Séamus Mac Mathúna

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

Biography

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Séamus Mac Mathúna was born in Belfast in 1945 where he attended St. Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Belfast. He then attended Queen's University Belfast where he obtained a B.A. (Hons) in Celtic Studies. This was followed by post-graduate research into Indo-European, Old Norse and Linguistics at the 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 Celtic Languages and Literatures at the University of Uppsala, Sweden. He then moved to a Statutory Lecturer in Modern Irish at University College, Galway in 1976. In 1980, was appointed Professor of Irish at Ulster University from which he retired in 2014.[1]

Research

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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

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Publications

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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

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  1. ^ "Séamus Mac Mathúna". PORTRAITI. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  2. ^ Mac Mathúna, Seamus (2021). Iceland and the Immrama: An Inquiry into Irish Influence on Old Norse-Icelandic Voyage Literature. Munchen: Herbert Utz Verlag. 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. ^ Mac Mathúna, Séamus (1975). Immram Brain: Bran's Journey to the Land of the Women. Tubingen: M. Niemeyer. p. 510. ISBN 9783484400825.
  6. ^ Ó Corráin, Ailbhe, Ó Corráin, Ailbhe; Mac Mathúna, Séámus, Mac Mathúna, Séámus (1997). Collins pocket Irish dictionary. London: HarperCollins. p. 640. ISBN 9780004707655.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Mac Mathúna, Séamus (2007). On the definite article and definite descriptions in Irish. Moskva: Yaz'iky Slavyanskoyi Kul'tur'i. p. 44. ISBN 9785955102146.
  8. ^ MacMathuna, Seamus; Corrain, Ailbhe (1997). Miscellanea Celtica Memoriam Henrich Wagner. London: Coronet Books. p. 366. ISBN 978-9155439514.
  9. ^ Borsje, Jacqueline; Toner, Gregory; Dooley, Ann; Mac Mathúna, Séamus (2014). Celtic cosmology: perspectives from Ireland and Scotland. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. p. 315. ISBN 9780888448262.
  10. ^ Scotha cennderca cen on: A Festschrift for Séamus Mac Mathúna. Studia Celtica Upsaliensia. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. 7 April 2020. ISBN 978-91-513-0936-1. Retrieved 28 February 2022. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
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