Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh
| Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1966 Dublin |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Fields | linguistics, Celtic studies, Gaelic studies, Irish |
| Known for | linguistic work on all periods of the Gaelic languages, Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Manx |
Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh is Professor of Gaelic and Vice Principal and Head of the College of Arts / Colaiste nan Ealain at the University of Glasgow. He was born in 1966 in Dublin, Ireland.[1][2]
Career
He gained a BA Hons and an MA from University College Dublin in Irish and Mathematics.[1] Subsequently he was awarded a scholarship to study Scottish Gaelic phonology at the University of Edinburgh, where he completed a PhD on Gaelic historical phonology.[1] He lectured at the University of Edinburgh from 1993 to 2001, where he set up Ionad na Gaeilge / the Centre for Irish Studies. He was Assistant Professor at the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2001-04 before returning to Scotland in 2005 to take up a personal chair in Gaelic at the Department of Celtic and Gaelic, University of Glasgow, 2005-10.[3]
He was appointed to the first ever established Chair of Gaelic in Scotland at the University of Glasgow in 2010.[3]
At the University of Glasgow, he has held the following positions: Head of Celtic and Gaelic, 2007–10; Deputy head of the School of Humanities / Sgoil nan Daonnachdan, 2010–11; head of the School of Humanities / Sgoil nan Daonnachdan, 2012–14; Vice Principal and Head of the College of Arts / Colaiste nan Ealain, from 2015 onwards.
He is Director of the British Academy funded project, Digital Archive of Scottish Gaelic / Dachaigh airson Storas na Gaidhlig, which includes Corpas na Gaidhlig.[4]
Research
His research work focusses on Scottish Gaelic, in particular its dialectology, history, terminology and phonology.[3]
Publications
He has published widely, both papers and books, such as:
- Scottish Gaelic in Three Months/Scottish Gaelic in Twelve Weeks (1998)
Sources
- 1 2 3 "School of Humanities Staff". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ↑ "Tobar an Dualchais - Biography". Tobar an Dualchais. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- 1 2 3 "University of Glasgow Story". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ↑ http://www.dasg.ac.uk