@richardalanbarlow.bsky.social
Associate Lecturer at the University of St Andrews: https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/english/people/rab44/ Modern Irish and Scottish Literature: https://academic.oup.com/book/44829?login=false
I’m quite happy with that draw!
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ISWÜ is delighted to be able to offer internships for students in cooperation with CELT at University College Cork 🇮🇪
❗️Deadline: 31.01.2026
Find more info about the application procedure, requirements and testimonials from previous interns on our website: www.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/irish-studie...
“a substantial and significant intervention”
“The twelve essays […] are both individually and cumulatively impressive”
“an exemplary illustration of the need for recalibrated methodologies for literary analysis at a time of planetary ecological crisis”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“substantial...significant…impressive…exemplary…it can and should be read by anyone with an interest in environmental histories as they are explored in Irish writing”
Very grateful to Patrick Lonergan for his generous review of "Finnegans Wake: Human and Nonhuman Histories" in Irish Studies Review
Your annual reminder that the most revealing difference between Irish and Scottish Gaelic is definitely in the words for December: Mí na Nollag (Month of Christmas) in Ireland, and An Dubhlachd (the Blackness) in Scotland. So once again may I wish you all a lovely Blackness.
01.12.2025 13:00 — 👍 1397 🔁 488 💬 20 📌 45grmma to @pflonergan.bsky.social for his generous and perceptive review of Finnegans Wake - Human and Nonhuman Histories
@pauleamonnfagan.bsky.social @edinburghup.bsky.social @standrewsenglish.bsky.social
“a substantial and significant intervention”
“The twelve essays […] are both individually and cumulatively impressive”
“an exemplary illustration of the need for recalibrated methodologies for literary analysis at a time of planetary ecological crisis”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Scottish Languages Act 2025 comes into effect today - but its significance will only become clear over time. It's a complex, incrementalist measure and much depends on how it's implemented. My analysis here
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/06/20/t...
Happy St Andrew's Day
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#EverToExcel #StAndrewsDay #Scotland
The Gaelic and Scots languages have gained official status in a 'historic milestone' as people across Scotland mark St Andrew’s Day
30.11.2025 08:45 — 👍 56 🔁 25 💬 2 📌 5Now's your chance to buy a copy of this: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-finnega...
29.11.2025 16:30 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Proud to join with the trade union movement and wider community to celebrate St Andrews day at the Anti Racism march and rally today ✊ #NoRacism
29.11.2025 14:25 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
New journal issue now live!!
Review of Irish Studies in Europe 8.2, The Animal in Ireland - Real and Imagined, edited by Ina Bergmann, Maria Eisenmann, Maureen O'Connor and Kirsten Sandrock, is now available at risejournal.eu/index.php/ri... !
A’ cur Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig nur cuimhne- 19 Dùbhlachd an ceann-latha airson geàrr-chunntasan.
28.11.2025 11:13 — 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Cover image of 'Ceramics for the Home during the Celtic Revival', a new book by Aisling Molloy, featuring a series of ceramic vases from the National Museum collection in striking colours against a white background.
A new book coming this week from the National Museum of Ireland and Wordwell, this really beautiful work on Irish Ceramics by Aisling Molloy.
27.11.2025 23:02 — 👍 21 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 2
Gairm Phàipearan Co-Labhairt | Call For Conference Papers: Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 14−16 July 2026
www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_...
Saw him in Killlarney on Sunday - it was great. He closed with ‘The Lakes of Pontchartrain’
26.11.2025 00:58 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Ahhh Project Fear beginning already re departitioning of Ireland! V similar to the fearmongering that appearing around Scotland’s indyref - but strangely it was not as pronounced with Brexit, despite conflation - the status quo’s response to progressive change. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
25.11.2025 15:59 — 👍 12 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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Went to see Dylan in Killarney last night and visited the Torc Waterfall on the way back to Limerick 💯
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We can't wait for Winter Graduation in St Andrews next Tuesday and Wednesday. 🎓 🙌
Find out everything you need to know, from when the ceremonies are taking place to how to watch online ⬇️
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#EverToExcel #ForeverSaints
Come along to our virtual postgraduate open week from 24 to 28 November to learn about:
🎓 Schools and programmes
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🏠 Accommodation
📝Application process
💷 Fees, funding and scholarships
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Congratulations!
21.11.2025 16:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Well done that student. I hope this rebellion spreads. University managements are hell-bent on stripping out experts to save money, and students deserve better. However awful my lectures are, they’re 100% organic. www.theguardian.com/technology/v...
20.11.2025 14:06 — 👍 46 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 1
A reminder that this year's Canna Lecture will take place on tomorrow evening (Friday) in Edinburgh! Bidh an Dr Màrtainn MacGriogair a-mach air bàrdachd agus eachdraidh nan Gàidheal anns an 19mh linn.
llc.ed.ac.uk/celtic-scott...
People in Scotland want an asylum system that is controlled, that they have confidence in, and that shows compassion.
The Home Secretary’s proposals do none of these things.
We need a humane, effective and efficient system 🧡
Read our full response: ow.ly/Er6w50Xublv
Sradagan san Iarmailt / Sparks in the Firmament
Ginealach Ùr Bhàrd Gàidhealach / A New Generation of Gaelic Poets
Edited by Marcas Mac an Tuairneir
This wide-ranging anthology showcases the talented cohort of Gaelic poets who have come to prominence since the turn of the millennium.
#Gaelic
I am delighted that my essay on Ossianic images, theories of the Earth, & modern ideas on air pollution—as exemplified by Turner’s & Carus’s depictions of Staffa—has been published in "Picturing the Romantic" @manchesterup.bsky.social. #HybridRomanticism #VisualTranslations #EcocritcalArtHistory
19.11.2025 11:56 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
My review of ‘Colin Davidson: Twelve Paintings – Conversations with Mark Carruthers’ from the weekend. A deep and beautiful book, and the paintings of Belfast are masterly.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Unbelievable match. Haven't recovered yet
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