Research Interests
Medieval Irish language and literature
Public outreach & key achievements
- Editor, Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language; PI of A Chronology of the Medieval Irish Lexicon (AHRC 2023-36); Text and Meaning: Contributions to a Revised Dictionary of Medieval Irish (AHRC 2014-19); PI Lexical Dating of Medieval Texts (Leverhulme Trust 2015-18).
- Member of the Royal Irish Academy
Research students
| PhD Title | Leadership and virtue: A character analysis of Fionn mac Cumhaill and King Arthur in the later medieval period |
| Name | Rebecca Try |
| Years of study | 2016-2020 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| PhD Title | Dlíthe Luath-Ghaeilge: Staidéar ar Theanga agus ar Dhátú Gluaiseanna agus Tráchtanna |
| Name | Jody Buckley-Coogan |
| Years of study | 2015-2020 |
| Country | Ireland |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD Title | Aided Derbforgaill 'The violent death of Derbforgaill' |
| Name | Kicki Ingridsdottir |
| Years of study | 2004-2009 |
| Country | Sweden |
| Current position | University of Ghent |
| PhD Title | “Away with the Fairies,” The Motif of Fairy Abduction and of the Changeling, From Irish Mythology to the Irish Diaspora |
| Name | Audrey Robotaillié |
| Years of study | 2011-2015 |
| Country | France |
| Current position | Institut Catholique de Toulouse |
| PhD Title | Legal Translation and Terminology in the Irish Free State |
| Name | Órla McGrory |
| Years of study | 2013-2017 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Position | European Commission, Brussels |