New project: Early Irish Hands
It is with great pleasure that I announce that my latest research project has received generous funding from the SFI-IRC Pathway Programme. Over the next four years I will be working …
Dating Félire Óengusso
My recent article on Félire Óengusso (the Martyrology of Óengus) reconsiders the traditionally thorny question of the date of composition of the text.
The Irish Manuscripts in Sankt Gallen – A Day of Public Lectures
I am pleased announce that on June 16th I will host The Irish Manuscripts in Sankt Gallen – A Day of Public Lectures The connection between Ireland and Sankt Gallen goes …
CLÓSCAPE
In 2023-25 I am running a pilot project called CLÓSCAPE. This project investigates the history of cló gaelach street signage in Dublin city. Little is know about the roll-out or distribution …
Gaelicisation, Education and the cló gaelach
Included in Irish in Outlook, which I had the pleasure of editing with colleagues in the School of Education, is my article on the cló gaelach as an important marker of …
Irish in Outlook – new book
It was my great pleasure to host the conference Irish in Outlook: A Hundred Years of Irish Education in Trinity College Dublin in 2022. It marked the centenary of the publication …
Transcription Challenge!
As we’ve been celebrating the centenary of St Columba’s birth all through 2021, I thought, what better way to end the year than with a #transcriptionchallenge! Try your hand at Adomnán’s …
Article on the Visio Sancti Pauli
Happy to say my article on the Visio Sancti Pauli is finally out and online. Subscribers to Peritia can access it here: http://dx.doi.org/10.1484/J.PERIT.5.124477 Cite as: N. Volmering, The Adaptation of the …
Trinity HistoryCon 3.0
Hello all, In this tough and dreary year I decided to do something fun with my research and contributed a talk to Trinity HistoryCon 3.0 on two popular TV shows – Messiah and Lucifer. …
“The Boundaries of Monastic Institutions” at the IMC in Leeds
Hello all, I am delighted to tell you that I will be speaking in Session 638 “The Boundaries of Monastic Institutions II” with Simone Wagner and Johannes Waldschütz at at the International …