The Department is delighted to announce that Dr Becky Shercliff will be joining us as Assistant Professor of Celtic on 1st September 2026. Her appointment follows on from the election of Professor Máire Ní Mhaonaigh as the next Director of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies School of Celtic Studies from October 2026, an extremely […]

Congratulations: Dr Ben Guy awarded an AHRC Standard Grant for project on early Welsh charters   We are delighted to announce that Dr Ben Guy, Assistant Professor of Celtic in the department, has been awarded an AHRC Standard Grant of just over £900,000 for a three-year collaborative project called ‘Pushing the Boundaries of Early Medieval Wales: […]

Dr Nina Cnockaert-Guillou has been awarded this year’s Johann-Kaspar-Zeuß-Prize for the best PhD thesis in Celtic Studies. Her thesis is entitled ‘Compilation and Creativity in Medieval Fíanaigecht: A Case-Study of ‘Three Men and the Dog of Irúath”. Her doctoral work was carried out in the Department under the supervision of Máire Ní Mhaonaigh. Congratulations Nina!