We’re nominated for Research Project of the Year! 🎉 Vote for Words on the Wave and help us celebrate Ireland’s medieval heritage: 👉 https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/Vote-for-the-research-project-of-the-year #VoteNow #IrishHistory
We’re nominated for Research Project of the Year! 🎉
Vote for Words on the Wave and help us celebrate Ireland’s medieval heritage:
👉 www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/V...
#MedievalIreland #IrishArchaeology
📅 Tuesday 25 November | 🕠 6:45–9:00 PM
📍 Mayfair Library, Parliament Street, Kilkenny✨
Admission free. All are welcome who would see, hear, and learn.
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#Kilkenny #IrishManuscriptsCommission #MedievalIreland
@kilkennycoco.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social
Launch of collaboration with Irish author @darachoscolai.bsky.social . Sadhbh is a story from Ireland's medieval manuscripts, reimagined in words and pictures.
@leabharbreac.bsky.social
#IrishBooks #IrishIllustration #BookLaunch #VisualStorytelling
#MedievalIreland #IllustrationArt #ArtOfTheBook
Saw this carved stone cross at Clonmacnoise yesterday. Does any else see a Xenomorph on the side of the cross? 🤔
#MedievalIreland
@neiljackman.bsky.social
Enjoyed yesterday's outing to Clonmacnoise with @tuatha.ie! Driving up, the weather was quite wet but it turned out to be a spectacular day - I needed sunglasses, which I very handily left in the car. 😎😅
#IrishTranquilty
#MedievalIreland
#Ireland
#SpéirGhorm
Gave a talk on early medieval Irish beekeeping laws last Tuesday evening to an audience that included a Zoologist specialising in honeybee genetics as well as some practising beekeepers...no pressure then! I learned some new things about bees in turn😃 #medievalireland #brehon #bees #bechbretha
Medieval themed flower urn in castle gardens County Galway, Ireland. #Flowers #MedievalIreland #Photography
📸 My own
@campsgalway.bsky.social @galwayclassics.bsky.social #medievalireland
My review of Patrick Gleeson's tremendous book 'Landscapes of Kingship in Early Medieval Ireland AD 400-1150' (IrishTimes 23/08/25). Very hard to do it proper justice in 800 words, but already it has led me to redesign my medieval Irish lecture modules @historyatgalway.bsky.social #medievalireland.
A low-angle shot shows a vaulted stone corridor underneath Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin. The corridor has rough-hewn stone walls and a matching ceiling, with a clean stone floor. Two black wrought iron gates are open in the foreground, inviting the viewer deeper into the scene. A large wooden door is visible at the end of the corridor, bathed in a warm light from a single bulb. The light casts long, dramatic shadows across the floor.
Cryptography. #dublincity #christchurchcathedral #cathedralcrypt #irishhistory #medievalireland #historicalbuilding #stonearchitecture #dublinheritage #discoverdublin #undergrounddublin #ancientireland #travelireland #smartphonephotography #photography
The medieval tower house of Knockelly Castle stands under cloudy skies. Victorian era farm buildings now flank it.
The interior of the tower house. It looks remarkably sturdy after all the years of neglect.
The stone spiral staircase is still mostly intact.
Some nice horsies now guard the grounds.
Touring Knockelly Castle today. It's got a lot of potential as a fixer-upper.
#MedievalIreland
#IrishTranquility
#HeritageWeek
A tower house stands under a mostly sunny sky.
Today's #MomentofTranquility: Ballynacarriga Castle. This fine tower house stands 4 stories tall, keeping watch over its surroundings since the 16th century (possibly the 15th century).
#MedievalIreland
#IrishTranquility
Stone carvings above a gothic doorway through which more gothic doorways can be seen.
Today's #MomentofTranquility: Clontuskert Friary in County Galway. Founded in the 12th century and restored in the 15th century after a large fire. Then came the Dissolution, a partial restoration in the 17th century, and the OPW took over in the 1970's.
#MedievalIreland
#IrishTranquility
Partly cloudy skies float over the expansive stone walls and towers of Kells Priory.
Today's #MomentofTranquility: Built by Geoffrey FitzRobert, who was not only a knight but a friend of the great William Marshall, Kells Priory sits along the medieval road from Waterford to Kilkenny. What stories these walls could tell.
#MedievalIreland
#IrishTranquility
#IfWallsCouldTalk
Looking through an arch at Hore Abbey as the setting sun lights up cloudy skies over grassy fields.
Today's #MomentofTranquility: A return to Hore Abbey. One of my #FavouritePlaces to wander around and think.
#MedievalIreland
#IrishTranquility
#HappyPlace
An arch in a stone wall opens to a graveyard set within the ruins of Bridgetown Abbey.
Today's #MomentofTranquility: Bridgetown Abbey. The ruins of this 13th century abbey in county Cork are a serious contender for one of the most tranquil sites in Ireland. There were no cars, no voices, no traffic. Just birds and a gentle river.
#MedievalIreland
#IrishTranquility
Hore Abbey sits under a darkening sky as the sun begins to set. Flowers grow from its ruined walls and a few gravestones dot the foreground.
Hore Abbey as the sun begins to set.
#MedievalIreland
#IrishTranquility
Clouds swirl and begin to threaten over the Rock of Dunamase (right). To the left and in the distance, farmers' fields lay quiet.
The Rock of Dunamase stands lonely watch over fields below.
#MedievalIreland
#IrishTranquility
Kilcooley Abbey stands beneath threatening skies in this black and white picture.
Kilcooley Abbey.
#MedievalIreland
#IrishTranquility
The Epic Storyteller: The Great Hunt – Brian Boru and the Rise of Ireland’s Legendary Kings
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#BrianBoru #IrishHistory #EpicStoryteller #TheGreatHunt #FantasyEpic #MedievalIreland #IrishLegends #HistoricalStorytelling #EpicBattle #CelticMythology
The ruins of Kells Priory stand to the right under a mostly cloudy sky while a tree-lined River flows to its left.
Along the river walk beside Kells Priory, County Kilkenny. Beautiful and tranquil, it's an excellent place for reflection.
#MedievalIreland
#IrishTranquility
The setting sun lights the sky and shines through the gothic window of Kilmallock Dominican Friary.
The ruins of Kilmallock Dominican Friary lit by the sun as it begins to sit.
#MedievalIreland
#IrishTranquility
Timahoe Round Tower stands in the centre of the picture. A small church sits to the right. Ruins of an older church are in the foreground. Trees break the horizon under a partly sunny sky.
Timahoe's Round Tower has stood since the 1100s. It was built on the site of a monastery founded by Saint Mochua sometime around 600 CE. I wonder what the world looked like from those upper windows back then.
#MedievalIreland
#IrishTranquility
A large Gothic arch in a wall reveals another smaller wall with a Gothic arched window. A partly sunny sky is seen above green fields.
Gothic arches of Clontuskert Friary open to fields and sky today. This medieval monastery in county Galway dates back to the 12th Century.
#MedievalIreland
#IrishTranquility
Looking through Romanesque arches to see Gothic arches and the tower of Jerpoint Abbey under a clear sunny sky.
Jerpoint Abbey. Its combination of Romanesque and Gothic architectures from the 12th to the 15th century house some very fine medieval carvings throughout.
#MedievalIreland
#IrishTranquility
The ruins of Glanworth Castle stand in a grassy field under a cloudy sky.
Overlooking the River Funshion, 13th Century Glanworth Castle's ruins tells stories of the past. Originally a seat of Anglo-Norman power and influence, it's now part of a pleasant public walk.
#MedievalIreland
#IrishTranquility
Cashel's Medieval City Wall. 2 of the 4 13th century coffin lids that make up the Hackett Effigies and that have been inlaid into the wall can be seen.
#MedievalIreland
#IrishTranquility
#IfWallsCouldTalk
The ruins of Hore Abbey sit under a darkening sky as sunset approaches.
Founded in 1272, Hore Abbey was Ireland's last Cistercian monastery. It had a Gothic church, a tower, cloister, and living quarters for the monks. Today, its ruins are incredibly tranquil, a great place to think, and one of my happy places.
#MedievalIreland
#IrishTranquility
#HappyPlace
CFP: Gaelic Ireland, 1200–1600: Papers in Honor of Kieran D. O'Conor ICMS 2026 Sponsor: American Society for Irish Medieval Studies Organizer: Margaret K. Smith, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville This panel honors the career of Dr. Kieran D. O’Conor, an archaeologist of medieval Ireland whose research has transformed our understanding of Gaelic Ireland in the aftermath of the Anglo-Norman conquest. His contributions have added depth and nuance to our understanding of castles as sites of both authority and daily life, and his work attends to the complex relationships between lordly landscapes and the lives of ordinary people who inhabited and shaped them. This session solicits papers on Gaelic Ireland, particularly those that highlight the social implications of landscapes and material culture. This is an in-person session. Please submit abstracts of 300 words via the ICMS Confex system: https://icms.confex.com/icms/2026/prelim.cgi/Session/7578
It’s already time to start thinking about Kalamazoo again! If you work on medieval Ireland, please consider submitting a paper to our session on Gaelic Ireland in honor of Kieran O’Conor, who retired this year from a long career in medieval Irish archaeology. #MedievalIreland #MedievalSky #Kzoo2026
Holding the book "Otherworld - Nine Tales of Wonder and Romance from Medieval Ireland" by Lisa M. Bitel in front of a tree
"Otherworld" collects 9 tales from #MedievalIreland - composed over 1000 years ago in monastic libraries of #Ireland, inspiration for later 🇬🇧 & 🇫🇷 #fairytales, are retold by historian & novelist Lisa M. Bitel
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#IrishStudies #IrishLiterature #MedievalLiterature #folklore
