Nollaig Ó Muraíle
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Nollaig Ó Muraíle is an Irish scholar. He published an acclaimed edition of Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh
's Leabhar na nGenealach
in 2004. He was conferred with the honour of admittance to the Royal Irish Academy
in 2009.
where he was a postgraduate student enrolled for a Phd
. He was Placenames Officer with the Ordnance Survey of Ireland 1972-1993. Reader in Irish and Celtic Studies at Queen's University Belfast to 2004 and Senior Lecturer at the School of Irish, National University of Ireland, Galway
from 2005. He is married to Tresa Ní Chianáin and has two children. He lives in Dublin.
's Leabhar na nGenealach
. This was continued under the directior of Professor of Old and Middle Irish, Pádraig Ó Fiannachta
.
Upon joining the Placenames Branch of the Ordnance Survey in late 1972, Ó Muraíle had already translated over one hundred pages, albeit from Eugene O'Curry
's copy. Access to the autograph of Leabhar na nGenealach however remained difficult; only on 28 August 1979, at University College Dublin
's new home of Belfield, was he able to begin transcription of the original, which he finished on 10 September 1981. It had taken a total of 88 sessions in UCD Special Collections Reading Room. Typing began in late 1982 and was complete by 4 September 1984. By early 1988, after much tedious work, the Cumire was also successfully in transcript. His PhD
dissertation, submitted in September 1991 on the life, background and work of Mac Fhirbhisigh, was fully two volumes totally 1,086 pages.
Early in 1998, Ó Muraíle was approached by fellow Mayoman, Eamonn de Burca, with an offer to publish his edition of Leabhar na nGenealach. De Burca insisted on a full translation of the text into English (with the original Irish text on the facing page) in opposition to Ó Muraíle's wish to publish with Irish text only. De Burca prevailed, and the book, titled The Great Book of Irish Genealogies, was published in five volumes (vols. IV and V alone consisting of indices) in 2004, with 3,100 pages in a full buckram gilt presentation box. It remains Ó Muraíle's unique contribution to Irish scholarship.
Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh
Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh, also known as Dubhaltach Óg mac Giolla Íosa Mór mac Dubhaltach Mór Mac Fhirbhisigh, Duald Mac Firbis, Dudly Ferbisie, and Dualdus Firbissius was an Irish scribe, translator, historian and genealogist...
's Leabhar na nGenealach
Leabhar na nGenealach
Leabhar na nGenealach is a massive genealogical collection written mainly in the years 1649 to 1650, at the college-house of St. Nicholas's church, Galway, by Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh. He continued to add material until at least 1666, five years before he was murdered in 1671...
in 2004. He was conferred with the honour of admittance to the Royal Irish Academy
Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish Academy , based in Dublin, is an all-Ireland, independent, academic body that promotes study and excellence in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. It is one of Ireland's premier learned societies and cultural institutions and currently has around 420 Members, elected in...
in 2009.
Life and career
A native of Knock, County Mayo, Ó Muraíle attended National University of Ireland, MaynoothNational University of Ireland, Maynooth
The National University of Ireland, Maynooth , was founded by the Universities Act, 1997 as a constituent university of the National University of Ireland. It is Ireland's second oldest university, having been formed from St Patrick's College, Maynooth, itself founded in 1795.The university is...
where he was a postgraduate student enrolled for a Phd
PHD
PHD may refer to:*Ph.D., a doctorate of philosophy*Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*PHD finger, a protein sequence*PHD Mountain Software, an outdoor clothing and equipment company*PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
. He was Placenames Officer with the Ordnance Survey of Ireland 1972-1993. Reader in Irish and Celtic Studies at Queen's University Belfast to 2004 and Senior Lecturer at the School of Irish, National University of Ireland, Galway
National University of Ireland, Galway
The National University of Ireland, Galway is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland...
from 2005. He is married to Tresa Ní Chianáin and has two children. He lives in Dublin.
Ó Muraíle and Mac Fhirbhisigh
In 1971, at the suggestion of Tomás Ó Fiaich, then Professor of Modern History at Maynooth, Ó Muraíle began work on Dubhaltach Mac FhirbhisighDubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh
Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh, also known as Dubhaltach Óg mac Giolla Íosa Mór mac Dubhaltach Mór Mac Fhirbhisigh, Duald Mac Firbis, Dudly Ferbisie, and Dualdus Firbissius was an Irish scribe, translator, historian and genealogist...
's Leabhar na nGenealach
Leabhar na nGenealach
Leabhar na nGenealach is a massive genealogical collection written mainly in the years 1649 to 1650, at the college-house of St. Nicholas's church, Galway, by Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh. He continued to add material until at least 1666, five years before he was murdered in 1671...
. This was continued under the directior of Professor of Old and Middle Irish, Pádraig Ó Fiannachta
Pádraig Ó Fiannachta
Pádraig Ó Fiannachta is a renowned Irish language scholar, poet and priest, born in the Kerry Gaeltacht in 1927. He studied at Maynooth, University College Cork and All Hallows, Clonliffe College. He was ordained a priest in 1953. He spent some time in Wales prior to returning to Maynooth College...
.
Upon joining the Placenames Branch of the Ordnance Survey in late 1972, Ó Muraíle had already translated over one hundred pages, albeit from Eugene O'Curry
Eugene O'Curry
-Life:He was born at Doonaha, near Carrigaholt, County Clare, the son of Eoghan Ó Comhraí, a farmer, and his wife Cáit. Eoghan had spent some time as a travelling pedlar and had developed an interest in Irish folklore and music. Unusually for someone of his background, he appears to have been...
's copy. Access to the autograph of Leabhar na nGenealach however remained difficult; only on 28 August 1979, at University College Dublin
University College Dublin
University College Dublin ) - formally known as University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin is the Republic of Ireland's largest, and Ireland's second largest, university, with over 1,300 faculty and 17,000 students...
's new home of Belfield, was he able to begin transcription of the original, which he finished on 10 September 1981. It had taken a total of 88 sessions in UCD Special Collections Reading Room. Typing began in late 1982 and was complete by 4 September 1984. By early 1988, after much tedious work, the Cumire was also successfully in transcript. His PhD
PHD
PHD may refer to:*Ph.D., a doctorate of philosophy*Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*PHD finger, a protein sequence*PHD Mountain Software, an outdoor clothing and equipment company*PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
dissertation, submitted in September 1991 on the life, background and work of Mac Fhirbhisigh, was fully two volumes totally 1,086 pages.
Early in 1998, Ó Muraíle was approached by fellow Mayoman, Eamonn de Burca, with an offer to publish his edition of Leabhar na nGenealach. De Burca insisted on a full translation of the text into English (with the original Irish text on the facing page) in opposition to Ó Muraíle's wish to publish with Irish text only. De Burca prevailed, and the book, titled The Great Book of Irish Genealogies, was published in five volumes (vols. IV and V alone consisting of indices) in 2004, with 3,100 pages in a full buckram gilt presentation box. It remains Ó Muraíle's unique contribution to Irish scholarship.
Articles
- Filí chúige Connacht sa naoú aois déag, in Litríocht an 19ú haois / in eagar ag Pádraig Ó Fiannachta, Má Nuad: An Sagart, 1972
- Toirialach Ó Cearúlláin, same publication.
- Swinford and its Name:Some Aspects of Swinford History, in Swinford Re-Echo, SwinfordSwinfordSwinford, historically called Swineford , is a town in County Mayo, Ireland. It is surrounded by the settlements of Midfield, Meelick, Culmore, Cloonaghboy, Killasser and other villages. It is on the N5 road, located 18 km from Ireland West Airport Knock...
, 1981. - An Outline History of Co. Mayo, pp. 10–35, in Mayo: Aspects of its Heritage, ed. Bernard O'HaraBernard O'HaraBernard O'Hara, Irish historian, born c. 1945.Bernard O'Hara, a native of County Mayo, Ireland, is a historian and a former Registrar of the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology . One of the original members of staff when the GMIT opened in September 1972, Mr...
, 1982. ISBN 0 9508233 0 9. - Mayo Placesnames, pp. 55–83, same publication.
- The Principal Surnames of Mayo,, page 83, same publication.
- Aois na Lámhscribhinni Móra, in The Maynooth Review, No.9, pp. 42–72, 1983.
- The Barony-Names of Fermanagh and Monaghan, in Clougher Record, No.s 11-13, pp. 387–402, 1984.
- The Gaelic personal name (an) Dubhaltach, in Anim No. 2, pp. 1–26, 1987.
- The Autograph Manuscrips of the Annals of the Four Masters, in Celtica No. 19, pp. 75–95, 1987.
- Leabhar Ua Maine alias Leabhair Uí Dhubhagáin, in Éigse No.2, pp. 167–195, 1989.
- The Carneys of Connacht in Sages, Saints and Storytellers: Celtic Studies in Honour of Professor James Carney, pp. 342–357, ed. Ó Corráin, Breatnach and McCone, Maynooth, 1989. ISBN 1 870684 07 9.
- Ainmneacha na mbailte fearainn i seanpharóiste Chluain Fiacla, in Dúiche Néill 4 (1989) pp. 27–31.
- A page from Mac Fhir Bhisigh's "Genealogies", in Celtica No. 21, pp. 533–560, 1990.
- The name Cluain Fiacla: an additional note, Dúiche Néill 5 (1990) pp. 145–147.
- Pól Breathnach (1885–1941), Sagart, Saoi is Seanchaí, in Léachtaí Cholmcille No.23, pp. 81–120, 1992.
- The Irish genealogies as an onomastic source, in Nomina No.16, pp. 23–47, 1992.
- Ruaidhrí Ó hUiginn, scribe, of An Tearmann (fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1680), in Ainm 6 (1994) pp. 103–106. Addenda in Ainm 7 (1996–1997), pp. 93 and 101. - Recent publications relating to Irish place-names, in Ainm 6 (1994) pp. 115–122.
- Agallamh na Seanórach, in Léachtaí Cholmcille No.25, pp. 96–127, 1995.
- : Irish genealogical collections: the Scottish dimension, in International Congress of Celtic Studies 10 (1995) (1999) pp. 251–264.
- Aspects Intellectual Life in Seventeenth Century Galway, in Galway:History and Society, ed Gerard Moran and Raymond Gillespie, pp. 149–211, 1996. ISBN 0 90 660 75 0.
- BUPNS reprints 1 — introduction, in Ainm 7 (1996) p. 120.
- BUPNS reprints 3: the early days of the Ulster Place-Name Society, in Ainm 7 (1996) pp. 126–138.
- A ‘lost’ history of the Walsh family, 1588, in Éigse 30 (1997) pp. 133–157.
- Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh and County Galway, in "Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical SocietyGalway Archaeological and Historical SocietyThe Galway Archaeological and Historical Society was founded on the 21 March 1900, at the Railway Hotel, Galway. It promotes the study of the archaeology and history of the west of Ireland. Since 1900, the Society has published 60 volumes of the Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical...
", pp. 23–35, Vol. 49, 1997. - Seán Ó Donnabháin, ‘an cúigiú máistir’, in Léachtaí Cholm Cille 27, (1997) pp. 11–82.
- Cathal Óg Mac MaghnusaCathal Óg Mac MaghnusaCathal Óg Mac Maghnusa was the principal compiler of the Annals of Ulster.-References:*Cathal Óg Mac Maghnusa and the Annals of Ulster, by Aubrey Gwynn, in Clougher Record, 2/2 pp.230-43 and 2/3 , pp. 370-84. Ed...
: His Time, Life and Legacy, in Clougher Record, pp. 45–64, 1998. - Cathal Óg Mac Maghnusa and the Annals of UlsterAnnals of UlsterThe Annals of Ulster are annals of medieval Ireland. The entries span the years between AD 431 to AD 1540. The entries up to AD 1489 were compiled in the late 15th century by the scribe Ruaidhrí Ó Luinín, under his patron Cathal Óg Mac Maghnusa on the island of Belle Isle on Lough Erne in the...
, by Aubrey GwynnAubrey Gwynn-Life:He came from a Protestant academic family, the son of Stephen Gwynn and the grandson of John Gwynn, professor of theology at Trinity College Dublin. Gwynn converted to Roman Catholicism at age 10, when his mother was received into the Catholic Church.. He attended the Jesuit-run Clongowes...
, in Clougher Record, 2/2 (1958) pp. 230–43 and 2/3 (1959), pp. 370–84. Ed. Nollaig Ó Muraíle, EnniskillenEnniskillenEnniskillen is a town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is located almost exactly in the centre of the county between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of 13,599 in the 2001 Census...
, 1998. - Clann Bhaldraithe or Clann Bhaildrín, the Waldron Family - its origins, kindred and related names, in The Waldron Journal, pp. 6–22, volume 5, 1998.
- Table of contents of the Bulletin of the Ulster Place-Name Society (Series 2): 1978–82, (Ed. Deirdre Flanagan).
- The Ulster Place-Name Society, 1998–2000, in Ainm 8 (1998) pp. 158–161.
- Some Early Connacht Population Groups, in Seachas: Studies in Early and Medieval Irish Archaeology, History and Literature in Honour of Francis J. Byrne, ed. Alfred P. Smyth, Four Courts Press, Dublin, pp. 161–177, 2000. ISBN 1 85182 489 8.
- Settlement and Placenames in Gaelic Ireland c.1250-c.1650: Land, Lordship and Settlement, Patrick J. Duffy, David Edwards and Elizabeth FitzPatrick (eds.), pp. 223–245, Four Courts Press, 2001. ISBN 1 85182 800 1 pbk.
- Some Thoughts on Matters Onamastic, in Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, pp. 23–41, volume 53, 2001.
- Uí Fhailghe, Uíbh Fhailí, etc.; The Name of Offaly, in Offaly Heritage: Journal of the Offaly Archaeological and Historical Society,, pp. 9–11, volume one, 2003.
- Linking Clann Aodhagáin with Mac Fhirbhisigh, in The Irish Genealogist, volume 11, no. 3, 2004.
- ‘Prince of Irish historians’: a great Meath historian, Fr. Paul Walsh (1885–1941), in LCC 34 (2004) pp. 28–104.
- Athchuairt ar lámhscríbhinní Chonnacht, in LCC 34 (2004) pp. 28–104.
- Temair/Tara and Other Places of the Name, in The Kingship and Landscape of Tara, ed. Edel BhreathnachEdel BhreathnachEdel Bhreathnach is an Irish historian and academic.Bhreathnach was a Tara Research Fellow for the Discovery Programme from 1992 to 2000. As of 2005 she is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Institute for the study of Irish History and Civilization, at University College Dublin...
, Four Courts Press, Dublin, pp. 449–477, 2005. ISBN 1851829547. - The Learned Family of Ó Cianáin/Keenan, in Clougher Record, pp. 387–436, 2005.
- Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh and County Mayo, in Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, pp. 1–21, volume 58, 2006.
- A tract on the Connacht territory of Muintir Mhurchadha, in JCHAS 113 (2008) pp. 90–100.
Books
- Mayo Places: Their Names and Origins, 1985.
- The Celebrated Antiquary: Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh (c.1600-1671) - His Life, Lineage and Learning, An Sagart, Maynooth, 1996; reprinted 2003. ISBNSBNSBN can mean:* Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology.* Student Broadcast Network.* SBN - The IATA airport code for the South Bend Regional Airport.* Southern Broadcasting Network, in the Philippines....
1903896 05 3; ISSN 0 790 8806. - Irish Leaders and Learning Though the Ages, Paul WalshPaul WalshPaul Anthony Walsh is a retired English footballer.Walsh was a diminutive and pacy centre forward who shot to fame in the 1980s during spells with Charlton, Luton, Liverpool and Tottenham.-Charlton Athletic:...
: Essays collected, edited and introduced by Nollaig Ó Muraile, 2003. ISBN 1-85182-543-6. - The Great Book of Irish Genealogies, Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhish: Edited, with translation and indices by Nollaig Ó Muraíle Five volumes. Dublin, DeBurca, 2004–2005. ISBN 0 946130 36 1.
- Turas na dTaoiseach nUltach as Éirinn from Ráth Maoláin to Rome:Tadhg O Cianáin's contemporary narrative of the so-called "Flight of the Earls", 1607-8, (editor), Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2007. ISBN 978-88-901692-1-2
- Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, His Associates and St Anthony's College Louvain, (editor), Four Courts PressFour Courts PressFour Courts Press is an Irish academic publishing house.It was founded in 1970 by Michael Adams, a managing director at the Irish Academic Press and a member of Opus Dei. Its early publications were primarily theological, notably the English translation of the Navarre Bible...
, Dublin, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84682-082-3
Introductions, editor, lectures
- Ainm: bulletin of the Ulster Place-Name Society 5, (1991), with Ruairí Ó hUiginn.
- Ainm: bulletin of the Ulster Place-Name Society 6 (1994)
- Ainm: bulletin of the Ulster Place-Name Society 7, (1996)
- Ainm: bulletin of the Ulster Place-Name Society 8, (1998)
- New introduction to the Annals of UlsterAnnals of UlsterThe Annals of Ulster are annals of medieval Ireland. The entries span the years between AD 431 to AD 1540. The entries up to AD 1489 were compiled in the late 15th century by the scribe Ruaidhrí Ó Luinín, under his patron Cathal Óg Mac Maghnusa on the island of Belle Isle on Lough Erne in the...
, volume one, pp. 1–73 (The Annals of Ulster, otherwise Annala Senait. A chronicle of Irish affairs from A.D. 431 to A.D. 1540. With translation, notes, and index.) Published by Éamonn de Búrca, Blackrock, Dublin, 1998.
- Contributor and reader to The Encyclopaedia of Ireland, general editior Brian Lalor, Gill & MacMillian, 2003. ISBN 0 7171 3000 2.
- Anthony Raftery: His life, Legend and Legacy, Galway Archaeological and Historical SocietyGalway Archaeological and Historical SocietyThe Galway Archaeological and Historical Society was founded on the 21 March 1900, at the Railway Hotel, Galway. It promotes the study of the archaeology and history of the west of Ireland. Since 1900, the Society has published 60 volumes of the Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical...
Lecture Series 2009/2010, 11 January 2010
External links
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