The British Library holds the largest collection of manuscripts containing Irish language material outside Ireland, totalling over 200 items. Of these, the largest group is made up of the 121 manuscripts of the Irish historian and lawyer James Hardiman (1782–1855).
This annual lecture series commemorates Noel O'Connell (1929-1991) who was involved in and contributed hugely to several London-based Irish societies, including @IrishTextsSoc and @IrishLitSoc
You can find out more online about James Hardiman and his long and varied career in the Dictionary of Irish Biography www.dib.ie/biography/ha...
Our annual Noel O’Connell Memorial Lecture, organized with the Irish Literary Society, will be given tomorrow, Thursday, at 7.30pm by Nollaig Ó Muraíle on 'James Hardiman and his manuscript collection in the British Library’, at the Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith. All are welcome.
The 13th annual Celtic Students Conference by @celticstudents.bsky.social starts this Thursday! It will be held in TCD and over Zoom, with live interpretation for Irish, Welsh and Scottish Gaelic papers. The schedule and registration link can be found at linktr.ee/celticstuden...
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, 11th - 13th June 2026
