Eugene O'curry
Who is Eugene O'curry
Eugene O'Curry (Irish: Eoghan Ó Comhraí or Eoghan Ó Comhraidhe, 20 November 1794 – 30 July 1862) was an Irish philologist and antiquary.
Life
He was born at Doonaha, near Carrigaholt, County Clare, the son of Eoghan Ó Comhraí, a farmer, and his wife Cáit. Eoghan had spent some time as a travelling pedlar and had developed an interest in Irish folklore and traditional music. Unusually for someone of his background, he appears to have been literate and he is known to have possessed a number of Irish manuscripts. It is likely that Eoghan was primarily responsible for his son's education.Having spent some years working on his father's farm and as a school teacher, Eugene O'Curry moved to Limerick in c. 1824 and spent seven years working there at a mental hospit...
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- Dmca2022: our hike last week visited the wedge tomb at ballyedmonduff, the first published description of which comes from borlase's 1896 ‘dolmens of ireland’, and was based on the 1837 ordnance survey work of eugene o’curry. 1/4
- Cernacas: 6/10 which are nonetheless important to the community.
while the etymology of *líth* is not agreed upon, one theory suggested by eugene o'curry is that it is the verbal noun of *lenaid*. this verb has many uses but generally means "stays", "follows", or "clings to". if this
- Caitlynbbs: came across an uncited footnote (argh!) saying eugene o’curry’s antiquarian work 'was disrupted by the british government for fear of the works inciting national sentiment and revolt.' anyone know what this might be referencing?
- Anchartlann: an extract from a speech prepared for napoleon to give to the irish parliament upon a successful french invasion of ireland. ultimately, napoleon never gave such a speech yet its original manuscript was preserved and republished by the antiquarian eugene o'curry.
- Alanladd2010: 26th march, 1962...
marked the centenary of the deaths of:
john o'donovan
&
eugene o'curry
they were responsible for editing, translating and annotating the source manuscripts and the medieval and ancient works of irish literature, history and law.
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