Niamh Wycherley

Maynooth University

Dr Niamh Wycherley is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Early Irish at Maynooth University. She is Principal investigator of SFI-IRC Pathway project Power and Patronage in medieval Ireland: Clonard from the 6th to 12th centuries

Medieval stained glass window in Hereford Cathedral depicting St Brigit. Photo: CM Dixon/Heritage Images/Getty Images

Will the real St Brigid please stand up?

Here's the evidence which indicates that the Kildare woman was real - and why this is worth emphasising today

St Brigid • 23 Jan

The ruined monastery of Clonmacnoise, where many medieval Irish kings went to get away from it all over the Christmas. Photo: Three Lions/Getty Images

What was Christmas like in Medieval Ireland?

Christmas may not have been a big deal in Medieval Ireland, but it was a special time all the same marked by feasting, rest and …

Christmas • 08 Dec 22

Downpatrick: is St Patrick's body where it's supposed to be or somewhere else in the town?

CSI St Patrick: just where is the saint's body?

The exact location of the body of St Patrick has been a bone of contention for over a millennium

st patricks day • 10 Mar 22

The cult of the dead in medieval Ireland

Back then, corpses, the dead and eerie graveyards used to play a far more active role in Irish life

History • 31 Oct 19

Some of the artworks and relics rescued from Notre-Dame Cathedral at the Hotel de Ville in Paris

Notre-Dame's rescued relics, faith and Paris

The relief at the safe retrieval of Notre-Dame Cathedral's priceless treasures shows the abiding power of religious relics

Notre Dame Cathedral • 16 Apr 19

Meet St Patrick's spin doctor

A cleric who lived 200 years after St Patrick's death is the one responsible for many of the stories around the saint's life.

st patricks day • 16 Mar 21

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