Staff and students of the Department of Early Irish have been very successful in receiving awards and grants in recent years:

    2022

    Irish Research Council Consolidator Laureate Award (LEIGHEAS: Language, Education and Medical Learning in the Premodern Gaelic World): Dr Deborah Hayden
    IRC/SFI Pathways Postdoctoral Fellowship (Power and patronage in medieval Ireland: Clonard from the sixth to twelfth centuries): Dr Niamh Wycherley
    An Post Irish Book Awards Non-fiction Book of the Year Shortlist: Dr Elizabeth Boyle
    Medium Aevum Essay Prize: Victoria Krivoshchekova
    Four Courts Press/American Society for Irish Medieval Studies Michael Adams Prize: Dr Deborah Hayden
    John and Pat Hume PhD Scholarships: Benedetta D’Antuono and Lydia Hursh
    School of Celtic Studies MA Scholarship: Aoife Slattery
    MaynoothSparks Best Research Presentation Award: Prof. David Stifter

    2021

    IRC/AHRC UK-Ireland Collaboration in the Digital Humanities Grant (OG(H)AM: Harnessing Digital Technologies to Transform Understanding of Ogham Writing, from the 4th Century to the 21st): Prof. David Stifter (PI) and Dr Deborah Hayden (CI)
    Royal Irish Academy Nowlan Digitization Grant (Digital Corpus of Irish Latinate Inscriptions): Prof. David Stifter
    Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship: Emer Kavanagh

    2020

    IRC/AHRC UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Networking Grant (Developing a Digital Framework for the Medieval Gaelic World): Prof. David Stifter (PI) and Dr Deborah Hayden (CI)
    Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship (A Triad of Medical Glossaries): Dr Siobhán Barrett
    John and Pat Hume PhD Scholarship: Mairéad Finnegan
    Vivien Law Prize for an Essay on the History of Linguistic Ideas (Henry Sweet Society): Victoria Krivoshchekova

    2019

    Postdoctoral O’Donovan Scholarship, School of Celtic Studies, DIAS: Daniel Watson
    John and Pat Hume PhD Scholarship: Emer Kavanagh
    School of Celtic Studies MA Scholarship: Niamh McDaid

    2018

    Irish Research Council Starting Laureate Award (Medieval Irish Medicine in its North-western European Context): Dr. Deborah Hayden Faculty Researcher of the Year: Prof. David Stifter Faculty Early Career Researcher of the Year: Dr. Deborah Hayden John and Pat Hume PhD Scholarships: Viktoriia Krivoshchekova and Truc Ha Nguyen Maynooth University's Research Week - Best Ignite Presentation: Dr. Bernhard Bauer MUAHI Early Career Research Grant: Dr. Bernhard Bauer School of Celtic Studies MA Scholarship: Chelsea Collins

    2017

    Royal Irish Academy Charlemont Grant: Dr. Bernhard Bauer Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Prize for Best Postgraduate Paper at the Irish Conference of Medievalists: Lars Nooij John and Pat Hume PhD Scholarship: Mark Louth Moore Institute Galway PostDoc Visiting Fellowship: Dr. Bernhard Bauer

    2016

    Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship: Dr. Bernhard Bauer Royal Irish Academy Charlemont Grant: Dr. Deborah Hayden

    2015

    Royal Irish Academy Charlemont Grant: Dr. Denis Casey

    2014

    European Research Council Consolidator Grant (Chronologicum Hibernicum): Prof. David Stifter
    Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship: Siobhán Barrett John and Pat Hume PhD Scholarship: Daniel Watson

    2013

    John and Pat Hume PhD Scholarship: Siobhán Barret