The Gerard Wrixon Post-Doctoral Fellow Department of Early and Medieval Irish, School of Irish Learning

12 Months, Fixed-Term, Whole-Time Post

Position Summary

The Gerard Wrixon Postdoctoral Fellowship aims to support excellence in teaching and research in the field of Early and Medieval Irish in University College Cork. UCC has a long and proud record in the discipline and can list Profs Séamas Caomhánach, Pádraig Ó Riain and Máire Herbert as former holders of the Chair in the Department. The Fellowship will be offered as a one-year post, with renewal for a second year subject to satisfactory performance. Successful holders of the Fellowship may apply for it a second time if/when the Fellowship is advertised on another occasion. 

The Fellowship has two primary aims: firstly, to facilitate the successful applicant in developing a high-quality research profile as a member of a dynamic scholarly Department; and secondly, to give promising early career scholars the opportunity to enlarge their teaching portfolios, important for those who wish to seek third-level positions in the field. 

Achievement of the expected progression within Post Doc and Senior Post Doc is transferable between the Irish HEI’s.  This can be reflected in the starting pay of a PD researcher.  Similarly, as the PD scheme is an intergenerational training scheme completion of PD1 or PD 2 levels in one HEI will normally render that researcher ineligible for appointment at a similar level in another Irish HEI Researcher Career Development Framework | Irish Universities Associatio n

Project Title: The Gerard Wrixon Teaching and Research Postdoctoral Fellowship in Early and Medieval Irish. 

Post Duration: 12 Months  

Salary: €45,847 - €52,339 p.a. IUA PD1 Scale

The successful applicant should have an educational background in the fields of Irish, Celtic Studies, Medieval Irish History or a cognate discipline (with advanced competence in the discipline of Old and Middle Irish). Experience of working on source texts in Irish is essential as is the ability to work well in a team.

 For an information package including further details of the post see https://ore.ucc.ie/

Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Dr Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh, Department of Early and Medieval Irish; Email: c.odochartaigh@ucc.ie 

Applications must be submitted online via the University College Cork vacancy portal https://ore.ucc.ie/ Queries relating to the online application process should be referred to recruitment@ucc.ie quoting the job-title and project name.

Candidates should apply, in confidence, before 12 noon (Irish Local Time) on Wednesday 9th July 2025. 

No late applications will be accepted.

Please note that an appointment to posts advertised will be dependent on University approval, together with the terms of the employment control framework for the higher education sector.

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