Professor Brendan Kane on teaching, learning and researching Early Modern Gaelic in a digital age

On November 5, 2025, Professor Brendan Kane presented a research seminar titled “Teaching, learning and researching Early Modern Gaelic in a digital age: Léamh.org and the practice of collaborative digital humanities.” The event was hosted at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, a college in the west of Scotland. The talk discussed ongoing efforts to teach people Early Modern Irish and Classical Gaelic, using the innovative Léamh.org, a web tool that uses games and other methods to assist users in learning grammar and reading digitized manuscripts. 

You can watch a recording of the talk here