RESEARCH INTERESTS

The Irish manuscript tradition; Ireland's vernacular written tradition from medieval times to the nineteenth century; evidence for the dynamic role of the scribe as creator and re-creator of narrative in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Ireland; narrative discourse and historical representation; the complementary relationship between script and print in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Ireland; contemporary Irish writing and its heritage.

Traidisiún lámhscríbhinní na Gaeilge; an traidisiún dúchais scríofa ó aimsir na meánaoiseanna anall go dtí an naoú céad déag; ról cruthaitheach an scríobhaí in Éirinn san ochtú agus sa naoú céad déag; dioscúrsa scéil agus an t-athláithriú stairiúil; an gaol ceachtartha idir mheáin na scripte agus an chló san ochtú agus sa naoú céad déag in Éirinn; scríbhneoireacht chomhaimseartha na Gaeilge agus a hoidhreacht.

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    A scholarly edition of the Irish romantic tale Tóraigheacht an Ghiolla Dheacair
    Research Ireland (IRC)1 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2030
    People funded by this grant:
    • Ní Úrdail M
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    National University of Ireland Scholarly Publication of the Highest Standards of Excellence
    25 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2021
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    Seed Funding (high quality publication)
    UCD College of Arts and Humanities12 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2021
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    Antiquarianism Politics and Sectarianism in Nineteenth-Century Ireland: A study of Ancient Laws and Institutes of Ireland (1852-1901)
    Irish Research Council (IRC)1 Oct 2020 - 30 Sep 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Ní Úrdail M
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    National University of Ireland Scholarly Publication of the Highest Standards of Excellence
    26 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2012
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    IRC Postdoctoral Fellowship
    Irish Research Council (IRC)1 Sep 2007 - 31 Aug 2008
    Narrative creation and recreation in Modern Irish: a case study
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    National University of Ireland Scholarly Publication of the Highest Standards of Excellence
    17 Jan 2000 - 31 Dec 2000
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    NUI Postdoctoral Fellowship
    National University of Ireland (NUI)1 Sep 1999 - 31 Aug 2000
    Irish-language literary sources (1200–1900) relevant to the O'Briens of Thomond