Brendan Kane

‘Written by distinguished scholars in the field of Celtic Studies, this volume’s insightful and original chapters celebrate the import of Catherine McKenna’s wide-ranging scholarly interests on the

'Imagination and Innovation in Medieval Celtic Literatures' is out now

Edited by Helen Fulton and Georgia Henley, this collection goes beyond the familiar canon of medieval Celtic literatures to showcase a range of texts that are compelling in their literary imagination and technical innovation.

Short Courses - Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Residential and online Short Courses in Gaelic, music and culture.

On way back from two weeks on the short courses at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig @sabhalmorostaig.bsky.social A truly outstanding experience. Terrific staff; so welcoming. Learned a ton. Met amazing folks. Run don't walk to next year's Cùrsaichean Goirid! www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/short-course...

Thanks to you, Deborah, and to all the other contributors for their wonderful work. And thanks to Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social for such an excellent job all around in producing the volume. Can't say enough about their professionalism and support; joy to work with. Enjoy, a chairde!

Fabulous news, Geraldine! Comhghairdeas ó chroí!

Poster advertising an event to take place on 5 September 2025 at 50 George Square, the University of Edinburgh, on the topic of 'Diasporic documents from the Gaelic Atlantic'. The event will run from 10am to 5pm.

10.00 Introduction and welcome 10.30-12.00 Ken Ó Donnchú (UCC): Spanish-Irish translation 1593-1706 Aonghas MacCoinnich (Glasgow): Gaelic perspectives on ‘state formation’ and Atlantic plantation. The case of Lewis, c.1610-c.1640 Silke Stroh (Koblenz): Re-fitting ‘The Garb of Old Gaul’: Circum-Atlantic warfare and intercultural mobility in re-writings and translations of a popular 18th-century song 12.00-13.00 Lunch 13.00-14.30 Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh (Edinburgh): Viewing Inveraray from St Lucia: The case of Dugald MacNicol’s manuscripts Kathleen Reddy (Glasgow): The Bàrd na Ceapaich manuscript at the University of Glasgow Brendan Kane (UConn & Edinburgh): Political thought and politicization from New York to Cork: Reading the early modern through a 19th-century commonplace book 14.30-15.00 Coffee 15.00-16.00 Rob Dunbar (Edinburgh): Johnathon Mackinnon and Mac-Talla Síobhra Aiken (QUB): Gaeltacht communities in North America: Real or Imagined? 16.00-17.00 Round table Enda Delaney (Edinburgh), Désha Osborne (Edinburgh) Pádraig Fhia Ó Mathúna (Galway) 17.00 Close

'Diasporic documents from the Gaelic Atlantic' - a one-day, in-person workshop at the University of Edinburgh on 5 September. Tuilleadh fiosrachaidh | More information 👇

I'll be launching Dr Rebecca Shercliffe's Old Irish: A Beginner's Guide @ria.ie tomorrow eve at 6.30pm. If you are around, do pop into 19 Dawson St. to help celebrate the publication of Dr Shercliffe's new book!

Now available on léamh.org, a selection from a 17th century poem composed for Maol Muire Mac Suibhne. Thanks to @ciaranimhurchu.bsky.social for the wonderful work preparing the selection. Take a look at the poem here xn--lamh-bpa.org/texts/cuid-r...

Anois ar fáil ar léamh.org, sliocht ó dhán polaitiúil ón 17ú Aois a cumadh do Maol Muire Mac Suibhne. Ár mbuíochas le @ciaranimhurchu.bsky.social as an obair iontach ar fad lena chur in eagar. Caith súil air anseo xn--lamh-bpa.org/texts/cuid-r...

Check out @profmsinha.bsky.social featured in a recent @nytimes.com piece!

Link below:

history.uconn.edu/2025/05/27/m...

Hayden, Deborah and Baccianti, Sarah (2025) Medicine in the Medieval North Atlantic World. Vernacular Texts and Traditions. mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/19...

Spotlight on Gaelic education in Edinburgh – event this weekend The successes and challenges of Gaelic-medium education (GME)  in Edinburgh will come under the spotlight at a discussion organised by the Gaelic community group Ionad Gàidhlig Dhùn Èideann. GME has grown impressively since it began in 1988 and today more than 700 children are enrolled at the city’s dedicated Gaelic primary school, Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pàirce, and James Gillespie’s High School.

Spotlight on Gaelic education in Edinburgh – event this weekend

The successes and challenges of Gaelic-medium education (GME)  in Edinburgh will come under the spotlight at a discussion organised by the Gaelic community group Ionad Gàidhlig Dhùn Èideann. GME has grown impressively since it began…

Available now on léamh.org: glossary to Cecile O'Rahilly (ed./trans.) Eachtra Uilliam. Get your own copy of this fascinating tale at shop.dias.ie/product/each... (currently on sale!). Thanks as ever to DIAS School of Celtic Studies (@scs-dias.bsky.social). Happy reading and translating, a chairde!

Comhghairdeas, a Bhríd!! (Ach mo leithscéal ó chroí faoin moill. Ní raibh mé ar ye olde bluesky ar feadh píosa fada. 😬) Seo go hiontach ar fad: caibidil thar a bheith tábhachtach i mbailiúchán an-suimiúil! Maith thú is maith sibhse go léir.

Hot off the presses! I’m Delighted to have had the chance to discuss the use of #Gaeilge in #EarlyModern #Irish #towns and #parliaments. Míle buíochas @brendankanect.bsky.social for starting me on this path.

Glossary from Eleanor Knott's "Irish Syllabic Poetry" now included in the glossary section of léamh.org (xn--lamh-bpa.org/glossary/). With thanks, as ever, to DIAS School of Celtic Studies (@scs-dias.bsky.social). Get your own copy of this foundational text here: shop.dias.ie/product/an-i...

The North American Journal of Celtic Studies The North American journal of Celtic studies is the official journal of the Celtic Studies Association of North America

I'd just like to encourage everyone, but especially ECRs to consider submitting to the North American Journal of Cetlic Studies. I can say from experience that the journal gets fast and effective peer review, which can be a boon for junior scholars.

Happy to see my book in print!

IGT V is the oldest surviving metrical tract of the Early Modern Irish period (13th/14th cent.), used to train students in poetry, language, and style.

irishtextssociety.org/publications...

Áthas orm go bhfuil IGT V i gcló!

CFP! Deadline April 25th. The PhD researchers in the Dept of Early Irish are organising a conference (Nov. 7th, Maynooth) for postgraduates in any area related to 'Celtic Studies' to provide them with an opportunity to present their research in a lively, welcoming and academically robust setting!

Nua-fhoilsithe ag Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh, Institiúid Ard-Léinn BhÁC @scs-dias.bsky.social @diasdublin.bsky.social:

"Seal re Saobhnós" in eagar ag Síle Ní Mhurchú ⁊ Mícheál Hoyne - cnuasach aistí ar na dánta grá.

Ar ordú ag shop.dias.ie/product/seal...

Ad Astra Fellow - Assistant Professor in Irish and Digital Humanities at University College Dublin Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

Ad Astra Fellow - Assistant Professor in Irish and Digital Humanities- University College Dublin – School of Irish, Celtic Studies and Folklore / School of History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLO003/a...

Work on your Irish at the Boston Public Library!

Irish language schemes under threat due to funding shortfall Foras na Gaeilge’s core budget has seen just one notable annual increase in over seventeen years, with 2008 austerity-era cuts still largely in effect

Irish language schemes under threat due to funding shortfall:
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025... from @irishtimes.com @eocaollai.bsky.social

Come and hear me talk about democracy & political participation in #earlyModern #Ireland on Tuesday. Freemen, freeholders, grand juries and town panels all feature. Image Limerick’s panel 1641. Béidh fáilte roimh cách!

🙌Funded PhD Opportunity!🙌

Please do share widely. The DCU School of History and Geography is currently advertising paid PhD opportunities esp in Medieval Ireland, the history of Irish towns and cities, legal history and women’s and gender history

www.dcu.ie/historygeogr...

The Benton Museum of Art opens new exhibit on the ceramics of UConn’s Minnie Negoro On Jan. 21, 2025, the University of Connecticut’s William Benton Museum of Art opened two new displays: one showcasing the Digital Media and Design faculty’s creations and another focusing on creat…

A new exhibition at the Benton museum shares the work & life of Minnie Negoro, who started @uconn.bsky.social ceramics. She was incarcerated @heartmountain.bsky.social, like my grandma & her family. It was a privilege for me to hear about her legacy from former students and friends.

I am happy to announce a new initiative, the Early Modern Women and Religion seminar, a virtual forum intended to generate new ideas for the study of early modern British and Irish women and religion. We will meet once a semester. Both established and ECRs (including graduate students) are welcome.

Fabulous news; fabulous project!

Poster displaying call for papers for a conference on early Irish texts in Early Modern and Modern Irish adaptations, in Dublin, 23 to 24 May 2025.

Gairm ar pháipéir
Call for papers
(Re)creating stories: rewritings and adaptations of Old and Middle Irish texts in Early Modern and Modern Irish
DIAS, BÁC, 23-4 Bealtaine 2025 / DIAS, Dublin, 23-4 May 2025
Sprioc: 31 Eanáir
Closing date: 31 January
www.dias.ie/2024/11/05/c...

Studia Celtica 2024, issue 58, is out! Prepared jointly by @Ganolfan and @UniWalesPress. 

A hearfelt thank you to the diligent members of the editorial board, to Gwen Gruffudd, and especially to the authors for a great collection of articles and reviews. 1/2