Brian Ó Cuív
Brian Ó Cuív | |
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Born | 1917 |
Died | 14 November 1999 (1999-11-15) (aged 83) |
Nationality | Irish |
Occupation | Scholar |
Spouse | Emer de Valera |
Children | 9 |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Celtic studies |
Sub-discipline | Irish history and philology |
Institutions | University College Dublin |
Notable works | The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study |
Brian Ó Cuív (1916 – 14 November 1999) was a Celtic scholar who specialised in Irish history and philology.
Life
Ó Cuív was professor of Celtic Studies at University College Dublin and later at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.[1] His later years were devoted to the compilation of a catalogue of the Irish manuscripts in the University of Oxford.[2] The completed catalogue was published after his death.
He married Emer de Valera — a daughter of Éamon de Valera. They had nine children. Emer died in 2012.[3] Their son — Éamon Ó Cuív — is a prominent Irish politician.[1]
Surname
Ó Cuív's surname was changed from Ó Caoimh (O'Keeffe) by his father, Shán Ó Cuív, a Cork journalist, who in the early 20th century changed the spelling of his surname to conform with a simplified spelling system of his own invention, which he called An Leitriú Shimplí.[4] The letter 'v' is extremely rare in Irish outside modern loanwords.[5][6]
Works
His works include:
- The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study (1951)
- Irish Dialects and Irish Speaking Districts: Three Lectures (1951)
- Parliament Na mBan, editor (1952)
- Seven Centuries of Irish Learning: 1000–1700 (1961)
- A View of the Irish Language (1969)
- The Linguistic Training of the Mediaeval Irish Poet (1973)
- The Impact of the Scandinavian Invasions on the Celtic-speaking Peoples c. 800–1100 A.D. (1983)
- Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford and Oxford College Libraries (2001-03) 2 vols. Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, School of Celtic Studies
Footnotes
- ^ a b "Nine News". RTÉ. 14 November 1999. Archived from the original on 27 August 2004. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
- ^ "School of Celtic Studies – Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford and Oxford College Libraries: Plates and Indexes". Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies: School of Celtic Studies. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
- ^ "Emer Í Chuív passes away aged 93". RTÉ News. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
- ^ "O Cuiv – the spelling of my name". Retrieved 19 July 2009.
- ^ "Dáil Éireann – Volume 602 – 19 May 2005 – Priority Questions – Irish Language". Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
- ^ "The spelling of Irish". Archived from the original on 27 November 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2007.
External links
- A title-index of Ó Cuív's publications, 1942 – 1971
- Ó Cuív (Brian)
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- 1977: Oliver Strunk
- 1980: Julian Budden
- 1983: David Brown
- 1986: Reinhard Strohm
- 1989: J. E. Stevens
- 1992: David Cairns
- 1995: Peter Holman
- 1998: Peter Walls
- 2001: Janice Stockigt
- 2004: Colin Timms
- 2007: Philip V. Bohlman
- 2010: Gary Tomlinson
- 2013: Arnold Whittall
- 2016: Margaret Bent
- 2019: Alejandro Planchart
- 1978: Karel Castelin
- 1981: J. B. Colbert de Beaulieu
- 1984: Simone Scheers
- 1987: Georges Le Rider
- 1990: P. Bastien
- 1993: Jean Lafaurie
- 1996: J. P. C. Kent
- 1999: Cécile Morrisson
- 2002: Gert Hatz
- 2005: Philip Grierson
- 2008: Emeritus Michael Metcalf
- 2011: Mark Blackburn
- 2014: Richard Reece
- 2017: Michael Crawford
- 2020: Andrew Burnett
- 1979: Kenneth Jackson
- 1982: Brian Ó Cuiv
- 1985: J. E. Caerwyn Williams
- 1988: Edouard Bachellery
- 1991: K. H. Schmidt
- 1994: Emeritus Eric P. Hamp
- 1997: Proinsias Mac Cana
- 2000: Derick Thomson
- 2003: Pádraig Ó Riain
- 2006: Daniel Huws
- 2009: Yr Athro Dafydd Jenkins
- 2012: Fergus Kelly
- 2015: Pierre-Yves Lambert
- 2018: Máire Herbert
- 2021: Ralph A. Griffiths