Breandán Ó Madagáin and his son on Aran, 1994
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Title
Breandán Ó Madagáin and his son on Aran, 1994
Identifier
VH0096
Depiction
A man and a youth standing in front of a no-parking sign, on a fine sunny day.
Description
This photo of Breandán Ó Madagáin and his son was taken on the day of the launch of 'The Book of Aran'.
A noted Celticist and Irish scholar, Breandán Ó Madagáin (1932–9 January 2020) was originally from Limerick. He was a lecturer in Irish in UCG and then, from 1975 until his retirement in 1997, he was Professor and Chair of Irish there. His range of expertise covered folklore, sociolinguistics and Gaelic manuscript traditions.
His published work included several monographs: Teagasc ar an Sean-Tiomna (Teaching on the Old Testament), 1974; An Ghaeilge i Luimneach (The Irish Language in Limerick) 1974; Caointe and Seancheolta Eile/Keening and Other Old Musics, 2005. In 1978 he edited Gnéithe den Chaointeoireacht (Aspects of Keening). 'He was deeply interested in the connections between the traditional poetry of Gaelic society and its integral connection to song, writing several substantial articles on this topic ' (Ó Laoire, 2022).
In 1992 he was elected a member of the Royal Irish Academy, and from 1995-2005 he served as Chair of the Board of the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies.
A noted Celticist and Irish scholar, Breandán Ó Madagáin (1932–9 January 2020) was originally from Limerick. He was a lecturer in Irish in UCG and then, from 1975 until his retirement in 1997, he was Professor and Chair of Irish there. His range of expertise covered folklore, sociolinguistics and Gaelic manuscript traditions.
His published work included several monographs: Teagasc ar an Sean-Tiomna (Teaching on the Old Testament), 1974; An Ghaeilge i Luimneach (The Irish Language in Limerick) 1974; Caointe and Seancheolta Eile/Keening and Other Old Musics, 2005. In 1978 he edited Gnéithe den Chaointeoireacht (Aspects of Keening). 'He was deeply interested in the connections between the traditional poetry of Gaelic society and its integral connection to song, writing several substantial articles on this topic ' (Ó Laoire, 2022).
In 1992 he was elected a member of the Royal Irish Academy, and from 1995-2005 he served as Chair of the Board of the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies.
People
Breandán Ó Madagáin
References
Lillis Ó Laoire, 'Breandán Ó Madagáin 1932–2020', Folk Life, 60:1 (2022), 96–98. https://doi.org/10.1080/04308778.2022.2051866.
Contributor
Bibliographic Citation
F. Imbusch, J. Conroy, ‘Breandán Ó Madagáin and his son on Aran, 1994’, Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14795, Archival Record Id VHRS.
Text in image
N[íl ... C)head [... an)seo
No P[arking in t]his [a]rea w[ithout Pe)rmit
No P[arking in t]his [a]rea w[ithout Pe)rmit
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Temporal Coverage
Period
1990s
Category
colour
portrait
off-campus
outdoors
Keywords
islands
Language
English
Irish
Creator
Frank Imbusch
Publisher
University of Galway Library
Rights
This image may be used for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC-SA see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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