Brendan Kane

Now available on léamh.org, selection from Keating's Eochair-sgiath an Aifrinn. Fantastic work by Greg Darwin, Feliks Levin and Rebecca Madlener; check it out here: xn--lamh-bpa.org/texts/eochai... Congrats to you three and thanks for publishing your work with léamh and sharing it with all!

🎉 Reminder: Happening tomorrow! Still time to register; link below 👇 Feicfidh muid ann sibh!

A guide to Medieval Gaelic's witty advice, sayings and guidance. Aidan Doyle & Ken Ó Donnchú @ucc.ie @corkup.bsky.social on the witty dánfhocail containing advice and guidance on topics like wealth, love and drink www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Scoláireacht bliana le fáil i Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh 1 Year scholarship available in SCS @dias.ie Sonraí / Details: www.dias.ie/2026/03/06/v...

Still 2 weeks to apply for this position! It’s to provide cover for me while I work on a research project, so I have lots of teaching materials I'm happy to share & the department can offer some extra funding for attending conferences, etc. Come work with us in @ceilteachomn.bsky.social next year!

Harvard pays McKinsey to tell it who to fire. The amount of money that universities waste on consultants to give them the veneer of objectivity to do what they were going to do anyway is likely shocking and would fund several tenure lines in the humanities: www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

Early modern handwriting = real life time travel. ⏳These memories of Anne Boleyn, recorded in 1610 by Rose Lok, can be read today at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social. Take our 2-wk online course (13-24 April) & learn to get the most from early modern handwriting: tinyurl.com/32hfbm6m 💻

#IWD2026 June1666 'E. Ormond' sends a letter to London. virtualtreasury.ie/item/TNA-SP-... Elite women like Elizabeth Butler, duchess of Ormond are easier to spot in the archive. The tone of her letter to Secretary of State Arlington shows her social standing. 👀 ALT

On 16 Sept 1642 Rosa O'Doherty signed this letter. Here it is for #InternationalWomensDay , 384 years later. This is possibly a unique surviving example of a 17thC signature of a #Gaelic Irishwoman. (The letter is now in @ucdarchives.bsky.social as part of the Franciscan collection)

I’ve posted updated versions of two comprehensive bibliographies relating to Gaelic in Scotland. The first deals with sociolinguistics and language planning concerning Gaelic from 1980 on: tinyurl.com/bdeda7br The other covers Gaelic literature from 1900 to the present: tinyurl.com/caxbjv9s

This is a gift link to Jenny Schuessler’s essential article about the DOGE assault on funded peer reviewed humanities research at NEH. And about the lawsuit by @historians.org @modernlanguage.bsky.social and @acls1919.bsky.social that is bringing the details to light.

“Do the strategies employed by subjects of empire offer productive models of resistance and subversion?” In the penultimate piece in our AI series, @megsmith.bsky.social offers vignettes from early modern Ireland that could suggest productive models of resistance. www.nacbs.org/post/contest...

Faic Òraid an t-Sabhail 2026 le Ceit Fhoirbeis BPA, Leas-Phrìomh Mhinistear is Rùnaire a’ Chaibineit airson na h-Eaconamaidh is Gàidhlig. Watch our 2026 Annual Lecture with Kate Forbes MSP, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for the Economy and Gaelic. https://youtube.pulse.ly/fjozsvled7

Who was smuggling in 18th century Britain? My refreshed database for prosecutions for smuggling in England and Wales c. 1721-1732 is live with over 4,000 entries. From naval officers to farmers, smuggling was big business. #twitterstorians #earlymod #history www.davidchansmith.net/smugglingdat...

Very much looking forward to reading this. Congrats to Sonia!!

Happening one week from today! Please join Patrick Wadden, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, John McCafferty, Catherine McKenna, me, and bunch of your best Celticists friends for the virtual book launch of An Eoraip. Register at uconn-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Today at 1pm in Dublinia!

Earlier this week, Peadar sat down to talk with Éanna Ó Caollaí from the Irish Times, check it out: www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/tuar...

Latest episode of the podcast is a masterclass on the 'Ulster Cycle', Táin Bó Cuailgne & Irish literature from Prof. Ruairí Ó hUiginn @scs-dias.bsky.social. We learn how these stories can be valuable to the historian, their lasting relevance & how they've evolved 1/ open.spotify.com/episode/0xoY...

My @historicaljnl.bsky.social article has been published open access alongside great articles by @adambforsyth.bsky.social, @davidandress.bsky.social, and others I couldn't locate here, in the most recent journal issue. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Léacht ar an mborradh a tháinig faoin litríocht Breatnaise i dtréimhse Llywelyn ab Iorwerth (c. 1173-1240). A lecture on the flourishing of Welsh literature in the age of Llywelyn ab Iorwerth (c. 1173-1240). Cambridge, 19 Máirt/March 2026. #DIASdiscovers www.english.cam.ac.uk/news/archive...

Happening this Thursday!

Amidst all, will be glad to be in conversation with my brilliant friend Jennifer Morgan tomorrow and in company with a stunning group of historians @nyhistory.bsky.social for the Max conference on women's history-- a subject we need much, much more of. www.nyhistory.org/programs/lib...

Our in-person research seminars this semester @ceilteachomn.bsky.social - come for the cutting-edge research, stay for the post-seminar spring rolls & potato wedges!

Just pushing up the registration link for the virtual book launch here 👇. See you there!

Today sees the beginning of a two-day conference hosted by @thehuntington.bsky.social, organised by Dr Vanessa Wilkie and IMEMS member Dr Amanda Herbert, 'United Queendom: Legacies of Gendered Power in the Early Modern British World'. 👑

If you missed Monday’s seminar by Dr Paddy Gleeson on ‘Landscapes of kingship: governance, rule and territory in early Medieval Ireland’, there’s a recording at: m.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wpl...

Please join us for the conversation and celebration! Learn more about the volume here: brill.com/display/titl... Thanks to CSANA; to Catherine, John @jdmccafferty.bsky.social, and Máire; to Brill @dgb-mem.bsky.social; BC Irish Studies @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social and all the contributors!

Hugely looking forward to hosting this one-day symposium on 'Medical Learning in the Medieval Gaelic World' as part of the @researchireland.ie LEIGHEAS project @maynoothuniversity.ie - join us @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @muahi.bsky.social on Thursday 12th March!

'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.

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!

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…

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!

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...

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...