Biography
Tríona Ní Shíocháin specialises in 18th /19th Century Gaelic Poetry, Oral Poetry, Oral Theory, Performance Theory and the Sean-nós Singing Tradition. She is author of Bláth 's Craobh na nÚdar: Amhráin Mháire Bhuí (2012, Coiscéim, 512pp + CD), a monograph which includes a multi-text edition of 18th/ 19th century oral poet, Máire Bhuí Ní Laeire, as well as theoreticization of her work. Her teaching interests at the University of Limerick include: 17th century poetry, 18th-19th century poetry, the Keen, Oral Tradition, the Singing Tradition, Theories of Performance and Orality, Rites of Passage and Liminality, Autobiography, Modern Irish Poetry and discourses of Post-coloniality and Modernity.
Having received a first class honours BA (mus) in Irish and Music (UCC, 2002), she was awarded an IRCHSS post-graduate scholarship (2002-5) for her doctoral research on the songs of Máire Bhuí Ní Laeire under the supervision of Dr. Seán Ua Súilleabháin in the Department of Modern Irish, UCC. She was awarded her doctorate in 2008. She is a full-time lecturer in Irish in UL since 2007: Course Director for Irish and New Media Jan 2008-Aug 2010; Head of Irish Section 2009 2014.
She is currently working on oral compositional processes and creative' transmission in the Gaelic Oral Tradition (both words and music), and on performativity and political discourses in 19th century poetry. She is also working on discourses of post-coloniality, modernity and permanent liminality in the work of Seán Ó Ríordáin and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill.
Research Interests
Tríona Ní Shíocháin specialises in 18th /19th Century Gaelic Poetry, Oral Poetry, Oral Theory, Performance Theory and the Sean-nós Singing Tradition, and is also currently working on visions of modernity and representations of permanent liminality in Modern Irish poetry. She is author of Bláth 's Craobh na nÚdar: Amhráin Mháire Bhuí (2012, Coiscéim, 512pp + CD), a monograph which includes a multi-text edition of 18th/ 19th century oral poet, Máire Bhuí Ní Laeire, as well as theoreticization of her work. Her teaching interests at the University of Limerick include: 17th century poetry, 18th-19th century poetry, the Keen, Oral Tradition, the Singing Tradition, Theories of Performance and Orality, Rites of Passage and Liminality, the Gaelic Autobiography, Modern Gaelic Poetry and discourses of Post-coloniality and Modernity.
Teaching Interests
An Caoineadh agus an Chaointeoireacht, Traidisiún na hAmhránaíochta, Litríocht an Bhlascaoid, an Dírbheathaisnéis, An Nua-fhilíocht, An Teoiric Bhéil agus an Fhilíocht Bhéil, Teoiricí na Tairseachúlachta agus na hImeartha, Filíocht na hOchtú hAoise Déag, Filíocht na Naoú hAoise Déag, an tAistriúchán, Teanga na Gaelainne.
The Keen and the Keening Tradition, the Singing Tradition, Blasket Literature, Autobiography, Modern Irish Poetry, Oral Theory and Oral Poetry, Theories of Liminality and Play, 18th Century poetry, 19th Century Poetry, Translation, Irish Language.
Professional Activities
Education
- 2008 University College Cork - PhD
- 2002 University College Cork - BA
Employment
- 2008 University of Limerick - Lecturer in Irish
- 2007 University of Limerick - Junior Lecturer in Irish
Award
- 2002 - IRCHSS Post-graduate Scholarship
Publications
Books
Bláth 's Craobh na nÚdar: Amhráin Mháire Bhuí
Tríona Ní Shíocháin
(2012)
Bláth 's Craobh na nÚdar: Amhráin Mháire Bhuí
Dublin :
Coiscéim
Book Chapters
'Máire Bhuí Ní Laeire: File Béil agus Fáidh Míleannach'
Tríona Ní Shíocháin
(2013)
'Máire Bhuí Ní Laeire: File Béil agus Fáidh Míleannach'
In Séimhfhear Suairc: Aistí in Ómós don Ollamh Breandán Ó Conchúir;
Dingle, Co. Kerry :
An Sagart
Edited Books
(2013)
In Béascna 8;
Tríona Ní Shíocháin, Ciarán Ó Gealbháin, John Eastlake, Angun Sonnesyn Olsen.(Ed.)
UCC, Cork :
Roinn an Bhéaloidis, University College Cork
Peer Reviewed Journals
Aidan Doyle & Kevin Murray (eds.), In Dialogue with the Agallamh: Essays in Honour of Seán Ó Coileáin.'
Ní Shíocháin, T.
(2015)
Aidan Doyle & Kevin Murray (eds.), In Dialogue with the Agallamh: Essays in Honour of Seán Ó Coileáin.'
In Béascna: Journal of Folklore and Ethnology;
Memory, Liminality and Song Performance: Understanding the History of Thought through Song.'
Tríona Ní Shíocháin
(2014)
Memory, Liminality and Song Performance: Understanding the History of Thought through Song.'
In International Political Anthropology;
Lillis Ó Laoire and Sean Williams, Bright Star of the West: Joe Heaney, Irish Song Man.'
Ní Shíocháin, T.
(2013)
Lillis Ó Laoire and Sean Williams, Bright Star of the West: Joe Heaney, Irish Song Man.'
In Béascna: Journal of Folklore and Ethnology;
'Filí agus Amhránaithe, Cumadóirí agus Athchumadóirí: An Seachadadh Cruthaitheach agus an Chumadóireacht Bhéil i dTraidisiún Amhránaíochta na Gaelainne.'
Ní Shíocháin, T.
(2013)
'Filí agus Amhránaithe, Cumadóirí agus Athchumadóirí: An Seachadadh Cruthaitheach agus an Chumadóireacht Bhéil i dTraidisiún Amhránaíochta na Gaelainne.'
In Béascna: Journal of Folklore and Ethnology;
Ríonach uí Ógáin (eag.), Béaloideas 77: Tom Munnelly.'
Tríona Ní Shíocháin
(2010)
Ríonach uí Ógáin (eag.), Béaloideas 77: Tom Munnelly.'
In Béascna: Journal of Folklore and Ethnology;
Cork University Press, Cork. :
'Filí agus Amhránaithe, Foinn agus Focail: Maidean Álainn Ghréine agus Ionad an Cheoil i dTraidisiún na nAmhrán.'
Tríona Ní Shíocháin
(2009)
'Filí agus Amhránaithe, Foinn agus Focail: Maidean Álainn Ghréine agus Ionad an Cheoil i dTraidisiún na nAmhrán.'
In Béascna: Journal of Folklore and Ethnology;
Cork University Press, Cork. :
Conference Contributions
Moments of Becoming: Transitions and Transformations in Early Modern Europe Conference
Ní Shíocháin, T.
(2015)
Moments of Becoming: Transitions and Transformations in Early Modern Europe Conference
University of Limerick
Songs of Social Protest Conference. University of Limerick, 29 April 2015.
Ní Shíocháin, T.
(2015)
Songs of Social Protest Conference. University of Limerick, 29 April 2015.
University of Limerick
Comhdháil ar an tSíceolaíocht agus ar an bhFealsúnacht sa Chomhthéacs Liteartha
Ní Shíocháin, T. and Boland, T.
(2015)
Comhdháil ar an tSíceolaíocht agus ar an bhFealsúnacht sa Chomhthéacs Liteartha
Dublin
Tradsong Symposium, Irish World Academy, University of Limerick, 14 October 2015.
Ní Shíocháin, T.
(2015)
Tradsong Symposium, Irish World Academy, University of Limerick, 14 October 2015.
University of Limerick
Comhdháil ar Litríocht agus ar Chultúr na Gaeilge, NUIG.
Ní Shíocháin, T.
(2015)
Comhdháil ar Litríocht agus ar Chultúr na Gaeilge, NUIG.
NUIG
Commemorations: Concepts and Contexts conference, University College Cork
Ní Shíocháin, T.
(2015)
Commemorations: Concepts and Contexts conference, University College Cork
UCC
Seimineár Léann na Gaeilge, UL
Ní Shíocháin, T.
(2015)
Seimineár Léann na Gaeilge, UL
University of Limerick
Dhá Leagan Déag: Comhdháil faoin amhránaíocht ar an sean-nós, National University of Ireland, Galway, 24 June, 2015.
Ní Shíocháin, T.
(2015)
Dhá Leagan Déag: Comhdháil faoin amhránaíocht ar an sean-nós, National University of Ireland, Galway, 24 June, 2015.
NUIG
Seimineár Litríochta UCD
Ní Shíocháin, T.
(2014)
Seimineár Litríochta UCD
UCD
University of Limerick and Mary Immaculate College Eighteenth Century Society Seminar
Ní Shíocháin, T.
(2014)
University of Limerick and Mary Immaculate College Eighteenth Century Society Seminar
University of Limerick
'Poesis: the Ambivalent Creation of Truth'
Ní Shíocháin, T.
(2013)
'Poesis: the Ambivalent Creation of Truth'
WIT, Waterford
Play: the Creation of Culture in the Modern World - 5th International Political Anthropology Conference
Ní Shíocháin, T.
(2012)
Play: the Creation of Culture in the Modern World - 5th International Political Anthropology Conference
WIT, Waterford.
Comhdháil ar Litríocht agus ar Chultúr na Gaeilge, NUIG, 2012.
Ní Shíocháin, T.
(2012)
Comhdháil ar Litríocht agus ar Chultúr na Gaeilge, NUIG, 2012.
Roinn na Gaeilge, NUIG.
Comhdháil na nDéise
Ní Shíocháin, T.
(2012)
Comhdháil na nDéise
WIT, Waterford
Aoiléacht don Chumann le Béaloideas Éireann
Ní Shíocháin, T.
(2012)
Aoiléacht don Chumann le Béaloideas Éireann
Temple Bar, Dublin.
Palaeography and manuscript-based research: Intensive Postgraduate Seminar
Ní Shíocháin, T.
(2011)
Palaeography and manuscript-based research: Intensive Postgraduate Seminar
Na Ranna Gaeilge, UCC.
International Political Anthropology Conference
Ní Shíocháin, T.
(2011)
International Political Anthropology Conference
University College Cork
Éigse Dhiarmuid Uí Shúilleabháin
Ní Shíocháin, T.
(2011)
Éigse Dhiarmuid Uí Shúilleabháin
Baile Bhúirne, Múscraí.
Comhdháil ar Litríocht agus ar Chultúr na Gaeilge, NUIG.
Ní Shíocháin, T.
(2011)
Comhdháil ar Litríocht agus ar Chultúr na Gaeilge, NUIG.
Roinn na Gaeilge, NUIG.
Ek-stasis: Ecstacy in Politics, International Political Anthropology Conference
Ní Shíocháin, T.
(2010)
Ek-stasis: Ecstacy in Politics, International Political Anthropology Conference
WIT, Waterford.
An tEagrán Iltéacsúil (multi-text edition): léamh na lámhscríbhinní déanacha, modhanna eagarthóireachta agus an cultúr béil.' (The Multi-text Edition: interpretation of late manuscripts, editorial methodologies, and oral culture.')
Ní Shíocháin, T.
(2009)
An tEagrán Iltéacsúil (multi-text edition): léamh na lámhscríbhinní déanacha, modhanna eagarthóireachta agus an cultúr béil.' (The Multi-text Edition: interpretation of late manuscripts, editorial methodologies, and oral culture.')
Na Ranna Gaeilge, UCC.
Dáil Thuamhan
Ní Shíocháin, T.
(2008)
Dáil Thuamhan
Roinn na Gaeilge, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick.