School of Celtic Studies / Staff and Scholars / Brian Ó Curnáin


Dr Brian Ó Curnáin

phone: +353-1-6140172
e-mail: bcurnain@celt.dias.ie

Research Interests

Dialectology, especially Connacht and the Galway Gaeltacht; sociolinguistics of Irish.

Publications

Book

The Irish of Iorras Aithneach, County Galway (Dublin, 2007)

Articles

'Draíocht Uimhreacha: Anailís shóinseálach ar dheilbhíocht iolra an ainmfhocail i gcanúint Iorras Aithneach', Ériu 48 (1997) 161-204

'Deirí nua iolra in Iarthar Chonamara: -uÉiÉ agus -EwiÉ; hipitéis aicmeach'. In Brian Ó Catháin agus Ruairí Ó hUiginn (eag.í). Béalra: aistí ar theangeolaíocht na Gaeilge. Maigh Nuad, 2001, 161-180.

Reviews

Element Interactions in Phonology - A study in Connemara Irish. Anna Bloch-Rozmej (1998). Lublin: Catholic University of Lublin. In Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie (2001) 52: 312-6.

A Dictionary of Ulster Place-Names. Patrick McKay (1999). The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast. Belfast. In Éigse (2000) 32: 166-9.

'Observations on a recent edition of recorded speech from Conamara'. In Éigse (1999) 31: 135-58. (Airneán. Eine Sammlung von Texten aus Carna, Co. na Gaillimhe Herausgegeben und kommentiert von Hans Hartmann, Tomás de Bhaldraithe und Ruairí Ó hUiginn. Band I Einleitung und Texte (i-ix, 1-482). Band II Kommentar (1-331).)

Sound recordings and transcriptions

Iorras Aithneach, Co. Galway