The Department is delighted to announce that Dr Becky Shercliff will be joining us as Assistant Professor of Celtic on 1st September 2026. Her appointment follows on from the election of Professor Máire Ní Mhaonaigh as the next Director of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies School of Celtic Studies from October 2026, an extremely […]
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Clemoes Reading Prize Winners 2025
Congratulations to Lefi Dafydd and Finn Longman, joint winners of the 2025 Clemoes Reading Prize. Lefi won for his performance of Dafydd ap Gwilym’s ‘Yr Wylan‘ in Medieval Welsh, and Finn won for their performance of the Medieval Irish poem ‘Feidhm is mó’. An honourable mention is given to Marko Trandafilovski for his historical pronunciation.
Continue ReadingIn Our Time programme on the Battle of Clontarf features Prof. Máire Ní Mhaonaigh
This week’s episode of Melvyn Bragg’s In Our Time focuses on an ASNC topic, the Battle of Clontarf fought outside Dublin in 1014. Discussing the context, circumstances and impact of the battle are Seán Duffy, Trinity College Dublin, Alex Woolf, University of St Andrews and ASNC’s Máire Ní Mhaonaigh. You can listen to the programme […]
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