I am a writer, historian and university educator, from Co. Kerry, Ireland, with a passion for things medieval and Celtic.
Bedbugs, donkey-botherers and other friends from the Camino is the working title of my current project, and is inspired by my background in medieval history and my own Camino experiences – dusty roads, unexpected kindnesses and lots of blisters.
Perhaps I get excited by new projects a little too easily and past random acts of academia include: standalone articles on Irish involvement in the Crusades, Viking Dublin, a book on an Irish language primer written for Queen Elizabeth I of England, a series of studies on the world-famous Book of Kells, and entries in the Encyclopædia Britannica. In addition, I have co-authored articles in areas as varied as the history of time and using Wikipedia as a teaching tool.
Professional
I hold a PhD in medieval Irish history and literature from the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge (2009), am a member of the Irish Association of Professional Historians, and since 2021 a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. I have taught and held research positions at the universities of Cambridge, Helsinki, University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin and Maynooth University. I currently teach in Maynooth University, on the Critical Skills programme.
Denis Casey 