Project Outputs

This fellowship is designed to produce work that speaks to academic, educational, and public audiences across Ireland, Italy, and beyond. Outputs fall into three broad strands: scholarly publications, creative and community materials, and open digital resources.

Academic Outputs

A peer-reviewed journal article on econarratives of grief and revival in the Irish context.

A monograph exploring transcultural storytelling as a form of ecological and linguistic solidarity between Irish and Emilian communities, situated within decolonial sociolinguistics.

Presentations at international conferences, including the International Ecolinguistics Conference, the BAAL Conference, the International Conference on Minoritised Languages (Bolzano), and the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore.

Creative and Community Outputs

A bilingual children’s illustrated book (Irish and Emilian, with English and Italian translations), co-created with participating school pupils in Donegal and Modena. A set of “lost words” cards, inspired by local flora, fauna, and place-names, designed for use in schools and community settings in both regions.

A pen-pal exchange between partner schools in Gaoth Dobhair and Modena, fostering direct connection between young Irish and Emilian speakers.

A Scholar–Community Symposium, held alternately in Gaoth Dobhair and Modena, bringing together researchers, artists, and community members to share the project’s econarratives through performance, poetry, and dialogue.

Open Digital Resources

An open-access bilingual digital repository of co-created stories, recordings, images, and artefacts, curated with community consent and hosted via the Open Science Framework. An interactive GIS map, developed with UCD’s Decoding Hidden Heritages initiative, visualising how myths, place-names, and language expressions cluster across the two peatland regions. A project website and social media presence, sharing progress, events, and findings as the project develops.

All non-sensitive data, code, and documentation will be made openly accessible under Creative Commons licensing, and preserved long-term through Zenodo and a trusted disciplinary archive.