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Before/after watching Maynooth's own Paul Mescal in Gladiator II why not catch up on our episode from March with @ElvaBJohnston on Ireland in the Roman Empire!

Haven't covered kingship yet on the podcast (being contrary, started w/queens!), but have a listen to History Hit💥 Matthew Lewis excellent ep on golden boy of Meath, Flann Sinna, & 'high kings', w/the brilliant Prof. Máire Ní Mhaonaigh ASNC Cambridge open.spotify.com/episode/67YTFL…

🌲1️⃣🎁 4ᵗʰ c. I-MEA-004 (Sí an Bhrú/Newgrange, Co. Meath) [ᚋ]ᚐᚊᚔᚐᚃᚔᚕᚑᚂᚒᚔᚕᚑᚔ [M]AQI AVI KOLUI KOI ‘of the son of the descendant of *Collae? (*Collovias?) here’ It's unknown when the ogam script was invented. The earliest archaeologically datable, extant texts… ᚐ

My latest blog for the OG(H)AM project discusses the new artwork 'Anrocomraircnicsiumairne' by Thomas Keyes, which we launched Royal Irish Academy Library just a few weeks ago! 👇

We've been hibernating so belated happy new year all! Want to publicly say a huge THANK YOU to all our amazing guests of 2024. All guests give freely of their time and expertise — we have learned loads from all of them in 2024. And thanks all in Maynooth University for keeping us going!

To ease us into 2025 we have Dr Alexander O'Hara back for a very chill follow up episode on St Columbanus which focusses on the Irish monastic founder's own words & on his, let's say 'complicated' relationship w/ the Merovingians (& good chat re St Gall). open.spotify.com/episode/7sYKVe…

Was Limerick more fashionable than Waterford in the 14th century??? This week Mairéad Finnegan asks all the big Qs & brilliantly paints us a vivid image of how the medieval Irish expressed their ethnic identity/status/gender community through their clothes open.spotify.com/episode/738RBR…

Mairéad is half way through her PhD research in the Department of Early Irish (supervisor Prof. Deborah Hayden) and the Department of History (supervisor Dr Michael Potterton) Early Irish Maynooth Maynooth History Michael Potterton Deborah Hayden

Delighted to join the LEIGHEAS project Early Irish Maynooth as a Research Affiliate!

Thank you YAI member Kevin Daly and his team for organising this event for Young Academy Ireland. Sounds like it was a big success! Thanks to all MYAI who contributed and to Agata Western and Niamh Dowdall and all Royal Irish Academy!

See below great article by Tiago Veloso Silva on a few of the many great Irish women who came after St Brigit in Kildare #nuntastic #queens We are now Research Ireland Maynooth University Early Irish Maynooth rte.ie/brainstorm/202… via RTÉ

Bonus episode out now. Dr Colin Veach talks in more detail about the contemporary written sources justifying the 'Anglo-Norman Invasion' and we reflect on modern scholars' approaches to 12th century Irish history. Gerald of Wales, Laudabiliter & more! open.spotify.com/episode/5Zmpk0…

This week we bring you our very own Tiago Veloso Silva Early Irish Maynooth! On ‘soft power’, what is patronage, the #nuntastic Agnes, ‘An Caillech Mór’ (d.1196), St Mary’s monastery, Clonard, & the study of medieval Ireland. Tiago's work is funded by Research Ireland open.spotify.com/episode/1eEqvk…

A special #StPatricksDay episode of Dr. Niamh Wycherley's The Medieval Irish History Podcast with Dr Elizabeth Dawson discussing the stories of St Patrick and where they come from and how they developed in Irish history ☘️ open.spotify.com/episode/4TK3Kg…

☘️New ep: Dr Elizabeth Dawson (Carlow College) expertly guides us through the stories celebrating St Patrick. Come for the snakes/shamrocks/parades but stay for the articulation of centuries old literary/historical/community development! #StPatricksDay2025 open.spotify.com/episode/4TK3Kg…

Have you ever wondered how a medieval scholar applied for grants (of horses)? This week Dr Christian Schweizer gives all the deets about the political and academic life of Dicuil and other Irish scholars at the Carolingian courts in our podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/3bLL7x…

It’s a dream come true for me to have been interviewed about Irish scholars at the Carolingian court for The Medieval Irish History Podcast 😊. I also had a fantastic time in Maynooth last week for the recording Research Ireland CASSCS Research

Why Sitric Silkenbeard is the greatest Dubliner of all time. He may be seen as one of the baddies of Irish history thanks to the Battle of Clontarf, but Silkenbeard built Dublin into a cosmopolitan city, writes Niamh Wycherley Maynooth University Research Ireland rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

New ep w/Royal Irish Academy Librarian Barbara McCormack about Royal Irish Academy's collection incl. many of Ireland's oldest manuscripts e.g. the Cathach, the Stowe Missal, Leabhar Breac & The Book of the Dun Cow. Royal Irish Academy Library is FREE & runs brill public events. open.spotify.com/episode/28PqxC…

Nearing the end of season 2 & we have hit over 100K listens on the podcast 🥂. Thanks to all of our guests for sharing their time & expertise! Thoroughly enjoyed talking medieval Ireland over the last 38 episodes Maynooth University Early Irish Maynooth We are now Research Ireland open.spotify.com/show/1Gq9yIxfk…