16 March, 27 Oct: St Abbán moccu Corbmaic (d. 520?). Of Mag Arnaide/#Adamstown, Co. #Wexford & Cell Abbáin/#Killabban, Co. #Laois, but other churches as well. St Gobnait thought to be his sister & 6 brothers who were all bishops! 📷Adamstown © Jim Dempsey megalithicireland.com/St%20Abban%27s…

Very happy to have contributed this piece to The Conversation. It takes a speculative look at what the saint may have eaten based on evidence from early + later medieval sources. And no it's not corned beef + cabbage although as it's food, it's complicated lnkd.in/epxS6PJN

In the mid-9th century, amidst fierce Viking raids, scribes in northeast Ireland copied a Latin textbook written in 6th-century Constantinople, this manuscript, is key to understanding the Irish language of the time. #NMIBlog #MuseumBlog #CuratorBlog museum.ie/en-IE/Collecti…

The final episode of Series 2 of Almanac of Ireland. We'll try to find funding for a 3rd series. Listen to all previous episodes on a podcast app, or RTÉ Radio 1 rte.ie/radio/podcasts… If you get caught up in the Achill story, check out Patricia's book: manchansbooks.com/recommended/p/…

#GothicArchitecture Here's a great article reinterpreting the shape of the rose window, understanding it in context of the rota diagram seen in many contemporary manuscripts. These diagrams helped explain complex ideas, by looking at "all sides" of things differentvisions.org/it-ought-to-be…

Our next lecture, Pilgrimage in Medieval Kerry, will be held on Thursday, 27 March, in Tralee Library at 7:00 p.m. The speaker will be Dr Louise Nugent, Archaeologist. This lecture will be livestreamed and recorded. Register here for the link: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

#MedievalWallPainting Wow, just discovered Raunds, St. Peter Northamptonshire. It has a remarkable c. 1420 clock and great C15 wall paintings of the 7 Deadly Sins, 3 Quick/3 Dead, etc. Note the bunny rabbit warren detail. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Peter%…

Wall painting of St Michael weighing a soul with Mary’s aid at South Leigh, Oxon. A palimpsest with the newer painting sitting over a smaller version of the same theme. C15 with C19 refurb.

First stop on yesterday's student pilgrimage ... St Margaret's Church, Binsey, and its holy well associated with St Frideswide and visited by cure-seeking pilgrims in the Middle Ages! 1/2

Want to know how to get your hands on one of these specially commissioned lapel pins? Join us online tomorrow at 8pm as we join with the team at Knock Shrine and Croagh Patrick to launch the ‘Pilgrim Passport’ initiative for Jubilee 2025 as we journey as Pilgrims of Hope.

Bitterly cold day at Aghadoe church and round tower

📷round tower ©The Croagh Patrick Heritage Trail (Clogher Environmental Group). 📷St Conan's church (RC), Balla © National Inventory of Architectural Heritage 📷Bath House at Balla Holy Well and 🖇️link: © pilgrimagemedIreland pilgrimagemedievalireland.com/2016/05/07/bal…

Tonight - the material culture of Irish home butter-making, and how women in Cork worked together to secure better prices for their product. Conor Sweetman talks to Claudia Kinmonth Claudia Kinmonth MRIA FSA PhD MA(RCA) BTecHND. Tune in to RTÉ Radio 1 from 6PM.

I've written a blogpost on 17th century trade tokens! If you'd like to find out more about these interesting paranumismatic treasures, check out buff.ly/ZuryS3r

A deeply moving Deposition from the Cross - Joseph of Arimathea lifts the lifeless body of Jesus down. Made c. 1200 in England from walrus ivory. (V&A, London)

Am leading a not too challenging 5km walk at this event on Saturday in Upperchurch. It is a fundraiser in memory of Michael Sutton, who did so much to raise money for charity in his lifetime. Michael's sister Josie is raising funds for Malawi schools. Would be great to see you.

Repairs to Mayo pilgrim path: "The Tóchar Phádraig Trail follows the footsteps of Saint Patrick as he made his way to Croagh Patrick." con-telegraph.ie/2025/04/03/rep…

Discount Codes for Island Endurance - get 30% off For US shipping: Order from Indiana University Press with code ULASH25 iupress.org/9780253072481/… For Ireland, UK, and Europe: Order from Combined Academic Publishers with code IUP30 combinedacademic.co.uk/9780253072474/…

'It is the custom in God's church, established by its teachers, that everywhere the priest should bless palm-branches on this day, and distribute them, thus blessed, to the people.' An Anglo-Saxon sermon for Palm Sunday ('Palmsunnandæg' in Old English): aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2013/03/palm-s…

St Patrick's Holy Well, Ardrass, Co. Kildare pilgrimagemedievalireland.com/2025/06/01/st-…