Pádraig Ó Macháin

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Pádraig Ó Macháin

UCC

Prof Pádraig Ó Macháin is Professor of Modern Irish at UCC. He received an Irish Research Council Advanced Laureate Award in 2019.

"The Book is a library of literature that makes a self-assured statement about aristocratic literary taste in autonomous Gaelic Ireland in the late 15th century." Photo: Clare Keogh

Why the Book of Lismore is so important

The 15th century book says much about literary taste in Gaelic Ireland of that time

History • 28 Oct 20

A page from a previously undiscovered 15th-century Irish vellum manuscript showing a connection between Gaelic Ireland and the Islamic world. Photo: Irish Script On Screen/Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

A closer look at the Irish medieval book

We may know about the stories these remarkable books contain, but the materials used also tell a fascinating tale

History • 17 Oct 19

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