Dr. Daniel Mc Carthy
Fellow Emeritus, Computer Science
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
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
Daniel Mc Carthy, The Genesis and Evolution of the Irish Annals to AD 1000, Frühmittelalterliche Studien, 52, 2018, p119 - 155
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]
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]
Daniel Mc Carthy, Representations of tonsure in the Book of Kells, Studia Celtica, 51, 2017, p89 - 103
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]
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]
Daniel Mc Carthy, The illustration and text on the Book of Kells, folio 114rv, Studies in Iconography, 35, 2014, p1 - 38
Daniel P. McCarthy, The contribution of Armagh scholarship to the Annals of Ulster, Seanchas Ard Mhacha, 25, 2014, p63 - 83
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]
TCD MS 1282 (The Annals of Ulster): A scholar's book and exemplar in, editor(s)William Vaughan , The Old Library - Trinity College Dublin 1712-2012, Dublin, 2013, pp33 - 39, [Daniel P. Mc Carthy]
Ruaidhrí Ua Caiside's contribution to the Annals of Ulster in, editor(s)S. Duffy , Princes, prelates and poets: Essays on Medieval Ireland in honour of Katharine Simms, Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2013, pp444 - 459, [Daniel Patrick Mc Carthy]
The harmonization of the lunar year with the Julian calendar by Anatolius, bishop of Laodicea in, editor(s)Jonathan Ben-Dov, Wayne Horowitz and John M. Steele , Living the Lunar Calendar, Oxford, Oxbow Books, 2012, pp245 - 257, [Daniel P. Mc Carthy]
The study and use of numbers in early Irish monasteries' in, editor(s)Charles Doherty, Linda Doran & Mary Kelly , Glendalough: City of God, Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2011, pp223 - 237, [Daniel P. Mc Carthy]
On the arrival of the Latercus in Ireland in, editor(s)Immo Warntjes & Dáibhí Ó Cróinín , Proceedings of the second international conference on the science of computus, Turnhout, Belgium, Brepols, 2011, pp48-75 , [Daniel Patrick Mc Carthy]
Bede's primary source for the Vulgate chronology in his chronicles in De temporibus and De temporum ratione' in, editor(s)I. Warntjes & D. Ó Cróinín , Proceedings of the 1st international conference on the science of computus in Ireland and Europe, AD 400-850, Turnhout, Belgium, Brepols, 2010, pp159 - 189, [D.P. Mc Carthy]
Daniel P. Mc Carthy, Review of The Present and Past in Medieval Irish Chronicles. Studies in Celtic History, by Nicholas Evans , The Medieval Review, - (10.10.04), 2010,
The Irish Annals - their origin and evolution V to XI sec. in, editor(s)CISAM (Centro Italiano di studi sull'alto medioevo) , L'irlanda e gli Irlandesi nell'alto medioevo, Spoleto, Italy, CISAM, 2010, pp601 - 622, [Daniel P. Mc Carthy]
D.P. Mc Carthy, The sources for Bede's earliest works on Biblical space and time, Anglo-Saxon, 3, 2010
Daniel P. Mc Carthy, The Irish Annals - Their origin and evolution V to XI sec., LVII International Week of Study, Spoleto, Italy, 16-21 April , 2009, Centro Italiano di Studi sull' Alto Medievo, 601 - 622pp
Daniel P. Mc Carthy, Review of The Chronicle of Ireland: translated with an introduction and notes, by Thomas M. Charles-Edwards , Peritia, 20, 2009, p379-387
D.P. Mc Carthy, The Irish Annals - Their genesis, evolution and history, Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2008, xvii + 1-416pp
D.P. Mc Carthy, 'The original compilation of the Annals of Ulster', , Studia Celtica , 38, 2004, p69 - 96
The emergence of Anno Domini in, editor(s)G. Jaritz & G. Moreno-Riaño , Time and Eternity - The Medieval Discourse, Brepols, Turnhout, 2003, pp31 - 53, [D.P. Mc Carthy]
D.P. Mc Carthy, On the shape of the Insular tonsure, Celtica, xxiv, 2003, p140 - 167
D.P. Mc Carthy, J.G. Byrne, Al-Khwarizmi's sine tables and a Western table with the Hindu norm of R=150, Archive for the History of Exact Sciences, 57, 2003, p243 - 266
Encyclopaedia entries 'Annals' and 'Chronology of Irish history in, editor(s)B. Lalor , The Encyclopaedia of Ireland, Dublin, 2003, pp33 - 193, [D.P. Mc Carthy]
D.P. Mc Carthy, A. Breen, The ante-Nicene Christian Pasch: De ratione paschali - The Paschal tract of Anatolius, bishop of Laodicea, Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2003, 200pp
D.P. Mc Carthy, The chronological apparatus of the Annals of Ulster AD 82-1019, Peritia, 16, 2002, p256 - 283
D. Mc Carthy, The Chronology and Sources of the Early Irish Annals, Early Medieval Europe, 10, (3), 2001, p323 - 341
D.P. Mc Carthy, The chronology of St. Colm Cille, An Tionól , Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 24 Nov. 2001 , 2001
D. Mc Carthy, Topographical characteristics of the Vita Prima and Vita Cogitosii Sanctae Brigitae, Studia Celtica, XXV, 2001, p245 - 270
D. Mc Carthy, The Chronology of S. Brigit of Kildare, Peritia, 14, 2000, p255 - 281
D. Mc Carthy, A. Breen, À propos du synode de Whitby. Étude des observations astronomiques dans les Annales irlandaises, Annales de Bretagne et des Pays de l'Ouest, 107, (3), 2000
D. Mc Carthy, A. Breen, Astronomical Observations in the Irish Annals and their Motivation, Peritia, 11, 1998
D. Mc Carthy, The Status of the pre-Patrician Irish Annals, Peritia, 12, 1998, p98 - 152
D. Mc Carthy, The Chronology of the Irish Annals, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 98C6, 1998, p203 - 255
D. Mc Carthy, A. Breen, An Evaluation of Astronomical Observations in the Irish Annals, Vistas in Astronomy, 41, (1), 1997, p117 - 138
D. Mc Carthy, The Lunar and Paschal Tables of De ratione paschali Attributed to Anatolius of Laodicea' , Archive for History of Exact Sciences, 49, (4), 1996, p285 - 320
A. Breen and D. Mc Carthy, A Re-evaluation of the Eastern and Western records of the Supernova of 1054, Vistas in Astronomy, 39, 1995, p363 - 379
D. Mc Carthy, The Chronological Apparatus of the Annals of Ulster AD 431-1131, Peritia, 8, 1994, p46 - 79
D. Mc Carthy, The Origin of the Latercus Paschal Cycle of the Insular Celtic Churches, Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies, 28, 1994, p25 - 49
D. Mc Carthy, Easter Principles and a Fifth-Century Lunar Cycle used in the British Isles, Journal for the History of Astronomy, xxiv, 1993, p204 - 224
D. Mc Carthy, D. Ó Cróinín, The 'Lost' Irish 84-Year Easter Table Rediscovered, Peritia, 6-7, 1987, p227 - 242
D.P. Mc Carthy, Effect of Improved Multiplication Efficiency on Exponentiation Algorithms Derived from Addition Chains, Mathematics of Computation, 46, (174), 1986, p603 - 608
D.P. Mc Carthy, The Optimal Algorithm to Evaluate xn using Elementary Multiplication Methods, Mathematics of Computation, 31, 1977, p251 - 256
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
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]
Bart Jaski & Daniel Mc Carthy, The Annals of Roscrea - A diplomatic edition, Roscrea, Roscrea People, 2012, xxxvi + 65pp
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
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]
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]
Daniel Mc Carthy, Chronological Synchronisation of the Irish Annals, Department of Computer Science, TCD, 2005
Daniel Mc Carthy, Irish chronicles and their chronology', Department of Computer Science, TCD, 2005
Daniel Mc Carthy, Collation of the Irish regnal canon, Department of Computer Science, TCD, 2005
Bart Jaski and Daniel Mc Carthy, 'A facsimile edition of the Annals of Roscrea', -
Research Expertise
Description
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 controversyRecognition
Memberships
Member of the Royal Irish Academy