Medieval Irish Medicine in its North-western European Context: A Case Study of Two Unpublished Texts (MIMNEC)

Principal Investigator: Prof. Deborah Hayden

Postdoctoral Researcher: Dr Siobhán Barrett

Duration: 2018–2021

The aim of this project, which was funded by a Starting Laureate Award from the Irish Re-search Council, was to explore the relationship between Irish medical writing and its wider Insular context through a case study of two unpublished texts: on a tract on human anatomy and disease, and the other a collection of medical remedies for various ailments. The project also sought to explore the lexicographical content of these two texts and to assess the evi-dence that they provide for medical practice in Ireland during the first millennium.

Literature: Deborah Hayden and Sarah Baccianti (eds), Medicine in the Medieval North At-lantic World: Vernacular Texts and Traditions (Brepols, 2025)