Jobs / Scholarships / Prizes

• Léachtóir / Ollamh Cúnta le Sean- agus le Meán-Ghaeilge, Ollscoil Mhá Nuad (26 Iúil 2026 an lá deiridh a nglacfar le hiarratais) / Lecturer / Assistant Professor in Old and Middle Irish, Maynooth University (application deadline is 26 July 2026).
• Cuntóir Teagaisc le Gaeilge (Teaching Assistant in Irish), Ollscoil Luimnigh (closing date: 5 June, 2026). 
• Scoláireacht Uí Dhonnabháin / One-year O'Donovan Scholarship, beginning September 2026, Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath (closing date: 30 April, 2026). 
• Societas Celtologica Europaea annual PhD prize and prize for best scholarly article by a young academic (submissions to eparina@uni-bonn.de).
• Annual Vivien Law Prize established by the Henry Sweet Society for the best essay submitted on any topic within the history of linguistics (submission by September 30 each year).

Conferences / Seminars / Call for Papers

• Celtic Students Conference, Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland), 11-13 June 2026 (Gairm ar pháipéir / call for papers spriocdháta / deadline: 12 December 2025).
• Comhdháil an Oirdheiscirt 2026: Deiseanna agus Dúshláin — An Phleanáil Teanga san Oirdheisceart, SETU Area, Port Láirge, 5 Meán Fómhair, 2026 (rphost: comhdhailanoirdheiscirt@gmail.com).
• The Fine Script: Comparative approaches to legal marginalia circulating in Europe and the Middle East between 1100 and 1700, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris (or online), 31 August – 1 September, 2026.
• The Origins of the Irish Language: Texts and Traditions, October 28–29, 2027, The Norwegian Institute in Rome (Italy) (Gairm ar pháipéir / call for papers spriocdháta / deadline: 30 September 2026).

Annual / Regular Events

• SAMS: Seminar for Ancient and Medieval Studies, UCC. Next talk: Dr Emma Nic Cárthaigh, 'From injury to insult: humour, horror and suspension of disbelief in the Colloquy of Fintan mac Bóchrai and the Hawk of Achill', 8 October, 6.00pm – West Wing 5, UCC.
• School of Irish Learning, UCC: seminar series.
• Annual ITS seminar, UCC, 8 November 2025.
• Annual ITS / Ó Buachalla Lecture: (3 December, 2025: An Dr Deirdre Ni Chárthaigh [online]).
• Annual Tionól, School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 14-15 November, 2025 (clár).
• Comhdháil ar Litríocht agus ar Chultúr na Gaeilge, Roinn na Gaeilge, OÉ Gaillimh, Meán Fómhair, 2025.
• Léachtaí Cholm Cille 2025: Cumann na Scríbheann nGaedhilge, Ollscoil Mhá Nuad, 4-5 Aibreán, 2025.
• 44th Annual Harvard Celtic Colloquium, October, 2025.
• CSANA: Celtic Studies Association of North America, annual conference, 7-10 May, 2026,  St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada (deadline for submissions: December 1, 2025 to celtic@stfx.ca).
• Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, Winter Lecture Series, 2025-26 (online and in-person).
• Marburg Celtic Seminar: please register at celtic@uni-marburg.de.

To have an event noticed here, please email EarlyandMedievalIrish@ucc.ie.

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