Ogham and the Manuscripts of the Royal Irish Academy

Ogham and the Manuscripts of the Royal Irish Academy

The Department of Early Irish at Maynooth University and the Department of Celtic & Gaelic at the University of Glasgow warmly welcome you to an art launch and public talk in the Royal Irish Academy as part of the AHRC-funded Impact and Engagement project Ogham Palaeography+. The scribal artist and parchment-maker Thomas Keyes will present to the Academy an original commissioned piece that responds to the famous tract on ogham in the 14th-century Book of Ballymote (RIA MS 23 P 12). In this truly spectacular work of art, Keyes combines medieval scribal styles and manuscript techniques with the design and formal vocabulary of modern graffiti, thereby creating a rich and multi-layered tapestry of storytelling that stretches from the Old Irish Scholars’ Primer to the rebuilding of the Tower of Babel in a technological, dystopian Dublin. The launch will be followed by a reception.

Admission is free but please RSVP.

Access requirements

Have you got any access requirements that we can assist you with, so that you can fully engage with our event? Please let us know by contacting our access officer, in advance of the event, by email at accessofficer@ria.ie

Image: Book of Ballymote, Irish Script on Screen