Séamus Mac Mathúna

Add links
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Séamus Mac Mathúna (born 1945) is an Irish language and Irish literature scholar and university professor.

Biography

Séamus Mac Mathúna was born in

University of Zürich and the University of Iceland, Reykjavík
. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Celtic Studies by Queen's University Belfast.

In 1970, he was appointed to a Lectureship in

University College, Galway in 1976. In 1980, was appointed Professor of Irish at Ulster University from which he retired in 2014.[1]

Research

He has conducted research into Early Irish language and literature; Irish folklore; the syntax, semantics and lexicon of Irish; and Celtic links with Nordic, Slavic and Germanic cultures.[2]

Awards

Publications

These are detailed in the Bibliography of Irish Linguistics and Literature at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.[4]

  • Mac Mathúna, S. (1985). Immram Brain: Bran's Journey to the Land of the Women[5]
  • Mac Mathúna, S. (1995). Collins Gem Irish Dictionary
  • Ó Corráin, A., & Mac Mathúna, S. (1997). Collins Pocket Irish Dictionary[6]
  • Mac Mathúna, S. (2007). On the Definite Article and Definite Descriptions in Irish[7]
  • Mac Mathúna, S., & Corrain, A. (eds) (1997). Miscellanea Celtica in Memoriam Heinrich Wagner[8]
  • Mac Mathúna, S. (2006). Parallels between Celtic and Slavic
  • Mac Mathúna, S. (2012). Ireland and Armenia: Studies in Language, History and Narrative
  • Borsje, M., Dooley, A., Mac Mathúna, S., & Toner. G. (eds) (2014). Celtic Cosmology. Perspectives from Ireland and Scotland. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.[9]

A Festschrift in his honour was presented to him on his 75th birthday and launched at the 17th International Symposium of Societas Celtologica Nordica held in Uppsala on 7–10 May 2020.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Séamus Mac Mathúna". PORTRAITI. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  2. ISBN 9783831676781
    .
  3. ^ "Societas Celto-Slavica". Ulster University. January 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Mac Mathúna (Séamus)". Bibliography of Irish Linguistics and Literature School of Celtic Studies Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  5. ISBN 9783484400825
    .
  6. ISBN 9780004707655.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
    )
  7. ISBN 9785955102146
    .
  8. ISBN 978-9155439514
    .
  9. ISBN 9780888448262
    .
  10. ISBN 978-91-513-0936-1. Retrieved 28 February 2022. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help
    )
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Séamus_Mac_Mathúna&oldid=1198480472"