Podcast: listen back to 'St Brigit and the beginnings of Irish history' a panel discussion recorded in March UCD History UCD Arts&Humanities featuring Elva Johnston 🌻 Elizabeth Dawson, Niamh Wycherley, PhD and Megan Welton historyhub.ie/st-brigit

The #LEIGHEAS project Irish Medical Manuscript of the Month for May 2024 is Leabharlann Óstaí an Rí | King's Inns Library MS 17, containing an Irish tract on diseases drawing on the Viaticum of Constantinus Africanus. It also has lots of cool marginal drawings 😊. Read about it here! 👇
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Very interesting: the two ogams on the legs are written with a swap of the orientation of the B and H aicmi, and W is very appropriately expressed by double U.

It has been a cold grey spring but now with the sun, the flowers

6 May 1074: d. Dúnán (Donatus) 1st bishop of 'the foreigners' [Vikings] of #Dublin #otd

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Old Ireland

Access to the Book of Kells is in the news & curious minds wonder why it resides in Trinity College & not the National Museum of Ireland. It was originally housed in the Abbey at Kells, Co. Meath, & it remained there until the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. At that point, the…

This: “Trinity has an obligation to protect the Book of Kells which is a national treasure”.

It costs €19-25 to see it.

Derrynaflan chalice, Faddanmore Psalter &c &c: cost to see - €0

I am sure the National Museum will take care of it for you if it's a burden.

3 May: feast date of the translation of St. Patrick's Arm #otd according to the Franciscan Thomas de Hibernia in his 1254 x 1274 Promptuarium Morale S. Scripturae (Ulster Museum, a 15th century 'hand' shrine)

The good life 😀

Away from Dublin (& my garden) for a few days - was lovely too these now that I’m back

We UK in Holy See 🇬🇧🇻🇦 were pleased to host with IrishEmbassy HolySee today the launch of the Oxford History of British and Irish Catholicism, which has over 80 contributors and 5 volumes! With editors including James Kelly and John McCafferty. Thanks to St Isidore’s College for having us

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3 Apr 1189: St. Celsus or Cellach, Abbot of #Armagh , a very significant politician & reformer is buried in the tomb of the bishops of Lismore #Waterford #otd

(National Museum of Ireland: Lismore Crozier photographed by jemartin03 on flicker)

Matthew Parkinson-Bennett 🏝📚 Kevin Hargaden There's been so much amazing work done that needs to be known. @voxhib Niamh Wycherley, PhD Elva Johnston 🌻 & many more

And it's such a weird, fascinating, interesting time.

The Medieval Irish History Podcast a great initiative to get the info out to general public.

(And have written a bit too)

We hear about St. Patrick the man and the celebrations with Dr Elizabeth Dawson lecturer in Medieval History Carlow College #patkenny Elizabeth Dawson

On #InternationalWomensDay2024 we remember the achievements of some remarkable Irish women who led the way in different fields & professions which were formally dominated by men including Dr Kathleen Lynn

Tune in 7pm RTÉ Nationwide Anne Cassin RCPI Heritage Centre Dr Mary McAuliffe

UCD Special Collections Marsh's Library UCD Archives University College Dublin National Library of Ireland History Hub.ie John McCafferty Royal Irish Academy Library Ten years ago, with History Hub.ie, Elva Johnston 🌻 and other colleagues at University College Dublin we made a documentary charting the evolution of the story of Brian Boru and Clontarf from 1014 to 1914. You can watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=OHPXN0…

The Poolbeg Chimneys in the Snow this morning.

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#sneachta #snow #poolbeg chimneys #poolbeg #weather #dublin #ireland
#StormHour #ThePhotoHour Deric

Still snowing in Sandymount - plants bending to the ground under the weight of flakes #sneachta

Hope everyone's surviving the #sneachta ! May be the perfect weather to discover more about Ireland in the Roman world?! Elva Johnston 🌻 chats about this fascinating period in Irish history when elites imported wine, foodstuffs & fancy earbuds from the Roman Empire. Early Irish Maynooth