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Liam Mac Mathúna took Celtic Studies in University College, Dublin, where he received the degree of BA in 1969, of MA in 1970. Awarded a Travelling Studentship by the National University of Ireland, he studied Comparative Indo-European Linguistics under Professor Wolfgang Meid at Innsbruck University, being conferred with a doctorate in 1974 for a lexical field analysis of the topographical vocabulary of Old Irish. He taught Celtic languages at Uppsala University, 1974-76, before being appointed a lecturer in Irish in St Patrick¿s College, Drumcondra, Dublin, in 1976. He served as Registrar of St Patrick¿s College from 1995 to 2006. Although primarily centred on the Early Irish lexicon, his research encompasses the later periods of the Irish language and includes many historical and contemporary facets of the cultural and societal position of Irish, dealing in particular with the intercultural role of place-names and Irish/English literary code-mixing, 1600-1900. His publications include a new edition of An tAthair Peadar Ua Laoghaire¿s novel Séadna. He served as President of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics (1988-90), President of Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge (1992-95) and Chairperson of the Royal Irish Academy¿s Coiste Náisiúnta Léann na Gaeilge (1995-2004). He has also served as a member of Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann (1982-2004), An Coimisiún Logainmneacha (1986-2003) and founding editor of Teagasc na Gaeilge (1980-88), review editor of Teanga, journal of IRAAL (1991-94), as co-editor of Studia Hibernica (1991-2001). Appointed Professor and Head of the School of Irish, Celtic Studies, Irish Folklore and Linguistics, UCD, in 2006, he is also currently a member of the following academic and professional committees: Coiste Léann na Gaeilge, RIA; Coiste Eagarthóireachta Fhoclóir na Nua-Ghaeilge, RIA; Bord Rialúcháin, Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh, DIAS; Editorial Board, Studia Hibernica; IRCHSS Post-Doctoral Fellowships Renewal panel. |
| Lexical field studies of the vocabulary of Irish, investigating semantic interrelationships and cultural and literary implications in areas such as topography, meteorological phenomena, perceptions of the cosmos, knowledge, poetry and story, and includes the study of Irish place and personal names. The linguistic and literary significance of Irish/English contact, particularly code-mixing in Irish-language texts, 1600-1900. This involves analysis of the literary genres which accommodated English in an ancillary role, and, combining lexical field and discourse analysis, critically assesses the linguistic and literary interaction between the two languages in selected texts.
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| Liam Mac Mathúna; (2007) Béarla sa Ghaeilge. Cabhair Choigríche: An Códmheascadh Gaeilge/Béarla i Litríocht na Gaeilge 1600-1900. Baile Átha Cliath: An Clóchomhar Tta. [Details] |
| Liam Mac Mathúna; (2011) 'Réamhrá' In: Liam Mac Mathúna (eds). Séadna. Baile Átha Cliath: Cois Life Teoranta. [Details] |
| Liam Mac Mathúna; (2011) 'Séadna - nóta eolais faoin saothar' In: Liam Mac Mathúna (eds). Séadna. Closleabhar. Baile Átha Cliath: Cois Life Teoranta. [Details] |
| Liam Mac Mathúna; (2011) 'An tAthair Peadar Ua Laoghaire - cuntas gearr ar a shaol' In: Liam Mac Mathúna (eds). Séadna. Closleabhar. Baile Átha Cliath: Cois Life Teoranta. [Details] |
| Liam Mac Mathúna; (2010) 'Snapshot or Signpost? The Role of English in Tadhg Ó Neachtain's Early Eighteenth-Century Manuscripts' In: Studia Celto-Slavica 5. Lodz: Lodz University Press. [Details] |
| Liam Mac Mathúna; (2010) 'Douglas Hyde the scholar' In: The Book of the O'Conor Don: essays on an Irish manuscript. Dublin: School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. [Details] |
| Liam Mac Mathúna; (2008) 'Linguistic Change and Standardization' In: Caoilfhionn Nic Pháidín & Seán Ó Cearnaigh (eds). A New View of the Irish Language. Dublin: Cois Life Teoranta. [Details] | |||||||||
| Liam Mac Mathúna; (2006) 'Putting smiles into words: an Irish lexical experience' In: Gerd Carling (eds). GIS.HUR gul-za-at-ta-ra. Festschrift for Folke Josephson. Göteborg: Göteborgs Universitet. [Details] | |||||||||
| Liam Mac Mathúna; (2004) 'From manuscripts to street signs via Séadna: the Gaelic League and the changing role of literacy in Irish, 1875-1915' In: Betsey FitzSimon and James H. Murphy (eds) (eds). The Irish Revival Reappraised. Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details] | |||||||||
| Mac Mathúna, L.; (2004) ''Scél lem dúib: scéal scéal'' In: Breandán Ó Conaire (eds). Aistí ag iompar Scéil: In ómós do Shéamus P. Ó Mórdha. Baile Átha Cliath: An Clóchomhar. [Details] | |||||||||
| Liam Mac Mathúna; (2003) 'Irish shakes its head? Code-mixing as a textual response to the rise of English as a societal language in Ireland'' In: in Hildegard L. C. Tristram (ed.) (eds). The Celtic Englishes III. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter. [Details] | |||||||||
| Mac Mathúna, L.; (2003) 'Entries on 'Patrick Dinneen', 'dinnseanchas', 'Seosamh Laoide', 'Niall Ó Dónaill', 'Seán Ó Neachtain', 'Tadhg Ó Neachtain', 'Anthony Raymond' and 'Peadar Ua Laoghaire'' In: Brian Lalor (eds). The Encyclopaedia of Ireland. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. [Details] | |||||||||
| Mac Mathúna, L.; (2002) ''Go Duibhlind risa ratter Ath Clíath: ainmneacha Gaeilge na príomhchathrach'' In: Máirtín Ó Briain agus Pádraig Ó Héalaí (eds). Téada Dúchais. Aistí in Ómós don Ollamh Breandán Ó Madagáin. Indreabhán: Cló Iar-Chonnachta. [Details] | |||||||||
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| Liam Mac Mathúna (Ed.). (2011) Séadna. Baile Átha Cliath: Cois LIfe Teoranta. [Details] |
| Liam Mac Mathúna; (2010) 'An Craoibhín, 'fóc-lór' agus stair chultúrtha na mothúchán'. Béaloideas, Journal of the Folklore of Ireland Society, 78 :126-147. [Details] |
| Liam Mac Mathúna; (2004) 'Continuity and change in Early Irish words for 'PLAIN': exploring narrative text and place-name divergence'. Eriu, 54 :149-170. [Details] |
| Liam Mac Mathúna; (2003) 'Lexical and literary aspects of 'heart' in Irish''. Eriu, 53 :1-18. [Details] |
| Mac Mathúna , L.; (2003) ''Rannpháirtíocht sna cúrsaí difriúla Gaeilge ar an Tríú Leibhéal''. Teagasc Na Gaeilge, 8 :48-59. [Details] |
| Mac Mathúna, L.; (2007) 'On the provenance of the Early Irish topographical lexicon' . In: Mícheál Ó Flatharta eds. Proceedings of the Seventh Symposium of Societas Celtologica Nordica Uppsala Universitet, , pp.33-52 [Details] |
| Liam Mac Mathúna; (2007) The Growth of Irish (L1)/English (L2) Literary Code-mixing, 1600-1900: Contexts, Genres and Realisations . In: Hildegard L.C. Tristram eds. The Celtic Languages in Contact. Papers from the Workshop within the Framework of the XIII International Congress of Celtic Studies, Bonn, 26-27 July 2007 Potsdam, , pp.217-234 [Details] |
| Mac Mathúna, L.; (2006) 'What's in an Irish name?: a study of the personal naming systems of Irish and Irish English' . In: Hildgard L.C. Trastram eds. The Celtic Englishes IV: The Interface beween English and the Celtic Languages Universitätsverlag Potsdam, , pp.64-87 [Details] |
| Year: 2010. Title: Appointed Editor of Éigse: A Journal of Irish Studies |
| Year: 1971. Title: NUI Travelling Studentship in Celtic Studies |
| Year: 1983. Title: Study Fellowship, awarded jointly by Royal Irish Academy and Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften |
| Year: 2005. Title: IRCHSS Senior Research Fellowship |
| Association: Coiste Léann na Gaeilge [Committee for Irish-language Scholarship], Royal Irish Academy, Function/Role: Chair |
| Association: Review of An Caighdeán Oifigiúil Steering Committee, Dept of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: Coiste Eagarthóireachta Fhoclóir na Nua-Ghaeilge [Editorial Committee of Modern Irish Historical Dictionary] , Royal Irish Academy, Function/Role: Member |
| Liam Mac Mathúna; (2010) Tadhg Ó Neachtain agus comhfhreagras cairdis, mí Feabhra 1726. [Plenary Lecture], Comhdháil ar Litríocht agus Cultúr na Gaeilge, 2010, NUIG , 15-OCT-10 - 16-OCT-10. |
| Liam Mac Mathúna; (2010) The Gaelic reaction to the Plantation of Ulster. [Chaired Session], Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Helen Roe Theatre, Dublin , 11-OCT-10 - 11-OCT-10. |
| Liam Mac Mathúna; (2010) The Ó Neachtain circle and the evolving intellectual world of Gaelic Dublin, c. 1730. [Invited Lecture], Celebrating 60 Years of Celtic Studies at Uppsala, University of Uppsala , 13-MAY-10 - 15-MAY-10. |
| Liam Mac Mathúna; (2010) The intellectual life and world view of the Ó Neachtain circle in early eighteenth-century Dublin: Gaelic, urban and urbane. [Invited Lecture], Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Helen Roe Theatre, Dublin , 25-MAR-10 - 25-MAR-10. |
| Liam Mac Mathúna; (2010) Foclóir do Shéadna (1908): aidhm agus feidhm an tsaothair. [Keynote Address], Dáil Thuamhan 2010, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick , 19-FEB-10 - 20-FEB-10. |
| Liam Mac Mathúna; (2010) How many languages did Hyde¿s Love Songs of Connacht revive? One, two, or none?. [Plenary Lecture], New Perspectives on Irish English, NovaUCD, University College Dublin , 11-MAR-10 - 13-MAR-10. | |||||||||
| Liam Mac Mathúna; (2010) Idir Shúgradh is Dáiríre: téacsanna dátheangacha Gaeilge agus Béarla agus an pobal, 1600-1900. [Invited Lecture], An Cumann le Béaloideas Éireann, University College Dublin , 25-JAN-10 - 25-JAN-10. | |||||||||
| Mac Mathúna, L.; (2009) The standardisation of Irish: Where are we and where are we going?. [International Refereed Conference], Language Policy and Language Learning, University of Limerick , 18-JUN-09 - 20-JUN-09. | |||||||||
| Mac Mathúna, L. ; (2009) Snapshot or signpost?: the role of English in a number of Tadhg Ó Neachtain's Gaelic manuscripts written in Dublin in the early eighteenth century. [Invited Lecture], Celto-Slavica 4, Univeristy of Lodz, Poland , 14-SEP-09 - 15-SEP-09. | |||||||||
| Mac Mathúna, L.; (2009) Douglas Hyde the Scholar. [Invited Lecture], ISOS Conference, The Book of the O'Conor Don, School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies , 16-MAY-09 - 16-MAY-09. | |||||||||
| Mac Mathúna, L. ; (2008) Il-leaganacha logainmneacha: foirmeacha agus feidhmeanna. [Keynote Address], Comhdháil ar Litríocht agus Cultúr na Gaeilge, National Univeristy of Ireland, Galway , 17-OCT-08 - 18-OCT-08. | |||||||||
| Mac Mathúna, L.; (2008) The Irish cosmos revisited: further lexical perspectives. [Keynote Address], Celtic Cosmology and the Power of Words, University of Ulster, Coleraine , 14-FEB-08 - 15-FEB-08. | |||||||||
| Mac Mathúna, L.; (2008) Early and earlier: towards a relative chronology of Irish place-naming. [Invited Lecture], The First International Conference on the Medieval Toponymy of Ireland and Scotland, Queen's University Belfast , 05-SEP-08 - 06-SEP-08. | |||||||||
| Mac Mathúna, L.; (2008) Enjoying the good life: the Earls in flight. [Invited Lecture], A Flight of the Earls Miscellany: Tadhg Ó Cianáin and his World, St Isidore's College, Rome , 24-OCT-08 - 27-OCT-08. | |||||||||
| Liam Mac Mathúna; (201) Foclóir do Shéadna (1908): aidhm agus feidhm an tsaothair. [Keynote Address], Dáil Thuamhan 2010, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick , 19-FEB-01 - 20-FEB-10. | |||||||||
| Mac Mathúna, L.; 'From manuscripts to street signs via Séadna: the changing role of literacy in Irish 1875-1915. [Other], The Irish Revival Reappraised, Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland, All Hallows College . | |||||||||
| Mac Mathúna, L.; 'An tSibhialtacht Cheilteach agus Léann na hÉireann'. [Other], Léann na Gaeilge sna hOllscoilleanna', RIA . | |||||||||
| Mac Mathúna, L.; 'Séadna: new medium and novel message'. [Other], IASIL Conference, NUIG . | |||||||||
| Mac Mathúna, L.; 'Mandark from Two Swan: Ó Neachtain literary response to English in eighteenth century Dublin'. [Other], 12th International Congress of Celtic Studies, University College Aberystwyth . | |||||||||
| Mac Mathúna, L.; 'The growth of Irish(L1)/English(L2) literary code mixing, 1600-1900: contexts, genres, realisations. [Other], The Celtic Languages in Contact, the 13th International Celtic Congress, Bonn . | |||||||||
| Mac Mathúna, L.; (2007) 'Anglicised Names in Bilingual Texts (1600-1800)'. [Keynote Address], Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland (SNSBI), St Patrick's College, Drumcondra, Dublin , 31-MAR-07 - 03-APR-07. | |||||||||
| Liam Mac Mathúna; (2006) Creativity and relevance: the role of English in some eighteenth-century Irish-language genres',. [Other], Mapping Transformations: Identities and Communities, 5th Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities and Social Sciences, DCU , 12-MAY-06. | |||||||||
| Liam Mac Mathúna; What's in an Irish name?: a study of the personal naming systems of Irish and Irish English',. [Other], Celtic Englishes IV symposium, University of Potsdam . | |||||||||
| Liam Mac Mathúna; On the provenance of the Early Irish topographical lexicon. [Other], Symposium on Celtic Studies, Uppsala University . | |||||||||
| Liam Mac Mathúna; Spléachadh ar fhocail nuachumtha i bhfoclóirí Gaeilge thosach an 20ú haois. [Other], Comhdháil Teangeolaíochta, St Patrick¿s College, Drumcondra . | |||||||||
| Liam Mac Mathúna; Séadna in aois a chéid. [Keynote Address], Cumann Merriman Winter School,, Bunratty, Co. Clare . | |||||||||
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