Pádraic Moran

Pádraic Moran is a Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Galway, specializing in the cultural history of late Roman and early medieval periods with a focus on Latin culture's impact in Ireland. His research bridges manuscript studies with digital humanities, particularly in preserving and analyzing early Irish glosses and multilingual texts.

• Current affiliation: University of Galway (Classics department)
• Principal Investigator for Research Ireland Laureate project GLOSSAM (2022–26)
• Co-editor of Peritia journal from 2025

Key research areas include:

• Cultural transmission between Latin and Old Irish
• Digital edition sustainability
• Medieval multilingual glossaries
• Manuscript annotation practices
• Language evolution in Christian contexts

His digital projects demonstrate expertise in:

• XML/TEI encoding
• Minimal computing philosophy
• Linked Open Data applications
• Manuscript metadata visualization
• IIIF integration

Project leadership includes:

• Manuscripts with Irish Associations (MIrA) catalog
• Gloss Corpus digital infrastructure
• Armarium publication platform
• Early Irish Glossaries Database