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Dr. Daniel Mc Carthy

Fellow Emeritus (Computer Science)

 Dan.McCarthy@tcd.ie

 


Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
Member of the Royal Irish Academy May 2012
Daniel Mc Carthy, Sulpicius Severus's Construction of his 84-year Paschal Table, Peritia - Journal of the Medieval Academy of Ireland, 33, 2022, p139 - 158, Notes: [This paper undertakes a detailed analysis of the Padua table and demonstrates that its achievement of Anatolius" Paschal termini of luna 14"20 between 26 March and 23 April resulted from Sulpicius Severus" skilful exploitation of the synchronism between his 14- year saltus and the 28-year solar cycle], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text
Recovering years lost from the Irish Annals in, editor(s)Joe Fenwick , Lost and Found III - Rediscovering more of Ireland's past, Dublin, Wordwell, Dublin., 2018, pp267 - 276, [Dan Mc Carthy], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Daniel Mc Carthy, The Genesis and Evolution of the Irish Annals to AD 1000, Frühmittelalterliche Studien, 52, 2018, p119 - 155, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Analysing and Restoring the Chronology of the Irish Annals in, editor(s)Ralph Kenna, Máirín MacCarron, Pádraig MacCarron , Maths Meets Myths: Quantitative Approaches to Ancient Narratives, Switzerland, Springer International Publishing, 2017, pp177 - 194, [Daniel Mc Carthy], Notes: [Available at http://www.springer.com/gb/book/9783319394435], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
The Paschal cycle of St Patrick in, editor(s)Immo Warntjes & Dáibhí Ó Cróinín , Late Antique Calendrical Thought in the Early Middle Ages - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on the Science of Computus in Ireland and Europe - Galway, 16-18 July, 2010 , Turnhout, Belgium, Brepols, 2017, pp94 - 137, [Daniel Mc Carthy], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Daniel Mc Carthy, Representations of tonsure in the Book of Kells, Studia Celtica, 51, 2017, p89 - 103, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
The Chronology of Saint Columba's Life in, editor(s)Pádraic Moran & Immo Warntjes , Early Medieval Ireland and Europe: Chronology, Contacts, Scholarship - Festschrift for Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, Turnhout, Belgium, Brepols, 2015, pp3 - 32, [Daniel P. McCarthy], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Dalkey Quarry Tramway 1815-c.1855 in, editor(s)Gwynn, David , Early Railways 5, Clare, Suffolk , U.K., Six Martlets, 2014, pp330 - 343, [Daniel McCarthy], Notes: [The book is a selection of papers presented at the Fifth International Early Railways conference in Carnarvon, Wales, June 2012.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Daniel Mc Carthy, The illustration and text on the Book of Kells, folio 114rv, Studies in Iconography, 35, 2014, p1 - 38, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Daniel P. McCarthy, The contribution of Armagh scholarship to the Annals of Ulster, Seanchas Ard Mhacha, 25, 2014, p63 - 83, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
  

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The Council of Nicaea and the Celebration of the Christian Pasch in, editor(s)Young Richard Kim , The Cambridge Companion to the Council of Nicaea, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2021, pp177 - 201, [Daniel P. Mc Carthy], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Bart Jaski & Daniel Mc Carthy, The Annals of Roscrea - A diplomatic edition, Roscrea, Roscrea People, 2012, xxxvi + 65pp, Notes: [This is a printed version of the edition published on the Web in November, 2011 at - https://www.scss.tcd.ie/misc/kronos/editions/AR_portal.htm], Book, PUBLISHED
D.P. Mc Carthy, Medieval science, its techniques and philosophy, STRONGnet Summer School, Firbush, Loch Tay, Scotland, 4-8 June 2012, 2012, STRONGnet - Marie Curie Training network, 15pp, Notes: [This was a three week summer school for Ph.D. and postdoctoral students specialising in solving the problems of high-energy physics, and this talk was one of about eight intended to broaden the disciplinary outlook of these specialists.], Invited Talk, APPROVED
Inishowen people and events recorded in the Irish Annals in, editor(s)Marius Ó hEarcáin , Inishowen 1607 and all that ..., Clonmany, Co. Donegal, 2008, pp31 - 32, [D.P. Mc Carthy], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Of Arabic numbers, Roman time and Irish chronicles in, editor(s)Eoin P. O'Neill , What did you do today, Professor?, Pöllauberg, Austria, 2008, pp99 - 106, [Daniel P. Mc Carthy], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Daniel Mc Carthy, Irish chronicles and their chronology', Department of Computer Science, TCD, 2005, Dataset, PUBLISHED
Daniel Mc Carthy, Chronological Synchronisation of the Irish Annals, Department of Computer Science, TCD, 2005, Dataset, PUBLISHED
Daniel Mc Carthy, Collation of the Irish regnal canon, Department of Computer Science, TCD, 2005, Dataset, PUBLISHED
Bart Jaski and Daniel Mc Carthy, 'A facsimile edition of the Annals of Roscrea', -, Notes: [This is a page by page edition of the only manuscript of these annals, MS Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale 5301-20 pp. 97−161, preceded by a substantial introduction. It is published online.], Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED

  

Research Interests

Description Of Research Interests

Computer Arithmetic, parallel architectures & processing, history of numbers and computation, computistics, lunar and solar cycles, astronomy, chronology, the chronicles of Eusebius, Jerome, Sulpicius Severus, Prosper, Bede and the Irish annals, the Paschal controversy