Dr Nora White
Biography
In 2001 I completed a BA in Early Irish and History at MaynoothbUniversity, where I continued with a PhD in Early Irish (2006). I subsequently carried out postdoctoral work (2006-2009) as a research assistant on the IRC funded Monasticon Hibernicum project and as an O’Donovan Scholar in the School of Celtic Studies at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.
From 2010 to 2017 I was Principal Investigator on the Ogham in 3D project based at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, funded (2012-2015) by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in collaboration with the National Monuments Service and the Discovery Programme. I returned to Maynooth University and the Department of Early Irish in 2019 as an occasional lecturer and as a postdoctoral researcher on the Chronologicon Hibernicum project funded by the European Research Council. From May-August 2021 I was Co Investigator (with PI Prof. David Stifter) on another digital project (EMILI - Early Medieval Irish Latinate Inscriptions) funded by a RIA Nowlan Digitisation Grant 2021.
From August 2021 to July 2024, I was the Irish postdoctoral researcher on the collaborative OG(H)AM project between Maynooth University and the University of Glasgow, funded jointly by the IRC and AHRC.
I am currently Principal Investigator on the IRC-funded Pathway project: EMISoS (Early Medieval Irish Scripts on Stone) Dec 2023 - Nov 2027
Research Interests
Early medieval Irish language, archaeology, history and literature.
Earliest writing in Ireland: Ogham and Latin alphabet inscriptions, palaeogrraphy and language/cultural contact with early medieval Britain.
Digital epigraphy and digital imaging (including 3d imaging) of cultural heritage for education and research.
Research Projects
Book
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Nora White (2021) Our Ancient Landscapes: Ogham Stone in Ireland. Kilkenny: Heritage Council of Ireland. [Link] | |
| 2006 | Nora White (2006) Compert Mongáin and Three Other Early Mongán tales: A Critical Edition with Introduction, Translation, Textual Notes, Bibliography and Vocabulary. Maynooth: Maynooth Medieval Irish Texts. |
Book Chapter
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | David Stifter; Nora White (2023) '‘Early Literacy and Multilingualism in Ireland and Britain' in Languages and Communities in the Late-Roman and Post-Imperial Western Provinces' In: Languages and Communities in the Late-Roman and Post-Imperial Western Provinces. Oxford : Oxford University Press. [Link] https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198888956.003.0008 | |
| 2020 | Nora White (2020) ''Ogham in 3D and community participation'' In: Partnership & Participation: Community Archaeology in Ireland. Dublin : Wordwell. | |
| 2005 | S. Duffy (ed.) (2005) 'Contributions on ‘Comperta’ and ‘Fíachnae Mac Báetáin’' In: Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia. New York and London : Routledge. |
Online Database
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Nora White, David Stifter and Jef Bucas (2022) EMILI: Early Medieval Irish Latinate Inscriptions. [Online Database] [Link] | |
| 2021 | David Stier, Bernhard Bauer, Elliott Lash, Fangzhe Qiu, Nora White et al (2021) CorPH ‒ Corpus Palaeohibernicum (database and website of the ChronHib project). [Online Database] | |
| 2013 | Nora White and Jean-François Bucas (2013) Ogham in 3D. [Online Database] [Link] | |
| 2009 | Ailbhe MacShamhráin, Aidan Breen and Nora White (2009) Monastcon Hibernicum - Early Christan ecclesiastcal settlement in Ireland 5th to 12th centuries. [Online Database] [Link] |
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | David Stier, Fangzhe Qiu, Marco A. Aquino-Lóppez, Bernhard Bauer, Elliott Lash, Nora White (2022) '‘Strategies in tracing linguistc variaton in a corpus of Old Irish texts (CorPH)’'. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 27 (4). [Link] https://doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.22018.sti | |
| 2020 | Mary Cahill and Nora White (2020) ''A tale of two lost lunulae – one with its ogham story to tell''. The Journal of Irish Archaeology, Vol. 29 . [Link] | |
| 2016 | Nora White (2016) '‘Ogham stones from a souterrain in Rathkenny, Co. Kerry’'. Celtica, 28 :208-216. https://dair.dias.ie/999/ | |
| 2015 | Nora White (2015) '‘Ogham in 3D: Digitzing a unique aspect of Ireland’s cultural heritage’'. BREAC: A Digital Journal of Irish Studies, . [Link] | |
| 2010 | Nora White and Fergus Kelly (2010) '‘The Ogham in 3D Pilot Project: a report on work in progress’'. Celtica, 26 :200-204. https://dair.dias.ie/993/ |
Other Journal
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Nora White (2024) 'Report on a new digital epigraphy project: EMILI' Runes:et:al, 1 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2018 | N. White, I. Bennett and G. Devlin (2018) ''Helping the stones to speak: the Corca Dhuibhne 3d community project'' Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society, 17 . | |
| 2015 | N. White, F. Moore, R. Shaw and G. Devlin (2015) '‘Ogham preserved digitally – 3D technology for a 3D script’' Archaeology Ireland, 29 . |
Conference Contribution
Professional Associations
Employment
Other Activities
Outreach Activities
| Organisation | Type | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Council of Ireland | Civic Society | Heritage in Schools panelist [Link] | |
| Kilkenny County Council Heritage Office | Civic Society | Heritage Council of Ireland and Kilkenny County Council Heritage Office 2020 grant for Kilkenny Ogham Project | |
| Wicklow County Council Heritage Office | Civic Society | Creative ogham Wicklow Project and Ogham Tree Trail with sculptor Seighean Ó Draoi and Roundwood Men’s Shed (Funded by Creative Wicklow Grant Scheme 2018) https://heritage.wicklowheritage.org/places/roundwood/creative_ogham_wicklow_project | |
| Mayo County Council | Civic Society | Heritage Council of Ireland and Mayo County Council Heritage Office 2022 grant for Mayo Ogham Project |
Teaching Interests
Early medieval Irish language, history, literature and archaeology