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Professor, University of Glasgow; Research Fellow, University College Cork @disappearingtext.bsky.social. Celtic Studies, medieval Irish/Gaelic literature, C18th MclaganMSS &c. Pleasantly shocked by hills. Emigrant 🇮🇪🇪🇺, sometimes returned.
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Tá, gan dabht!
This is very much a real thing; even if a bunch of media outlets reported it quite sloppily and some of the numbers ended up needlessly overstated. If this was a normal industry it'd just be a fixable planning consideration. But tech is panic-building thousands so it's something bigger
University staff say €4.55bn research fund ignores arts and humanities. Almost 2,000 sign open letter criticising Research Ireland for favouring industry and commercial interests. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
Ag súil go mór leis an gcomhdháil seo, in #Barbados an tseachtain seo chugainn, lá go leith ag caint ar Ghaeil na hAlban agus na hÉireann sna hIndiacha Thiar - idir stair agus litríocht. Ó ‘transport [na nÉireannach] go Jamaica’ sa 17ú C go dtí an file Gaeilge a raibh sclábhaithe aige sa 19ú C.
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🎆Job Klaxon!!🎆 Full-time, permanent lectureship in Old and Middle Irish at Maynooth University @maynoothuniversity.ie. Application deadline 26 July 2026. Tar ag obair linn i Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge @ceilteachomn.bsky.social! my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...
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Colleagues in #CelticStudies might be interested in this excellent thesis by Dr Kris Swank on #Tolkien and #Irish - I was delighted to be 2nd supervisor, alongside the estimable @dimitrafimi.bsky.social. theses.gla.ac.uk/85231/1/2025...
Letter to Min Higher Ed
www.irishtimes.com
University staff say €4.55bn research fund ignores arts and humanities
Very excited for this one!
Posts in Irish Mythology (≈ Early Irish Literature) and in Irish Folklore in UCC - one of which will be permanent, the other fixed term. Scaipigí an scéal le bhur dtoil: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD980/l...
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: Researchers say localized warming can extend well past site edges, raising concerns about community impact
www.theregister.com
AI datacenters create heat islands around them, paper finds
*Tolkien and Irish literature!
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Apply for the Lecturers (Below the Bar) in Irish Mythology & Folklore role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
www.jobs.ac.uk
Lecturers (Below the Bar) in Irish Mythology & Folklore at University College Cork
The PI of the Disappearing Text project, Prof. Kevin Murray, was recently elected to the Royal Irish Academy (pictured on the right below). Táimid an-bhródúil as!
Geraldine Parsons