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Annual Irish Texts Society Seminar 2025
The Twenty-Sixth Annual ITS seminar jointly organised by the Irish Texts Society and the combined Departments of Irish, UCC, will be held in UCC on Saturday, 8 November 2025. The subject of this year’s event will be The Life of Saint Declan of Ardmore, Irish Texts Society Main Series, vol. 16 (1914), edited by Patrick Power.
Please register online at https://uccshop.ie/shop/the-twenty-sixth-annual-irish-texts-society-seminar/ The deadline for registration is Monday, 3 November 2025.
Na Ranna Gaeilge, COC ~ Cumann na Scríbheann nGaedhilge
The Annual Irish Texts Society Seminar
Saturday, 8 November 2025
University College, Cork
West Wing 5
| Clár / Programme | |
|---|---|
| 9.30 | Oscailt / Opening. |
| 9.45 | Dagmar Ó Riain Raedel, ‘“Great men are so rare!”: the question of the pre-Patrician saints’. |
| 10.25 | Niamh Wycherley, ‘The cult of Saint Declan in the medieval period’. |
| 11.05 | Caifé / Coffee. |
| 11.35 | Sarah Waidler, ‘The hagiographical context of Saint Declan's life’. |
| 12.15 | Lón / Lunch. |
| 13.45 | Seoladh Leabhair / Book Launch. |
| 14.30 | Pádraig Ó Cearbhaill, ‘Father Power – his life and his work in the context of onomastics’. |
| 15.10 | Richard Harrington, ‘The Life of Saint Declan – the political context’. |
| 15.50 | Plé agus Clabhsúr / Discussion and Close. |
The proceedings of the ITS / UCC seminars are published annually in the Irish Texts Society’s Subsidiary Series; the most recent volume entitled The Stories of Tomás Ó Cathasaigh: A County Mayo Traveller will be launched this year.
Register online at: https://uccshop.ie/shop/the-twenty-sixth-annual-irish-texts-society-seminar/
€40 registration fee (€20 students and unwaged)
Further enquiries: p.riggs@ucc.ie