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BRONANN COMHAIRLE CHUMANN NA SCRÍBHEANN nGAEDHILGE SRAITH DE FHOILSEACHÁIN AN CHUMAINN AR AN UACHTARÁN ± THE COUNCIL OF THE IRISH TEXTS SOCIETY PRESENTS EDITIONS OF IRISH TEXTS TO THE PRESIDENT AT A RECEPTION IN ÁRAS AN UACHTARÁIN

The President of , Michael D. Hig- PHOTOS from the 14th ITS/UCC Seminar on gins, received the Council of the Irish Texts 10 November 2012 - GRIANGHRAIF glactha ag an 14ú Sheimineár a bhí dírithe ar Lebor na Society in Áras an Uachtaráin on Friday 15 Cert eagraithe i bpáirt le Ranna Gaeilge Choláiste February 2013. President Higgins made a Ollscoile Chorcaigh. short formal address in which he com- mended the important work the Society An tOllamh Máire Her- does on behalf of the Irish people. The bert ag cur an Dr Edel President of the ITS, Professor Máire Her- Bhreathnach in aithne bert, thanked President Higgins for his kind don lucht éisteachta ag an seimineár... words and for his public acknowledgement of the work of the Society.

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informed the representatives of the ITS that

the volumes would form a significant ele- ment in the library which was under devel- opment.

Photo above: (Left to right): Prof. Gregory Toner (Hon. Gen. Editor), Seán Hutton (Hon. Secretary), Prof. Máire Herbert (President), Frank Allen, President An Dr Cathy Swift ag léachtóireacht ar an ábhar: Michael D Higgins, Dr.. Kevin Murray, Dr. Pádraigín µ7D[HVWUDGHDQGWUHVSDVVWKH+LEHUQR-Norse Riggs, Prof. Mícheál Mac Craith, Dr. Marc Caball, context of /HERUQD&HUW¶. CUMANN NA SCRÍBHEANN NGAEDHILGE/IRISH TEXTS SOCIETY Nuachtlitir - Newsletter Michael Burns (Hon. Treasurer) 14th ITS/UCC SEMINAR Cumann na ScrÍbheann nGaedhilge/Irish Texts Society This informative event took place at UCC Website: www.irishtextssociety.org on 10th November 2012, and focused on

Email 1: Lebor na Cert, volume 46 of the ITS [email protected] Main Series. It drew a substantial audi-

Email 2: ence to hear presentations from five con- [email protected] tributors. Kevin Murray spoke on the lan-

For orders of books, applications/ guage of this text, and Fergus Kelly on queries re membership, contact the Myles Dillon, the editor of the volume. Honorary Treasurer; for other matters contact the Honorary Secretary. Cathy Swift discussed the Hiberno-Norse context of the text, while Thomas Charles -Edwards considered Lebor na Cert and clientship, and Edel Bhreathnach exam- An Dr Pádraigín Riggs ag gabháil buíochais as an ined the Timna Cathaír Máir. The semi- mbronnadh a deineadh chun a scor ón obair a cheiliúradh. Our website has been nar and the publication of the seminar Our websiteredesigned has been &updated. developed. Please visit it proceedings are likely to raise new inter- Please visit us at and use it. Let us know what you think of it. est in this text which was first published www.irishtextssociety.orgwahwww.irishtextssociety.org two most recent ITS publications, and a pres- by the Society in 1962. and let usthink... know what you entation to Dr Pádraigín Riggs from her col- leagues to mark her recent retirement from Once again, a seminar bookstall was pre- her post in the Department of Modern Irish. sided over by ITS Treasurer, Michael Burns; there was also a book launch of the

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ITS/NLI Breandán Ó Buachalla Memorial Lecture () The 2013 Breandán Ó Buachalla Memorial Lecture will be delivered by %HUQDUG2¶'RQRJKXH poet and Fellow in English, Wadham College, Oxford , The subject of his lecture will be, µLyrics in two languages: the short Irish poem in the twentieth century¶ This event will take place in the National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2, on Wednesday,13 March 2013 at 7.00 p.m. The lecture will be followed by a reception to celebrate the launch of 7ZR7H[WVRQ/RFKQ(FKDFK'HFDXVLVWRUFKL&RUF¶ƿFKHand Aided Echach maic Maireda, edited by Dr Ranke de Vries.

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IN THE E-MAIL SUBJECT BOX. ITS/UCC Annual Seminar (Cork) PLEASE ALSO INFORM THE HONOR- The 15th Annual Seminar will focus on ITS Main Series volume 12 Buile Suibhne ARY SECRETARY PROMPTLY OF ANY (The Frenzy of Suibhne) Being the Adventures of Suibhne Geilt: A Middle Irish Romance, CHANGE IN YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS. HGLWHGE\-*2¶.HHIIHDQGILUVWSXEOLVKHGLQ The Seminar will take place on 9-10 November 2013 at University College, Cork. Full details of the programme plus a downloadable application form will be posted on the ITS website, and that of the Locus Project at University College, Cork, later in the year. The proceedings of previous seminars form volumes 10-14, 16-21, 23-RIWKH6RFLHW\¶V6XEVLGLDU\6HULHV

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