Research Strands and Projects

Research Strands

The research work undertaken by the UCD Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Institute consists of three strands:

• The holding of an international seminar series, as well as an annual lecture and yearly conferences. For further details see our news page.

• The creation of a new generation of scholars through provision of PhD and postdoctoral fellowships and the development of major projects. A list of current and recent PhD graduates can be found here.

• The conservation and management of manuscripts and books through cataloguing, digitisation and expert curatorship and restoration.

Projects

• The 'Wadding papers'

• Material Culture of Irish Mendicant Orders

• UCD Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Institute Franciscan Historic Library Project

• Manuscript Conservation and Access

• Three Irish Seventeenth-Century Texts

• INSTAR Project 'Mapping death: people, boundaries and territories in Ireland 1st to 8th centuries AD'