David Stifter 🍵📄🦊
@davidstifter.bsky.social
Ollamh le Sean- ⁊ Meán-Ghaeilge, BARE
Ceann Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh in Ollscoil Mhá Nuad 🇮🇪
Taighdeoir ar ᚑᚌ(ᚆ)ᚐᚋ OG(H)AM ⁊ DiAgnostic
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https://maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-arts-celtic-studies-philosophy/our-people/david-stifter
Ceann Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh in Ollscoil Mhá Nuad 🇮🇪
Taighdeoir ar ᚑᚌ(ᚆ)ᚐᚋ OG(H)AM ⁊ DiAgnostic
⚫️⚪️
https://maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-arts-celtic-studies-philosophy/our-people/david-stifter
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Since the summer, the DiⒶgnostic team have been meeting weekly or biweekly to read critically a recent PhD on dialects in Old Irish.
This has given us a lot of food for thought, on the one hand regarding the methodology that is necessary to approach the topic, but also about...
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Since the summer, the DiⒶgnostic team have been meeting weekly or biweekly to read critically a recent PhD on dialects in Old Irish.
This has given us a lot of food for thought, on the one hand regarding the methodology that is necessary to approach the topic, but also about...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Since the summer, the DiⒶgnostic team have been meeting weekly or biweekly to read critically a recent PhD on dialects in Old Irish.
This has given us a lot of food for thought, on the one hand regarding the methodology that is necessary to approach the topic, but also about...
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Since the summer, the DiⒶgnostic team have been meeting weekly or biweekly to read critically a recent PhD on dialects in Old Irish.
This has given us a lot of food for thought, on the one hand regarding the methodology that is necessary to approach the topic, but also about...
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Ná stop de shárú do theorainneacha féin go deo.
Tá géarghá againn leis an siamsaíocht.
Tá géarghá againn leis an siamsaíocht.
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Ná stop de shárú do theorainneacha féin go deo.
Tá géarghá againn leis an siamsaíocht.
Tá géarghá againn leis an siamsaíocht.
It came by the delivery man: a pre-Christmas present to myself.
💚 Víkingur Ólafsson: Opus 109 💚
All in green.
💚 Víkingur Ólafsson: Opus 109 💚
All in green.
November 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It came by the delivery man: a pre-Christmas present to myself.
💚 Víkingur Ólafsson: Opus 109 💚
All in green.
💚 Víkingur Ólafsson: Opus 109 💚
All in green.
Comharthaí sráide i Maigh Nuad (eastát Maigh gCláir).
Ba mhaith liom le déanaí a bpictiúir a thógáil.
Ba mhaith liom le déanaí a bpictiúir a thógáil.
November 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Comharthaí sráide i Maigh Nuad (eastát Maigh gCláir).
Ba mhaith liom le déanaí a bpictiúir a thógáil.
Ba mhaith liom le déanaí a bpictiúir a thógáil.
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One more week to go
until the 1ˢᵗ Sunday of Advent,
the time for my annual
𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗜𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.
A calendar devoted to
reflection and navel-gazing,
and to the fantastic research
of my colleagues in Early Irish Maynooth @ceilteachomn.bsky.social.
🔔
📷: St Patrick's College Maynooth
One more week to go
until the 1ˢᵗ Sunday of Advent,
the time for my annual
𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗜𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.
A calendar devoted to
reflection and navel-gazing,
and to the fantastic research
of my colleagues in Early Irish Maynooth @ceilteachomn.bsky.social.
🔔
📷: St Patrick's College Maynooth
November 23, 2025 at 6:28 AM
🔔
One more week to go
until the 1ˢᵗ Sunday of Advent,
the time for my annual
𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗜𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.
A calendar devoted to
reflection and navel-gazing,
and to the fantastic research
of my colleagues in Early Irish Maynooth @ceilteachomn.bsky.social.
🔔
📷: St Patrick's College Maynooth
One more week to go
until the 1ˢᵗ Sunday of Advent,
the time for my annual
𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗜𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.
A calendar devoted to
reflection and navel-gazing,
and to the fantastic research
of my colleagues in Early Irish Maynooth @ceilteachomn.bsky.social.
🔔
📷: St Patrick's College Maynooth
Matasović schreibt das hier.
November 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Matasović schreibt das hier.
Téigh ar saoire - tá sos uaitse de dhíth orainne ar fad.
November 17, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Téigh ar saoire - tá sos uaitse de dhíth orainne ar fad.
In my article, I contend that ré for "moon" is rather obscure and rare, and the evidence is far from conclusive, at least in the medieval period.
November 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
In my article, I contend that ré for "moon" is rather obscure and rare, and the evidence is far from conclusive, at least in the medieval period.
I have given a number of talks about this, and written an article for a Festschrift, which hasn't appeared yet. Fundamentally, in different periods of Irish different words for the moon were en vogue. The rate of replacement is surprising compared with other languages.
@airneog.bsky.social
@airneog.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I have given a number of talks about this, and written an article for a Festschrift, which hasn't appeared yet. Fundamentally, in different periods of Irish different words for the moon were en vogue. The rate of replacement is surprising compared with other languages.
@airneog.bsky.social
@airneog.bsky.social
And, as a very special treat and in anticipation of the new English edition of Nauigatio Sancti Brendani that @scs-dias.bsky.social will publish soon (fingers crossed), I bought this picture entitled "St Brendan's Boat".
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November 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
And, as a very special treat and in anticipation of the new English edition of Nauigatio Sancti Brendani that @scs-dias.bsky.social will publish soon (fingers crossed), I bought this picture entitled "St Brendan's Boat".
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He had a series of pieces on copper (corroded and uncorroded) inspired by the Táin Bó Cúailnge and, sometimes very strikingly, by the famous lithographs by Louis Le Brocquy. Here's the artist to the right.
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November 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
He had a series of pieces on copper (corroded and uncorroded) inspired by the Táin Bó Cúailnge and, sometimes very strikingly, by the famous lithographs by Louis Le Brocquy. Here's the artist to the right.
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And an authentic Salvador Dalí - my perennial motto, time trickling away. (He, of course, not really a contemporary Irish artist, but it was cool to see art by him, Warhol, Picasso, Hirst, & Banksy as well).
BTW, by far the most popular motif at this fair were the Poolbeg Twin Chimneys (no pic).
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BTW, by far the most popular motif at this fair were the Poolbeg Twin Chimneys (no pic).
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November 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
And an authentic Salvador Dalí - my perennial motto, time trickling away. (He, of course, not really a contemporary Irish artist, but it was cool to see art by him, Warhol, Picasso, Hirst, & Banksy as well).
BTW, by far the most popular motif at this fair were the Poolbeg Twin Chimneys (no pic).
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BTW, by far the most popular motif at this fair were the Poolbeg Twin Chimneys (no pic).
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A few other random pieces.
First, a nostalgic view of bus no. 66 (Merrion Square to Maynooth via Palmerstown) on the Liffey Quais. The bus no longer runs under this number.
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First, a nostalgic view of bus no. 66 (Merrion Square to Maynooth via Palmerstown) on the Liffey Quais. The bus no longer runs under this number.
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November 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A few other random pieces.
First, a nostalgic view of bus no. 66 (Merrion Square to Maynooth via Palmerstown) on the Liffey Quais. The bus no longer runs under this number.
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First, a nostalgic view of bus no. 66 (Merrion Square to Maynooth via Palmerstown) on the Liffey Quais. The bus no longer runs under this number.
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And another painting inspired by medieval Irish literature: "The flight of the Children of Lir" by Cara Helen Artistry. A bit more on the new-agey side.
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November 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
And another painting inspired by medieval Irish literature: "The flight of the Children of Lir" by Cara Helen Artistry. A bit more on the new-agey side.
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We also loved this piece very much: An Bradán Feasa ("The Salmon of Knowledge") by the print artist Yoko Akino. More by her at graphicstudiodublin.com/artist/akino...
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November 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
We also loved this piece very much: An Bradán Feasa ("The Salmon of Knowledge") by the print artist Yoko Akino. More by her at graphicstudiodublin.com/artist/akino...
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We went to Art Source in the RDS today, the annual fair of contemporary artist in Ireland. Every year, I keep out an eye for the reception of medieval Irish cultural heritage by contemporary artists. This year, the first prize undisputedly goes to Ken Bolger (Ballyferriter) www.sleepinggiant.ie.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
We went to Art Source in the RDS today, the annual fair of contemporary artist in Ireland. Every year, I keep out an eye for the reception of medieval Irish cultural heritage by contemporary artists. This year, the first prize undisputedly goes to Ken Bolger (Ballyferriter) www.sleepinggiant.ie.
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@scs-dias.bsky.social Tionól 2025 Day 1, was opened by Olly Dorgan-Hughes @grainneoga.bsky.social with an extended talk about her new edition of the Middle Irish "Dúan in chethrachat cest" (The Poem of 40 Questions), with a number of new insights.
@ceilteachomn.bsky.social
@ceilteachomn.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 4:38 AM
@scs-dias.bsky.social Tionól 2025 Day 1, was opened by Olly Dorgan-Hughes @grainneoga.bsky.social with an extended talk about her new edition of the Middle Irish "Dúan in chethrachat cest" (The Poem of 40 Questions), with a number of new insights.
@ceilteachomn.bsky.social
@ceilteachomn.bsky.social
Job advert:
The Maynooth Arts and Humanities Institute @muahi.bsky.social advertises a permanent, full time position for research support and consultancy. The successful candidate will support the digital research and technical development of the Institute and of funded research projects.
The Maynooth Arts and Humanities Institute @muahi.bsky.social advertises a permanent, full time position for research support and consultancy. The successful candidate will support the digital research and technical development of the Institute and of funded research projects.
November 13, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Job advert:
The Maynooth Arts and Humanities Institute @muahi.bsky.social advertises a permanent, full time position for research support and consultancy. The successful candidate will support the digital research and technical development of the Institute and of funded research projects.
The Maynooth Arts and Humanities Institute @muahi.bsky.social advertises a permanent, full time position for research support and consultancy. The successful candidate will support the digital research and technical development of the Institute and of funded research projects.
...to identify the relevant regional diagnostic linguistic features.
We also want to make this list openly available, but we still have to figure out how the entries can be represented in the best way. At the moment, the information in the list is very concise and optimised for our own purposes.
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We also want to make this list openly available, but we still have to figure out how the entries can be represented in the best way. At the moment, the information in the list is very concise and optimised for our own purposes.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
...to identify the relevant regional diagnostic linguistic features.
We also want to make this list openly available, but we still have to figure out how the entries can be represented in the best way. At the moment, the information in the list is very concise and optimised for our own purposes.
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We also want to make this list openly available, but we still have to figure out how the entries can be represented in the best way. At the moment, the information in the list is very concise and optimised for our own purposes.
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With the DiⒶgnostic team filled for the moment, we are now making good progress with the project.
In news item 12 in August, I announced that Truc Ha Nguyen, a postdoctoral researcher in the project, was compiling a list of all Old and Middle Irish texts included in...
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With the DiⒶgnostic team filled for the moment, we are now making good progress with the project.
In news item 12 in August, I announced that Truc Ha Nguyen, a postdoctoral researcher in the project, was compiling a list of all Old and Middle Irish texts included in...
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November 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
𝗗𝗶Ⓐ𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 20
With the DiⒶgnostic team filled for the moment, we are now making good progress with the project.
In news item 12 in August, I announced that Truc Ha Nguyen, a postdoctoral researcher in the project, was compiling a list of all Old and Middle Irish texts included in...
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With the DiⒶgnostic team filled for the moment, we are now making good progress with the project.
In news item 12 in August, I announced that Truc Ha Nguyen, a postdoctoral researcher in the project, was compiling a list of all Old and Middle Irish texts included in...
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Is calóg shneachta ar leith thú.
Mar na calóga ar fad eile.
Mar na calóga ar fad eile.
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Is calóg shneachta ar leith thú.
Mar na calóga ar fad eile.
Mar na calóga ar fad eile.
The fourth speaker from Early Irish Maynooth was Tiago De Oliveira Veloso Silva (supervisors @niamhwycherley.bsky.social @thecelticist.bsky.social) with the historical talk "Giving while taking: the freedom of Clonard and aggressive patronage", funded by a @researchireland.ie Pathway Grant.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The fourth speaker from Early Irish Maynooth was Tiago De Oliveira Veloso Silva (supervisors @niamhwycherley.bsky.social @thecelticist.bsky.social) with the historical talk "Giving while taking: the freedom of Clonard and aggressive patronage", funded by a @researchireland.ie Pathway Grant.
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Olly Dorgan-Hughes @grainneoga.bsky.social wrote an MA about "Dúan in chethrachat cest: a Middle Irish poem of questions" under my supervision last academic year; her conferal was last week.
She will present an extended version of her talk next week at the Tionól of @scs-dias.bsky.social.
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She will present an extended version of her talk next week at the Tionól of @scs-dias.bsky.social.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Olly Dorgan-Hughes @grainneoga.bsky.social wrote an MA about "Dúan in chethrachat cest: a Middle Irish poem of questions" under my supervision last academic year; her conferal was last week.
She will present an extended version of her talk next week at the Tionól of @scs-dias.bsky.social.
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She will present an extended version of her talk next week at the Tionól of @scs-dias.bsky.social.
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This morning, my own PhD student Paul Le Meur-Bouthemy presented "Preliminary methodological problems in assessing diatopic variations in Old Irish" as part of my DiⒶgnostic project, funded by a @researchireland.ie Advanced Laureate Award.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This morning, my own PhD student Paul Le Meur-Bouthemy presented "Preliminary methodological problems in assessing diatopic variations in Old Irish" as part of my DiⒶgnostic project, funded by a @researchireland.ie Advanced Laureate Award.
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Four of our own students presented their research. Yesterday it was River Atwood Tabor (supervisors @thecelticist.bsky.social & Barry Lewis, @scs-dias.bsky.social) who spoke about "In the grove of the Llatai: The avifaunal poems of Dafydd ap Gwilym".
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November 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Four of our own students presented their research. Yesterday it was River Atwood Tabor (supervisors @thecelticist.bsky.social & Barry Lewis, @scs-dias.bsky.social) who spoke about "In the grove of the Llatai: The avifaunal poems of Dafydd ap Gwilym".
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