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Biography

I am a postdoctoral researcher on the Digital Atlas of Early Irish Carved Stone (DAEICS) project based in the Department of Archaeology. I was previously a researcher on the ‘Visions of Community’ project at the University of Vienna (2013-19), a Gerda Henkel scholar (2020) and a visiting fellow in Erlangen, Dublin (Marsh’s Library), Galway and Wolfenbüttel. I taught medieval history in Vienna for several years and have also worked extensively in the commercial archaeological sector in Ireland. My PhD (UCD, 2009) concerned the archaeology and history of the Irish Benedictine monasteries of medieval Germany and Austria (Schottenklöster). My subsequent research has continued to focus on interactions between Ireland and the Continent in the medieval period but also concerns hagiography and the cult of saints, manuscript transmission, and ecclesiastical history and archaeology. I have also been involved in a number of transcultural comparative projects and publications, including the recently published Medieval biographical collections: perspectives from Buddhist, Christian and Islamic worlds, which I edited alongside Daniel Mahoney and Giorgia Vocino.‍

Publications

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Edited Books

	Year	Publication
	(2022)	Medieval biographical collections: perspectives from Buddhist, Christian and Islamic worlds Diarmuid Ó Riain, Daniel Mahoney and Giorgia Vocino (Ed.). (2022) Medieval biographical collections: perspectives from Buddhist, Christian and Islamic worlds Vienna: Medieval Worlds: comparative and interdisciplinary studies (special issue; no. 15). [DOI] [Details]

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Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2022)	'Communities and contexts: concluding thoughts on medieval biographical collections' Diarmuid Ó Riain (2022) 'Communities and contexts: concluding thoughts on medieval biographical collections'. Medieval Worlds: comparative and interdisciplinary studies, 15 :214-222 [DOI] [Details]
	(2022)	'Compilation strategies' Diarmuid Ó Riain and Daniel Mahoney (2022) 'Compilation strategies'. Medieval Worlds: comparative and interdisciplinary studies, 15 :12-19   [Details]
	(2022)	'Compiling the Deeds of Salzburg Saints: The 12th-Century De episcopis Salisburgensibus and the Monastery of Admont' Diarmuid Ó Riain (2022) 'Compiling the Deeds of Salzburg Saints: The 12th-Century De episcopis Salisburgensibus and the Monastery of Admont'. Medieval Worlds: comparative and interdisciplinary studies, (15):145-174 [DOI] [Details]
	(2021)	'Ein neues ,Willehalm‘-Fragment im Stiftsarchiv Göttweig' Diarmuid Ó Riain and Astrid Breith (2021) 'Ein neues ,Willehalm‘-Fragment im Stiftsarchiv Göttweig'. Maniculae: Beiträge zur Überlieferungsforschung mittelalterlicher Texte, 2 :6-9 [DOI] [Details]
	(2015)	'The Magnum Legendarium Austriacum: a new investigation of one of medieval Europe’s richest hagiographical collections' Diarmuid Ó Riain (2015) 'The Magnum Legendarium Austriacum: a new investigation of one of medieval Europe’s richest hagiographical collections'. Analecta Bollandiana, 133 :87-165 [DOI] [Details]
	(2012)	'An Irish Jerusalem in Franconia: the Abbey of the Holy Cross and Holy Sepulchre at Eichstätt' Diarmuid Ó Riain (2012) 'An Irish Jerusalem in Franconia: the Abbey of the Holy Cross and Holy Sepulchre at Eichstätt'. Proceedings Royal Irish Academy, 133C :219-270 [Details]

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Book Chapters

	Year	Publication
	(2022)	'The Chronicle of Pseudo-Turpin: introduction to the Latin template for Gabháltais Shearluis Mhóir and its manuscript transmission in Ireland and beyond' Diarmuid Ó Riain (2022) 'The Chronicle of Pseudo-Turpin: introduction to the Latin template for Gabháltais Shearluis Mhóir and its manuscript transmission in Ireland and beyond' In: Pádraigín Riggs (eds). The Wars of Charlemagne: reassessments. London: Irish Texts Society, Subsidary Series 33. [Details]
	(2022)	'Silex sancti Michaelis: an account of the miracles of Skellig Michael from thirteenth-century Bavaria' Diarmuid Ó Riain (2022) 'Silex sancti Michaelis: an account of the miracles of Skellig Michael from thirteenth-century Bavaria' In: J. Crowley and J. Sheehan (eds). The Book of the Skelligs. Cork: Cork University Press. [Details]
	(2019)	'Monachi peregrini: the mobile monks of the Irish Benedictine houses in medieval Germany and Austria' Diarmuid Ó Riain (2019) 'Monachi peregrini: the mobile monks of the Irish Benedictine houses in medieval Germany and Austria' In: O. Delouis, M. Mossakowska-Gaubert and A. Peters-Custot (eds). Les mobilités monastiques en Orient et en Occident de l’Antiquité Tardive au Moyen Âge, IVe–XVe siècle. Rome: Collection de l’École française de Rome.   [Details]
	(2017)	'The Schottenklöster and the legacy of the Irish sancti peregrini' Diarmuid Ó Riain (2017) 'The Schottenklöster and the legacy of the Irish sancti peregrini' In: W. Keller and D. Schlüter (eds). “A fantastic and abstruse Latinity”: Hiberno-Continental Cultural and Literary Interactions in the Middle Ages. Studien und Texte zur Keltologie 12. Münster: Nodus.   [Details]
	(2016)	'The Schottenklöster in the world: Identity, independence and integration' Diarmuid Ó Riain (2016) 'The Schottenklöster in the world: Identity, independence and integration' In: E. Hovden, C. Lutter and W. Pohl (eds). Meanings of Community across Medieval Eurasia: Comparative Approaches. Leiden: Brill.   [Details]
	(2015)	'“Excellentissimi sanctorum Hibernie”. Irish saints’ Lives in Austrian legendaries' Diarmuid Ó Riain (2015) '“Excellentissimi sanctorum Hibernie”. Irish saints’ Lives in Austrian legendaries' In: Treasures of Irish Christianity 3: to the ends of the earth. Dublin: Veritas. [Details]
	(2011)	'A Glendalough bishop in Germany? The Four Masters and the three Gilla na Náems' Diarmuid Ó Riain (2011) 'A Glendalough bishop in Germany? The Four Masters and the three Gilla na Náems' In: C. Doherty, L. Doran & M. Kelly (eds). Glendalough: City of God. Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details]

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Other Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2021)	'Der heilige Rupert in Versen: Kritische Ausgabe der Vita sancti Ruperti rhythmica (BHL 7395)' Diarmuid Ó Riain (2021) 'Der heilige Rupert in Versen: Kritische Ausgabe der Vita sancti Ruperti rhythmica (BHL 7395)' Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Salzburger Landeskunde, 160/1 :85-102. [Details]
	(2020)	'Neue Erkenntnisse zur Entstehung und Überlieferung des Magnum Legendarium Austriacum' Diarmuid Ó Riain (2020) 'Neue Erkenntnisse zur Entstehung und Überlieferung des Magnum Legendarium Austriacum' Mitteilungen des Instituts für österreichische Geschichtsforschung, 128 :1-21. [Details]
	(2008)	'New light on the history of St Mary’s Priory, Rosscarbery' Diarmuid Ó Riain (2008) 'New light on the history of St Mary’s Priory, Rosscarbery' Journal of The Cork Historical & Archaeological Society, 113 :56-68. [Details]

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Newsletter

	Year	Publication
	(2012)	The medieval manuscripts of Marsh’s Library. Diarmuid Ó Riain and Jason McElligott (2012) The medieval manuscripts of Marsh’s Library. Newsletter [Details]

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Online Database

	Year	Publication
	(2017)	Magnum Legendarium Austriacum. Diarmuid Ó Riain, Peter Gretzl and Martin Haltrich (2017) Magnum Legendarium Austriacum. Online Database   [Details]

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PhD Thesis

	Year	Publication
	(2009)	The early history and architecture of the Irish Benedictine monasteries in medieval Germany. Diarmuid Ó Riain (2009) The early history and architecture of the Irish Benedictine monasteries in medieval Germany. PhD Thesis   [Details]