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Irish and Scottish researchers to investigate ancient Ogham script
Academics from Ireland and Scotland are harnessing cutting-edge digital and 3D technologies to help to protect the inscriptions and transform our understanding of the ancient Celtic Ogham writing system
Date: Thursday, 05 August 2021
Prof. Sinead McGilloway and Dr. Katriona O'Sullivan receive MU Research Achievement Awards 2021
Maynooth University congratulates all the nominees for their submissions and contributions to the University. Six Faculty winners were announced as part of Research Week 2021.
Date: Wednesday, 20 October 2021
Chronologicon Hibernicum 2015‒2021
At the end of April 2021, the research project Chronologicon Hibernicum (ChronHib), funded since 2015 by a European Research Council Consolidator Grant, came to a close. Working with an international team of experts, Prof. David Stifter has conducted ground-breaking research on linguistic variation in the Old Irish period.
Date: Thursday, 27 May 2021
A Digital Framework for the Medieval Gaelic World
Dept. of Early Irish is a partner of a UK-Ireland networking grant investigating the potential of digitisation for medieval Gaelic studies.
Date: Wednesday, 02 December 2020
MA Scholarship in Early Irish and Celtic Studies 2020-21
The 2020-21 Maynooth University MA Scholarship in Early Irish and Celtic Studies has been awarded to Kimberly Lifton.
Date: Thursday, 21 May 2020
Deborah Hayden appointed lead editor of Language and History
Dr Deborah Hayden, lecturer in Maynooth University Department of Early Irish, has been appointed Lead Editor of the international peer-reviewed journal Language and History.
Date: Monday, 24 February 2020
Enterprise Ireland award for Dr Deborah Hayden
Dr Deborah Hayden has been awarded a grant from Enterprise Ireland to further develop her current research on medieval Irish medical manuscripts.
Date: Wednesday, 28 August 2019
MA Scholarship awarded for 2019-20
The Maynooth University MA Scholarship for 2019-20 has been awarded to Niamh McDaid.
Date: Friday, 12 April 2019
Early Irish staff on video
Staff of the Department of Early Irish feature in a promotional video for Irish at Maynooth University.
Date: Wednesday, 10 April 2019
Grants success for Dr Fangzhe Qiu
Dr Fangzhe Qiu (Chronologicon Hibernicum) has been awarded grants by the Royal Irish Academy and the National University of Ireland.
Date: Wednesday, 10 April 2019