Biography
Research Interests
Language and literature of Early Modern Irish; bardic poetry and the grammatical tracts; the historical development of Irish to the present day; the history of Irish literature; palaeography; textual criticism>>
Teaching Interests
eanga agus litríocht na Nua-Ghaeilge Moiche; Litríocht an ochtú haois déag; Canúintí na Gaeilge; Stair na litríochta
Grammar of Irish; Translation skills; Language and literature of Early Modern Irish; Eighteenth-century literature; Dialects of Irish; History of Irish literature
Recent Final Year thesis projects (FYPs) supervised:
Professional Activities
Employment
- 2019 University of Limerick - Head of Section (Irish Language and Literature / Léann na Gaeilge)
- 2018 University of Limerick - Lecturer above the bar
- 2016 University of Limerick - Lecturer below the bar
- 2012 Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies - Post-doctoral Research Fellow
- 2009 Uppsala University - Lecturer in Celtic Languages & Head of Celtic Section
- 2006 Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies - Research scholar
Award
- 2019 - NUI Scholarly Publications Scheme
- 2013 - Acta Universitatis Upsalensis Publication Grant
- 2012 - Bergin Fellowship
- 2006 - O'Donovan Scholarship
- 2004 - Postgraduate Scholarship in Modern Irish
- 2004 - William Henry Curran Scholarship
- 2004 - Mansion House Scholarship
- 2004 - IRCHSS Postgraduate Scholarship
- 2004 - Mary E. Byrne Medal
- 2004 - Uan Uladh Medal
- 2002 - William Henry Curran Scholarship
- 2002 - Undergraduate Scholarships, Modern Irish & Old Irish
- 2002 - Dr H. H. Stewart Scholarship in Irish
- 2001 - Entrance Scholarship
Education
- 2008 University College Dublin - PhD
- 2004 University College Dublin - BA
Association
- Member, The Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas
- Member, Irish Texts Society
- Member, Runica et Mediævalia
- Member, Celtic Studies Association of North America
- Member, Eighteenth-century Ireland
- Member, Centre for Early Modern Studies, Limerick
- Member, Societas Celtologica Europaea
Committee
- Poznań Conference of Celtic Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań 2014, 2016, 2018,
- Reading Early Modern Irish: a digital guide to Irish Gaelic (c. 1200-1650), University of Connecticut,
- Internationalisation Committee, Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, University of Limerick,
- Léann na Sionainne Conference Organising Committee, School of English, Irish, and Communication, University of Limerick,
- Research Committee, School of Culture and Communication, University of Limerick,
Publications
Book Chapter
Aistí meadarachta in Irish Grammatical Tracts V
Gordon Ó Riain
Lorg na Leabhar: A Festschrift for Pádraig A. Breatnach
Introduction
Caoimhín Breatnach, Meidhbhín Ní Úrdail, Gordon Ó Riain
Lorg na Leabhar: A Festschrift for Pádraig A. Breatnach
Person-switching in the Irish grammatical tracts
Gordon Ó Riain
Proceedings of the fourteenth international symposium of Societas Celtologica Nordica
The Poems of Giolla Brighde Mac Con Midhe: Manuscript sources, themes, and structure
Gordon Ó Riain
Giolla Brighde Mac Con Midhe: The Poet and His Craft
Introduction
Gordon Ó Riain
Dá dTrian Feasa Fiafraighidh: Essays on the Irish Grammatical and Metrical Tradition
A fragment of an early modern tract on grammar and metrics
Gordon Ó Riain
Dá dTrian Feasa Fiafraighidh: Essays on the Irish Grammatical and Metrical Tradition
Táinig an tráth nóna: old age in Classical Irish religious verse
Gordon Ó Riain
Aon don Éigse: Essays Marking Osborn Bergin's Centenary Lecture on Bardic Poetry (1912)
Introduction
Gordon Ó Riain, Ailbhe Ó Corráin
Celebrating Sixty Years of Celtic Studies at Uppsala University
The language of Caithréim Thoirdhealbhaigh
Gordon Ó Riain
Caithréim Thoirdhealbhaigh: Reassessments
The textual quality of the Book of the O'Conor Don
Gordon Ó Riain
The Book of the O'Conor Don: Essays on an Irish Manuscript
Dán réitigh le Conchobhar Ruadh Mac Con Midhe ( 1481)
Gordon Ó Riain
Léann Lámhscríbhinní Lobháin. The Louvain Manuscript Heritage
Conference Contribution
Seimineáir Léann na Gaeilge
Gordon Ó Riain
Seimineáir Léann na Gaeilge
Gordon Ó Riain
Léann na Sionainne
Gordon Ó Riain
Éigse Cholm Cille 2018
Gordon Ó Riain
UCD Special Collections Symposium
Gordon Ó Riain
Seimineáir Léann na Gaeilge
Gordon Ó Riain
Irish Renaissance Seminar
Gordon Ó Riain
Éigse Cholm Cille 2016
Gordon Ó Riain
15th international symposium of Societas Celtologica Nordica
Gordon Ó Riain
14th international symposium of Societas Celtologica Nordica
Gordon Ó Riain
Tionól
Gordon Ó Riain
Grammatica and the Celtic vernaculars in the medieval world
Gordon Ó Riain
13th international symposium of Societas Celtologica Nordica
Gordon Ó Riain
Léann na Gaeilge 4
Gordon Ó Riain
Tionól
Gordon Ó Riain
Latin and vernacular grammatica in Northern Europe
Gordon Ó Riain
13th annual Irish Texts Society seminar
Gordon Ó Riain
Irish Studies Symposium
Gordon Ó Riain
14th International Celtic Studies Congress
Gordon Ó Riain
One-day conference on the Book of the O'Conor Don
Gordon Ó Riain
Tionól
Gordon Ó Riain
The Louvain manuscript heritage
Gordon Ó Riain
Edited Book
Other Publication
Peer Reviewed Journal
Early modern poetry in transcript: A bardic miscellany (Invited Review Article)
Gordon Ó Riain
Studia Hibernica
DOI: 10.3828/sh.2019.7
Duanaire Éinrí Uí Néill ( 1489)
Gordon Ó Riain
Dúiche Néill: Journal of the O'Neill Country Historical Society
Terminology in the Grammatical Tracts: ciall teasaidheachta
Gordon Ó Riain
Ériu
DOI: 10.3318/eriu.2018.68.3
Observations on the citations in Irish Grammatical Tracts V
Gordon Ó Riain
CELTICA - Journal of the School of Celtic Studies
Early modern technical verse from NLI G 3 (II)
Gordon Ó Riain
CELTICA - Journal of the School of Celtic Studies
Varia III: Quatrains relating to the controversy of the Red Hand
Gordon Ó Riain
Ériu
DOI: 10.3318/ERIU.2011.61.171
A poem on the mutilation of Brian Óg Ó Néill (d. 1449)
Gordon Ó Riain
Eigse-A Journal Of Irish Studies
The consonant cluster rdh
Gordon Ó Riain
Eigse-A Journal Of Irish Studies
Early modern technical verse from NLI G 3
Gordon Ó Riain
Eigse-A Journal Of Irish Studies
Some identifications of citations in the grammatical tracts
Gordon Ó Riain
Eigse-A Journal Of Irish Studies
Cé a rinne an tromluí? Láithreacht agus idirghabháil an údair in Deoraíocht
Gordon Ó Riain
Nua-Aois
Mo Bhealach Féin, an fhírinne agus an fhilíocht
Gordon Ó Riain
Bliainiris