Biography
Ailbhe Nic Giolla Chomhaill has worked at the University of Limerick since January 2018. She was appointed Lecturer in Irish in September 2018. She teaches courses on Irish language and literature at UL, including 20th Century literature from the Donegal Gaeltacht, Celtic civilisation, dialectology, and sociolinguistics.Ailbhe studied Irish and French at the National University of Ireland, Galway, and graduated with a BA International degree in 2012. She completed her PhD thesis, which was funded by the Irish Research Council, under the supervision of Dr. Lillis Ó Laoire, NUIG, in 2017. She is particularly interested in the folklore and storytelling tradition of the Joyce Country and has presented her research on this topic at national and international conferences in recent years. Her first book to date, An Chaora Ghlas agus Scéalta Eile as Seanadh Farracháin, is a study of the international folktales collected in Seanadh Farracháin (Finny) National School in 1937-38. It was published by Leabhar Breac in 2016 and was awarded the Phelan Conan Prize, NUIG, in 2017. Ailbhe is also interested in the representation of female storytellers in the National Folklore Collection and she hopes to develop this interest into a new research project in the upcoming year.
Research Interests
Irish language folklore and storytelling; International folktales; the dynamics of folklore collection in Ireland; the representation of women in Irish folktales; the contribution of women to the National Folklore Collection
Teaching Interests
Teanga na Nua-Ghaeilge; Irish language folklore, literature, and culture; Sociolinguistics of Irish & the Celtic languages
Publications
Book
An Chaora Ghlas agus Scéalta Eile as Seanadh Farracháin
Nic Giolla Chomhaill, Ailbhe
Conference Contribution
Comhdháil ar Litríocht agus ar Chultúr na Gaeilge
Ailbhe Nic Giolla Chomhaill
Seimineáir Léann na Gaeilge
Ailbhe Nic Giolla Chomhaill
Léann na Sionainne
Ailbhe Nic Giolla Chomhaill
Irish Conference of Folklore and Ethnology
Ailbhe Nic Giolla Chomhaill
Aduaidh: Comhdháil Cois Laoi ar Dhúchas Uladh
Ailbhe Nic Giolla Chomhaill
Turas na mBan
Ailbhe Nic Giolla Chomhaill
Seimineár Taighde Iarchéime
Ailbhe Nic Giolla Chomhaill
Annual conference of the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore
Ailbhe Nic Giolla Chomhaill
Ar an Imeall i Lár an Domhain
Ailbhe Nic Giolla Chomhaill
Comhdháil ar Litríocht agus ar Chultúr na Gaeilge
Ailbhe Nic Giolla Chomhaill
Irish Conference of Folklore and Ethnology
Ailbhe Nic Giolla Chomhaill
International Irish Narrative Inquiry Conference
Ailbhe Nic Giolla Chomhaill
International Celtic Studies Congress
Ailbhe Nic Giolla Chomhaill
Comhdháil ar Litríocht agus ar Chultúr na Gaeilge
Ailbhe Nic Giolla Chomhaill
Postgraduate Research Seminar
Ailbhe Nic Giolla Chomhaill
Annual conference of the Celtic Studies Association of North America
Ailbhe Nic Giolla Chomhaill
Seimineár Taighde Sparánacht Uí Eithir
Ailbhe Nic Giolla Chomhaill
Chomhdháil ar Litríocht agus ar Chultúr na Gaeilge
Rióna Ní Fhrighil; Ailbhe Nic Giolla Chomhaill
Other Journal
An Páiste i dTír na nIontas: Máirtín Ó Direáin agus scéalaithe an tSrutháin Alt a foilsíodh in Comhar [Márta 2018],
Nic Giolla Chomhaill, Ailbhe
Comhar
Review of 'The Classic Fairy Tales: Second Norton Critical Edition' by Maria Tatar. Published by Norton (2017).
Nic Giolla Chomhaill, Ailbhe
Folklife: the journal of the Society for Folklife Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/04308778.2018.1507144
Peer Reviewed Journal
Cinderella Chonnacht: An léargas a fhaightear ar bhanlaochra na sraithe ATU 510A i dtraidisiún scéalaíochta Chonnacht.
Nic Giolla Chomhaill
Béaloideas: The journal of the Folklore Society of Ireland