friends are doing a romantic weekend away to learn how to forge swords, and, may I just say, that is absolute GOALS ⚔️

The book manuscript is handed in to the publisher!
And the research assistants have both received carrots as per their contract.

Omg is TikTok just a new version of tableaux performance, eg St Edna’s kids doing skits

This might be my favourite book of 2025, it’s such a fascinating and beautifully written read

Packing for a trip:
15 minutes of throwing clothes haphazardly into a bag followed by 1.5 hours agonising over how to limit myself to a max of one book per day 😭

Look at this long boi! [Seanchus Mór, TCD] www.isos.dias.ie/TCD/TCD_MS_1...

This was not the thing I was searching my old notebook for, but nonetheless—

Oddly reassuring that Constance Markievicz was scared to talk to girls
[source: H Moloney, Witness statement 391, Bureau of Military History]

The only true romance, truly:
SiÞen þe sege and þe assaut watz sesed at Troye,
Þe borȝ brittened and brent to brondeȝ and askez,
Þe tulk þat þe trammes of tresoun þer wroȝt
Watz tried for his tricherie, þe trewest on erthe

My student just called Marie de France’s Lanval a passenger princess (his fairy lover rescues him on horseback by pulling him up behind her) and I will never see that knight’s name again without thinking of this 😂

I was thinking about how Jewish demons just aren’t EVIL the way Christian demons are. And I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s because they often have chicken feet. Just TRY being menacing whilst scuffling up to someone all tippity-tappity on little chicken feet

This ending of the Welsh Dream of Maxen Wledig in the Mabinogion is so….unsettling