Tales, anecdotes and ‘marginalia’ from Irish literature
A two–day conference organised by the Department of Irish and Celtic Languages
May 16th–17th , 2019, in the Trinity Long Room Hub
Trinity College Dublin
Day 1: Thursday May 16th
9.30 –9.40 Opening address by Prof. Damian McManus
9.45–10.10 Dr Eoghan Ó Raghallaigh: ‘The border wall of bones: a bardic prophecy’
10.10–10.35 Dr Christina Cleary: ‘Wrathful wives in medieval Irish literature’
10.35–11.00 Deirdre Nic Chárthaigh: ‘An bodach agus bean an bharúin; eachtra imeallach’
11.00–11.45 Coffee break
11.45–12.00 Marginalia Medley (1) Verses
12.00–12.45 Prof. Liam Breatnach: ‘Marginalia in TCD MS H 3. 17’
12.45–2.30 Lunch break
2.30–3.00 Dr Mícheál Hoyne: ‘Merchants and monkeys in medieval Ireland’
3.00–3.25 Dr Katharine Simms: ‘The exception of the cat in the larder: adultery justified – the dindshenchas of Inis Saimér’
3.25–3.55 Prof. Cathal Ó Háinle ‘A lost story from the banks of the Shannon’
3.55–4.10 Marginalia Medley (2) Scribal notes
4.30 Wine reception
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Day 2: Friday May 17th
9.00 –9.30 Prof. Damian McManus: “Body and soul: tales from ‘this’ and the ‘other’ side in medieval Irish literature”
9.30–10.00 Dr Andrea Palandri: “Salamanders or Asbestos? The ‘horizon of expectation’ in the Irish Marco Polo”
10.00–10.30 Peter Weakliam: ‘An scéal laistigh de na scéalta: scéal na teicneolaíochta i bhficsean Phádraig Uí Chíobháin’
10.30–11.00 Marginalia Medley (3) Verses
11.00–11.45 Coffee break
11.45–12.15 Dr Eoin Mac Cárthaigh: ‘An scéal laistiar de nóta imill in Stonyhurst A II 20 (imleabhar 1)’
12.15–12.40 Dr Nike Stam: ‘Céile Críst’s adventure in Rome’
12.40–1.00 Ariana Malthaner: ‘The intersection of literature and law: the saga of Fergus mac Léti’
1.00–2.15 Lunch break
2.15–2.40 Philip Mac a’ Ghoill: ‘Coimirce, marú agus bagairt aoire: Díbirt Chú Choigcríche Uí Chléirigh, 1546’
2.40–3.10 Dr Chantal Kobel: ‘Peripheral voices: scribal marginalia in TCD MS H 3.18 (1337)’
3.10–3.25 Anecdotes Medley
3.45–4.30 Prof. Joseph Falaky Nagy: ‘Stories Cú Chulainn tells in Tochmarc Emire’.
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Tales, Anecdotes and 'Marginalia' from Irish Literature 