Dr Nina Cnockaert-Guillou has been awarded this year’s Johann-Kaspar-Zeuß-Prize for the best PhD thesis in Celtic Studies. Her thesis is entitled ‘Compilation and Creativity in Medieval Fíanaigecht: A Case-Study of ‘Three Men and the Dog of Irúath”. Her doctoral work was carried out in the Department under the supervision of Máire Ní Mhaonaigh. Congratulations Nina!

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.

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 […]