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Biography
My PhD, completed in 1994, examined Latin and Latin influenced elements of early Irish vernacular law, and my research has focused on Hiberno-Latin literature, especially on the works of St Columbanus, the earliest Irish writer to leave an identifiable corpus of writings, and the first to explore Irish identity. I’m interested particularly in exploring Columbanus’s works in the context of late antique and early medieval ideals of authority and concepts of orthodoxy. I have taught in the School of History, UCC, and spent periods teaching in the Department of History, Boston University, and the in Department of History, Boston College, where I held the Brian P. Burns Chair in Irish Studies. I jointly edited Ireland and Europe in the twelfth century: reform and renewal (Dublin 2006) and the commentary volume that accompanies the facsimile of the Schaffhausen Adomnán, recently published as the first volume in the series Irish Manuscripts in Facsimile.
Research Interests
Medieval historyEarly IrelandThe Insular inheritance of late antique cultureEarly Ireland and Europe - culture contactIreland and Rome - identity formationMonasticismSt Columbanus - life and works
Teaching Activities
University College Cork Hi1001 East and West: the origins of European identity / I Arts coreHi1001/1118 Pilgrims and Crusaders / I Arts optionHi2002 Early Irish canon law: the 'Collectio hibernensis' - Church and society / II Arts Case study Hi2002 Patrick and his biographers / II Arts Case study Hi2002 Celtic Christianity: history and historiography / II Arts Case study Hi2029 Heresy and the control of dissent / II Arts optionHi2031 Ireland and Rome: history, culture, contact / II Arts optionHi3051 Ireland and the beginnings of Europe / III Arts optionHI3052 From pagans to Christians / III Arts optionHi3200 The coming of the book / III Arts seminarHI3200 Irish monasticism: from origins to Dissolution / III Arts seminarHi3200 Cities and civilisation / III Arts seminarHi3200 Computer applications for historians / III Arts seminarHi6009 The ends of the earth / MA in Medieval History coreHi6036 Contexts for medieval history / MA in Medieval History courseHi6037 Intellectual history / MA in Medieval History course Boston University CAS325 History of Ireland / Undergraduate optional courseCAS433 Modern Ireland / BA colloquium Boston College Hist 4863 Irish identity formation and expression
Biography
| Postgraduate | Degree | Title | Year | Award |
| Robert J. Powell | PhD | 'Muirchú's Patrick: a bishop for for the seventh century' | 2011 | Government of Ireland doctoral scholarship |
| Shane Lordan | PhD | 'An Irish apostle: articulating and actualising apostolicity in the early Irish Church' | 2013 | |
| Rúairí O'Sullivan | PhD | 'Manifestations of heavenly light and fire and the construction of a saint: sanctity, misison and salvation in Adomnán's Vita Columbae' | 2015 | |
| Dr Lusine Margaryan |
Postdoctoral fellow |
'The westernmost and easternmost borders of Christendom: early Christianity in Ireland and Armenia' | 2021-23 | ERC Marie Skłodowska- Curie Post-Doctoral Fellowship |
| Dr Jesse Harrington | Postdoctoral fellow | 'The Lives and Miracles of St. Laurence O’Toole' | 2021-23 | IRCHSS Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow |
UCC Futures (primary)
- Future Humanities Institute
PhD Supervision
- Available for PhD supervision
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Salvation beyond the empire: Patrick, salvation history, and Ireland
Bracken, D., 2024, History in stories: the Irish past and the challenges of the present. Bergmann, I. & Eisenmann, M. (eds.). Lausanne: Peter Lang AG, p. 19 41 p. (Anglo-Amerikanische Studien).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedings › Conference proceeding › peer-review
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Archangel Michael in medieval Ireland
Bracken, D., 2022, The book of the Skellgs. Crowley , J. & Sheehan, J. (eds.). Cork University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedings › Chapter › peer-review
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Columbanus and the language of concord
Bracken, D., 1 Jan 2018, Columbanus and the Peoples of Post-Roman Europe. Oxford University Press, p. 19-50 32 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedings › Chapter › peer-review
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Columbanus and the language of concord
Bracken, D., 2016, Columbanus and the gentes. O'Hara, A. (ed.). Oxford University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedings › Chapter › peer-review
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Juniors teaching elders columbanus, rome and spiritual authority
Bracken, D., 1 Jan 2016, Roma Felix - Formation and Reflections of Medieval Rome. Taylor and Francis, p. 253-276 24 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedings › Chapter › peer-review
Activities
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Sin and punishment: Church and the people in early Ireland
Bracken, D. (Speaker)
5 Oct 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Light from the West: Ireland's Golden Age
Bracken, D. (Speaker)
3 Oct 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Geography, orthodoxy and the name for England.
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3 Jul 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Ireland's first writer: St Patrick and his letters
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14 Jun 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Irish book culture in the middle ages
Bracken, D. (Speaker)
23 Apr 2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Heritage Week events in Meath 17th-25th August Talks, tours, exhibitions, workshops, culture, and music across county John Donohoe
15/08/24
1 item of Media coverage
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Dalgan hosts 'Ireland and the Birth of Europe' exhibition
25/07/24
1 item of Media coverage
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St Columbanus should be made patron saint of Europe, bishop says
24/06/24
1 item of Media coverage
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Limerick exhibition on Ireland’s role in the birth of Europe
15/08/23
1 item of Media coverage
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