7 November 2026
University College Cork
The Twenty-Seventh Annual ITS seminar jointly organised by the Irish Texts Society and the combined Departments of Irish, UCC, will be held in UCC (Main Quadrangle, West Wing 9) on Saturday, 7 November 2026. The subject of this year’s event will be Cath Maige Tuired: The Second Battle of Mag Tuired edited by Elizabeth A. Gray, Irish Texts Society Main Series, vol. 52 (1982).
9:30 Oscailt / Opening
9:45 John Carey: ‘Cath Maige Tuired: The Question of Date’’.
10:25 Caoimhín Ó Domhnaill: ‘Cath Maige Tuired: The Manuscript Witness’’.
11:05 Caifé / Coffee
11:35 Elizabeth A. Gray: ‘Reading Cath Maige Tuired: Perspectives’
12:15 Lón / Lunch
13:45 Seoladh Leabhar / Book Launch
14:30 Greg Toner: ‘Knowledge, Skills and Narrative in Cath Maige Tuired’.’.
15:10 Rachel Martin: ‘The Evolution of Cath Maige Tuired to Cath Maighe Tuireadh’
15:50 Plé agus Clabhsúr / Discussion and Close
Clárú ar líne / Register online at: https://uccshop.ie/shop/the-twenty-seventh-annual-irish-texts-society-seminar/ — choose Yes if you are a student/unwaged: €20 or No if not: €40.
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