EVENT: Irish Texts Society Seminar
The Twenty-Third Annual Irish Texts Society Seminar will take place on Saturday, 5 November, 2022 (beginning at 9.30 a.m.) in University College Cork under the auspices of the combined Departments of Irish. The subject of the seminar will be Oidheadh Chloinne hUisneach ‘The Violent Death of the Children of Uisneach’, ed. C. Mac Giolla Léith Irish Texts Society Main Series, vol. 56
Registration: Please register online at the UCC Shop | The deadline for registration is Tuesday, 1 November, 2022.
Na Ranna Gaeilge, COC ~ Cumann na Scríbheann nGaedhilge
Annual UCC/ITS Seminar
Saturday, 5 November, 2022
West Wing 6, Main Quadrangle, University College Cork
The subject of this year’s event will be Oidheadh Chloinne hUisneach ‘The Violent Death of the Children of Uisneach’, ed. Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith Irish Texts Society Main Series, volume 56 (1992)
Clár / Programme
9.30 – 9.45: Oscailt / Opening.
9.45 – 10.25: Neil Buttimer, ‘Longes mac nUislenn: Remscél’.
10.25 – 11.05: Anna Pagé, ‘Deirdre and the Story World of the Ulster Cycle’.
11.05 – 11.40: Coffee / Caifé.
11.40 – 12.20: Kate Louise Mathis, ‘Ionmhain tir an tír-úd thoir (“A dear land is that land in the east”): The Children of Uisneach in Scotland’.
12.20 – 13.45: Lón / Lunch.
13.45 – 14.30: Seoladh Leabhair / Book Launch.
14.30 – 15.10: Ciarán Ó Gealbháin, ‘Longes mac nUislenn and Oidheadh Chloinne hUisneach in Modern Folklore Sources’.
15.10 – 15.50: Clíona Ó Gallchóir, ‘The Representation of Deirdre in the Anglo-Irish Literary Tradition’.
15.50 – 16.15: Plé agus Clabhsúr / Discussion and Close.
The proceedings of the first twenty-one seminars have been published in the ITS Subsidiary Series; the most recent volume, the results of the 2021 seminar on Gabháltais Shearluis Mhóir ‘The Conquest of Charlemagne’ (ITS vol. 19), will be launched this year.
Register online at: The Twenty-Third Annual Irish Texts Society Seminar – UCC Shop
€40 registration fee (€20 students and unwaged)
Further enquiries: p.riggs@ucc.ie