... I have been appointed Senior Professor in the School of Celtic Studies @scs-dias.bsky.social at the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies @dias.ie. It is an enormous honour to have been chosen for this very prestigious position. I intend to take up my new role in September.
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In 1987, Prof Brian Jacob and international colleagues confirmed that Ireland’s continental shelf extends through the Porcupine and Rockall Basins
The shelf being twice as large as previously thought, expanded Ireland’s economic zone & rights under the Law of the Sea 🌊
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Raspberry Shake Seismometers power the QuakeShake programme! 🌍
Supported by Research Ireland’s Discover Programme and GSI, 70+ Raspberry Shake stations are active in classrooms, homes, and heritage sites across Ireland.
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The 10th Annual Mary Mulvihill Award did not disappoint 😀🙏. Cian Morgan of @tcddublin.bsky.social took home the top prize of €2000, with Aoibheann Kearins also of TCD and Ciaran Lynch of @ucddublin.bsky.social receiving a €500 judges' highly commended award.
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QuakeShake!
An Irish Citizen Science Programme launched by DIAS and GSI in 2023.
QuakeShake engages the public in monitoring earthquakes with low-cost, real-time sensors - transforming Ireland into a nation of 'Citizen seismologists.
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In 1941, Dr Sheila Tinney (neé Power) became the first women Fellow of DIAS - and was one of the first three Fellows to be selected by the inaugural Director of the School of Theoretical Physics
Dr Tinney was also amongst the first women elected to the Royal Irish Academy
2/2📖 Contains a transcript of the so-called Codex Insulensis, including an index of saints’ lives.
🙏 Digitisation thanks to @ucdarchives.bsky.social, Killiney Franciscans, @eneclann.bsky.social, @dias.ie& @dias-isos.bsky.social
ISOS – Discover Irish manuscripts 📜✨
www.isos.dias.ie/UCD/UCD_MS_F...
David Stifter 🍵📄🦊
Congratulations to DIAS Professor Peter Gallagher, Head of Astronomy & Astrophysics and Director of @diasdunsink.bsky.social on being admitted to @ria.ie last Friday!
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Ogham in 3D launched in 2013.
DIAS's School of Celtic Studies digitizes early medieval inscriptions - some of Ireland's most significant national treasures and our earliest written records, dating back to the 5th century.
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Dr Sheila Tinney Portrait Unveiling
In 2019 DIAS unveiled a portrait of Dr Tinney by artist Judith Henihan. The portrait was acquired with the support of the IWF Ireland and benefactors of the Friends of DIAS initiative and has hung proudly within the Institute ever since
