Don’t forget to come along and join in the fun next Wednesday at 5pm when the Clemoes Reading Prize 2014 will be taking place. It is set to be a battle! Further details on the prize can be found here.

To mark the thousand-year anniversary of the Battle of Clontarf, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh’s research is featured on the University website. You can read the story here: http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/irelands-troy

To mark the millennium of the Battle of Clontarf fought in 1014, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh took part in a two-part series for Irish television this week discussing the lead-up to the battle and the encounter itself. The programmes ‘Cluain Tarbh’ were broadcast on Wednesday 16th and Saturday 19th April and can be viewed here: http://www.tg4.ie/ie/player/tg4-player.html.