Dr Gillian Kenny
@medievalgill
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Historian of Ireland | Writing a new biography of Gráinne O Malley/Granuaile | Agent @donaldwin_ | Adjunct Assoc Prof @UCD | Visiting Research Fellow @TCD
Ireland and England
Joined March 2013
Contract signed so the news can be told. I’m thrilled to announce that I will be writing a new biography of Gráinne O Malley aka Granuaile/the Pirate Queen for Yale @yalepress @YaleBooks . Looking forward to working on it with the fab @jo_godfrey . Gráinne image by @Ciaraioch
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RT @catlowry54: This is SO important to help #Lauren before it is too late. Please take a few seconds to give your name to help her get the….
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Return 'Lauren' to Kildare Animal Foundation.
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RT @DogsTrust_IE: Noelle has been with us since 2020, waiting patiently on a home to call her own.🏡🥺.She is the ultimate Underdog, and our….
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In a hospital in Dublin (all good just an appt with Dad) and I’ve just heard directions given that are pretty unique. “When you get to the sacred heart statue just take a left there”. A sort of iconographical map to navigate corridors by…
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RT @medievalgill: Delighted to be on TRIH chatting about (amongst other things) monks, cats, kings and the sex lives of my ancestors.
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Delighted to be on TRIH chatting about (amongst other things) monks, cats, kings and the sex lives of my ancestors.
🇮🇪New Bonus Episode🇮🇪. Irish Kings, Medieval Magic, and the Norman Invasion of Ireland. @holland_tom is joined by @medievalgill to discuss:. ⚔️What Ireland was like before the English arrived.✍️Why poets were the most revered people in medieval Irish society.🐈⬛The special legal
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RT @TheRestHistory: 🇮🇪New Bonus Episode🇮🇪. Irish Kings, Medieval Magic, and the Norman Invasion of Ireland. @holland_tom is joined by @medi….
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RT @holland_tom: As an accompaniment to our series on THE IRISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, we look back to the 12th century - what was Ireland ac….
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RT @catlowry54: Would appreciate lots of shares for this little man. He was found in a skeletal state & handed into vets. He had wobbly syn….
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Delighted to say I’ll be on @TheRestHistory on Wednesday - in a bonus episode for subscribers only - talking about medieval Ireland. So, if you are a subscriber, hope you enjoy.
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I mean. This is great from Sharon Arbuthnot in the book -."Lámann, for example, is robustly atested as a term for a glove; related lámannán seems unique to the language of medicine, where it serves generally to mean ‘bladder’ and also specifcally to mean ‘the urinary bladder’".
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Currently getting this info from reading the very excellent book - Medicine in the Medieval North Atlantic World Vernacular Texts and Traditions, Edited by Deborah Hayden and Sarah Baccianti which is open access and can be read by all.
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Soithech (a container for liquids) came to signify the amniotic sac. I love how words are repurposed.
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In Old Irish the term “macloc” meaning “child-place” was a name for the womb.
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RT @OscarsKidsIE: WE NEED YOUR HELP!! Leon got heartbreaking news recently and has no more treatment options. When days get dark, we need t….
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I hope the festival organisers imposed “taxes” on every passing ship. That’d be a more than fitting tribute to her….
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Achill Island gathering comes amid surge of interest in Grace O’Malley, the legendary seafarer who took on English forces 500 years ago
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