Cormac Duffy

Place-naming and Place-sharing in Northern Ireland - The Linen Hall, Belfast As part of the celebrations for Oireachtas na Samhna, The Linen Hall is delighted to welcome Professor Mícheál Ó Mainnín, Dr Frances Kane, and Dr Brian Devlin for a fascinating talk on the history and...

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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
📍 NMI, Kildare St
Talks: Maeve Sikora (11:30), Dr Ó Riain (12:30), Prof Ó Cróinín (14:30)
Take part in free Workshops & handle replica artefacts
🎟️ Free admission
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Hello friends! I'm doing a *free* online talk about Filthy Queens and the history of Beer in Ireland for the Dublin Festival of History on Sept 30th from 5pm IST. All welcome. Hope to see some of you there!

Link to register: dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/filthy...

6/6 The Lough Kinale Shrine reconstructed!

Ireland’s oldest & largest Book Shrine was broken in the medieval period & the pieces left in a lake

Now, Discovery Programme has used 3D modelling to digitally reconstruct it with @nmireland.bsky.social for #wordsonthewave exhibition:
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Depiction of the Second Coming in the ‘Irish Gospels of St Gall’; St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang 51, p. 267. © Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen

One of the highlights of Words on the Wave at @NMIreland is Cod. Sang. 51—an 8th-c. Irish Gospel book with rare depictions of the Crucifixion & Second Coming. On display until 24 Oct. 🕊️
More: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...

Make Your Thursdays Count!
Looking for something different after work?
🕔 The National Museum of Ireland – Kildare Street is open late on Thurs 11 & 18 Sept until 8 PM.
✨ Discover the stunning Words on the Wave exhibition
📍 Free entry, no booking needed.
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Hut site and cairns in the eroding sand dunes on the Doorin Point survey. @cormacduffy.bsky.social @ria.ie @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social This project is grant aided by #RIAgrants funded by @nationalmons.bsky.social

Eroding shell middens recorded surveying around Doorin Point, Donegal. @cormacduffy.bsky.social @ria.ie @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social This project is grant aided by #RIAgrants funded by @nationalmons.bsky.social

Checking out the erratics used as land marks, place names, fossils and rock formations on the foreshore around Doorin Point promontory fort in Donegal @cormacduffy.bsky.social #Riagrants @ria.ie @nationalmons.bsky.social @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social

This was a really cool find on the recent survey, tracks running for over 500m across the intertidal zone. #climateiretage

Erosion cut through a stream making a new waterfall with the original now dry valley on the townland boundary seen further south. Doorin Point in Donegal @cormacduffy.bsky.social This project is grant aided by #RIAgrants funded by @nationalmons.bsky.social @ria.ie @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social

Oxford researchers find policymakers underestimate public support for New research by University of Oxford researchers from the Institute of New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, Saïd Business School and Smith School of Enterprise and Environment finds

New research from @oxmartinschool.bsky.social and @smithschool.ox.ac.uk shows policymakers are seriously underestimating how willing the public is to step up on climate action.

Read more ⬇️ #OxfordClimate

Good start finding submerged forests and old landing places. Looking forward to going around the promontory fort on Doorin Point when continue in a couple of weeks #RIAgrants @ria.ie @nationalmons.bsky.social

YouTube video by The Discovery Programme Tour of Illaunobrick Iron Age Promontory Fort

For those who caught the @rteone.rte.ie coverage of our work on eroding archaeology on the Copper Coast & would like to know more, check out this tour of Illaunobrick Promontory Fort from our Maritime Archaeologist Dr @edwardpollard.bsky.social:
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It definitely has it perks!

It was great to be back in Donegal working on the Doorin Point coastal zone assessment led by @edwardpollard.bsky.social of @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social #climateiretage #archaeology #climateheritage

In our second EAD celebration, today the CHERISH project (@discoveryprogramme.bsky.social, @rcahmwales.bsky.social, @aberuni.bsky.social, @geolsurvie.bsky.social) launches its UAV dataset, now digitally preserved for long-term open access in the Repository!

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Detail from Cod. Sang. 51 © Stiftsbibliothek St Gallen.

‪🎧 Listen: @niamhwycherley.bsky.social‬(Maynooth Univ.) Explores the unique exhibition Words on the Wave: Ireland & St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe on the Medieval Irish History Podcast—joined by Dr. Diarmuid Ó Riain & Matt Seaver (NMI).
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An image of the new exhibition, Words on the Wave: Ireland and St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe- Discover how science, art, archaeology and the study of script help reveal the links between Ireland and Europe

Curator Matt Seaver joins ‪@newstalkfm.bsky.social‬'s #TalkingHistory podcast to reveal the story behind “Words on the Wave” — a stunning new exhibition at @NMIreland.
Treasures returned to Ireland after more than 1,000 years.
🎧 Listen: www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

We're hiring @ceilteachomn.bsky.social! Seeking a Lecturer/Assistant Professor for the Department of Early Irish and programme in Irish Cultural Heritage @maynoothuniversity.ie next year. Deadline 25 June 2025. More info here:

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The front of the Lough Kinale Book-Shrine (National Museum of Ireland)

A medieval mystery resurfaces. The Lough Kinale Shrine, once lost in an Irish lake, is now conserved. Explore the story of this sacred artefact and its journey through time, then see it in person from 30th May, 2025, at the National Museum of Ireland. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...

TANK vs TESLA

"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"

- ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

Happy star wars day, from the planet Ahch-to! #maythe4th #donegal #malinhead

Detail of a Crucifixion scene in St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang 51, p. 266. © Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen

Explore the fascinating early medieval Irish depictions of Christ on the Cross. Discover the beautifully illustrated Gospel-book (Cod. Sang. 51) & the Crucifixion plaque from Rinnagan, Co. Roscommon. #NMIBlog #CuratorBlog #Archaeology
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DRI's @lisagriffith.bsky.social and Stuart Kenny along with members of the @irelandmapped.bsky.social project contributed to a new paper on ‘A Digital Archive of Ireland’s Ordnance Survey’: Connecting Collections for Nineteenth-Century Ireland: doi.org/10.5334/johd... #Mapping #OrdnanceSurvey

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

In the mid-9th century, amidst fierce Viking raids, scribes in northeast Ireland copied a Latin textbook written in 6th-century Constantinople, this manuscript, is key to understanding the Irish language of the time. #NMIBlog #MuseumBlog #CuratorBlog #Archaeology
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Cairn T, Loughcrew - 3D model by The Discovery Programme (@discoveryprogramme) Cairn T is one of the largest passage tombs at Loughcrew (SMR No. ME015-012004-). It can be found near Oldcastle in County Meath. It is part of Loughcrew Megalithic Cemetery: a group of Neolithic…

#LoughcrewEquinox Day 7 - Cairn T 3D model.
Happy Spring Equinox from Discovery Programme!
At Loughcrew, Cairn T’s passage aligns with today's sunrise. Cairn T is managed by @opwireland.bsky.social, it's currently not safe to enter, so we've collaborated to share 3D models of the site

Orthostat L2, Cairn T, Loughcrew (Stone) - 3D model by The Discovery Programme (@discoveryprogramme) This 3D model is of the decorated orthostat L2 within the passage at Cairn T, Loughcrew, County Meath, Ireland (SMR No. ME015-012004-). The tomb’s passage is aligned on the equinox - at these times of...

#LoughcrewEquinox Day 6 – Orthostat L2, passage.
At Loughcrew, Cairn T’s passage aligns with the equinox sunrise. Loughcrew is managed by @opwireland.bsky.social. It's currently not safe to enter, so we've collaborated to share 3D models of its megalithic art until Equinox (tomorrow!) skfb.ly/puU7F

Ceiling Stone, Cairn T, Loughcrew (Stone) - 3D model by The Discovery Programme (@discoveryprogramme) This 3D model is of the decorated orthostat the ceiling stone within the chamber at Cairn T, Loughcrew, County Meath, Ireland (SMR No. ME015-012004-). The tomb’s passage is aligned on the equinox -…

#LoughcrewEquinox Day 4 – Ceiling Stone
At Loughcrew the main tomb’s passage aligns with the equinox sunrise. Loughcrew is managed by @opwireland.bsky.social. It's currently not safe to enter, so we've collaborated to share 3D models of its megalithic art from now until Equinox