Dr Ciarán Mac Murchaidh
Dean of Research and Humanities/
Déan Taighde & Léinn Dhaonna

BA, BD (Maynooth), MA (NUI), PhD (NUI), DLT (Maynooth), HDipEd

Before his appointment as Dean of Research & Humanities, Ciarán Mac Murchaidh was Senior Lecturer in the Department of Irish at St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra. His principal teaching and research interests lie in the area of 18th century religious literature in Irish, especially sermon literature and the study of preaching. His PhD was a study of the sermons of Dr James Gallagher, bishop of the diocese of Raphoe (1725-1737) and thereafter Kildare & Leighlin (1737-1751), who first published the text in 1738. Dr Mac Murchaidh is also interested in modern Irish literature more generally and has taught courses on modern prose and poetry at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has published a wide range of articles and essays in various journals on Irish literature from the 18th century onwards. (See below for a full range of publications.)

His grammar of the Irish language for undergraduate students was published in 2002, Cruinnscríobh na Gaeilge (Cois Life), the third edition of which appeared in 2006. He was editor of a general collection of essays in English on the importance of the Irish language in 2004, ‘Who Needs Irish?’: Reflections on the Importance of the Irish Language Today (Veritas). (Read a review of that collection of essays by Irish language editor of The Irish Times, Pól Ó Muirí, here.) Dr Mac Murchaidh has also published two bilingual and thematic anthologies of Irish language poetry. His collection of selected spiritual poems from the Irish tradition, Lón Anama: Poems for Prayer from the Irish Tradition (Cois Life), appeared in 2005 and was shortlisted for Gradam Uí Shúilleabháin/Irish Book of the Year Award in 2006. His anthology of selected love poems from the Irish tradition, Filíocht Ghrá na Gaeilge: Love Poems in Irish, (Cois Life) was published in 2008 and won Gradam Uí Shúilleabháin/Irish Book of the Year Award in 2009.

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Office/Oifig: E228
Telephone/Guthán: (01) 884 2204
Email/R-phost: Ciaran.MacMurchaidh@spd.dcu.ie

 

Last Updated: Tuesday August 02 2011