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Irish Script on Screen is a project of the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. Aims to create digital images of Irish manuscripts.
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Our Manuscript of the Week is the Book of O’Lees or Book of Hy-Brasil, RIA MS 23 P 10(ii). Each table names a disease, typical characteristics, who is most susceptible, and most importantly, the cures! Learn more & see a digitised copy via Irish Script On Screen (www.isos.dias.ie) here: ria.ie/collections/ma…


The Manuscript of the Week is a book of court verse known as the O'Gara manuscript (RIA MS 23 F 16). Compiled in the Low Countries in the 17th century, it was written by Feargal Dubh Ó Gadhra, O.S.A. Learn more & see a digitised copy via Irish Script On Screen (www.isos.dias.ie) here: isos.dias.ie/RIA/RIA_MS_23_…


Join us in celebrating World Poetry Day by exploring the the wide selection of digitised Irish manuscripts and poems that can be found in the Irish Script on Screen! Irish Script On Screen (www.isos.dias.ie) #DIASDiscovers Learn more at; isos.dias.ie


The Manuscript of the Week is the Book of Fermoy, RIA MS 23 E 29. This 15th C compilation of Irish texts is associated with the Anglo-Norman Roche family, who came to Ireland from Pembrokeshire in the 12th C. Read more & see the Irish Script On Screen (www.isos.dias.ie) digital copy: ria.ie/collections/ma…


The Manuscript of the Week is the Annals of Connacht, RIA MS C iii 1. This manuscript records the history of Gaelic Ireland for over three hundred years from AD 1224-1544! The years are visible in the margins. Read more & see the Irish Script On Screen (www.isos.dias.ie) digital copy: ria.ie/collections/ma…

The Manuscript of the Week is a 15th C compilation of medical treatises, RIA MS 23 P 10 (iii). The scribe has used a selection of whimsical line fillers & run-over symbols to enhance the "mise-en-page". Read more & see the Irish Script On Screen (www.isos.dias.ie) digital copy here: isos.dias.ie/RIA/RIA_MS_23_…


The Manuscript of the Week is the Book of Uí Mhaine, RIA MS D ii 1. The contents of this 14th C manuscript are described in a marginal note as ‘bolg an tsolathair’ (bag of mixed content). Read more & find a link to the Irish Script On Screen (www.isos.dias.ie) digital copy here: ria.ie/collections/ma…


The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 M 70, a 17th C recension of Leabhar Gabhála/Book of Invasions in the hand of Mícheál Ó Cléirigh. The leaves were expertly collated & conserved in the early 90s. Read more and find a link to the Irish Script On Screen (www.isos.dias.ie) digital copy at


29 Apr 1608: Cardinals including Peter Lombard of #Armagh greet the Ulster Earls at the Milvian Bridge near #Rome The only eyewitness account of their amazing journey from Lough Swilly is by Tadhg Ó Cianáin & is held @ucdarchives and visible on Irish Script On Screen (www.isos.dias.ie)
