Séamus Mac Mathúna
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1945 (age 79–80)
Séamus Mac Mathúna | |
|---|---|
| Born | Séamus Mac Mathúna 1945 (age 79–80) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | St. Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Belfast |
| Alma mater | Queen's University Belfast |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Celtic Studies |
| Sub-discipline | Irish language |
| Institutions | University of Uppsala University of Galway Ulster University |
Séamus Mac Mathúna (born 1945) is an Irish language and Irish literature scholar and university professor.
Séamus Mac Mathúna was born in Belfast in 1945 where he attended St. Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Belfast. He then attended Queen's University Belfast where he obtained a B.A. (Hons) in Celtic Studies. This was followed by post-graduate research into Indo-European, Old Norse and Linguistics at the University of Zürich and the University of Iceland, Reykjavík. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Celtic Studies by Queen's University Belfast.
In 1970, he was appointed to a Lectureship in Celtic Languages and Literatures at the University of Uppsala, Sweden. He then moved to a Statutory Lecturer in Modern Irish at University College, Galway in 1976. In 1980, was appointed Professor of Irish at Ulster University from which he retired in 2014.[1]
Research
He has conducted research into Early Irish language and literature; Irish folklore; the syntax, semantics and lexicon of Irish; and Celtic links with Nordic, Slavic and Germanic cultures.[2]