Professor of Celtic Studies & Head of the Department of Early Irish at Maynooth University. History of medicine & linguistics; early Irish literature; manuscripts; #Gaeilge https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-arts-humanities/our-people/deborah-hayden
The Irish Medical Manuscript of the Month for July 2026 is London, British Library MS 15403, containing a tract on the properties of 167 ingredients. It's one of several Irish medical MSS recently digitised for the @researchireland.ie LEIGHEAS project! leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...
The LEIGHEAS project Irish Medical Manuscript of the Month for June 2026 is Dublin, @ria.ie MS 23 A 4, containing texts on uroscopy copied in the 16th century by Aodh Ó Cendamháin, physician to the O’Flahertys in Co. Mayo: leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...
🎆Job Klaxon!!🎆 Full-time, permanent lectureship in Old and Middle Irish at Maynooth University @maynoothuniversity.ie. Application deadline 26 July 2026. Tar ag obair linn i Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge @ceilteachomn.bsky.social! my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...
The LEIGHEAS project Irish Medical Manuscript of the Month for May 2026 is Dublin, @nlireland.bsky.social MS G453, written primarily by Cathal Ó Duinnshléibhe in 1592/3 and containing this Irish translation of a popular versified work on health regimen: leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...
An tOllamh Fionntán de Brún ag cur tús le Léachtaí Cholm Cille 2026 in Ambasáid na hÉireann, Páras inniu! www.maynoothuniversity.ie/nua-ghaeilge... @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie
The Irish Medical Manuscript of the Month for April 2026 is London, British Library MS Egerton 159, written in 1592 by the Leinster physician Tadhg Mac Caisín and recently digitised for the @researchireland.ie LEIGHEAS project! Read more about it here: leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...
Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig! The Irish Medical Manuscript of the Month for March 2026 is Dublin, @ria.ie MS 23 O 6, containing texts on uroscopy, poisons & their antidotes, the medicinal virtues of whiskey and these cool marginal drawings of fish: leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-man...
Still 2 weeks to apply for this position! It’s to provide cover for me while I work on a research project, so I have lots of teaching materials I'm happy to share & the department can offer some extra funding for attending conferences, etc. Come work with us in @ceilteachomn.bsky.social next year!
Deborah Hayden🎇Job Klaxon!!🎇 Assistant Lectureship in Medieval Irish and Celtic Studies at Maynooth University (12-month contract). Application deadline 22 March 2026. Come work with us in the Department of Early Irish @ceilteachomn.bsky.social! my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...