Pádraig Ó Fiannachta
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Pádraig Ó Fiannachta is a renowned Irish language
scholar, poet and priest, born in the Kerry
Gaeltacht in 1927. He studied at Maynooth, University College Cork and All Hallows, Clonliffe College. He was ordained a priest in 1953. He spent some time in Wales prior to returning to Maynooth College where he became professor of early Irish in 1960 as well as Welsh Language
lecturer. He was made professor of Modern Irish at Maynooth in 1982. He was awarded the Douglas Hyde
prize for literature in 1969.
He translated and edited an Irish language version of the Bible - An Bíobla Naofa which was published in 1982.
He retired from Maynooth in 1992, returning to Dingle
as parish priest. In 1998 he was awarded the title Monsignor
by the Catholic Church. He is involved in many Dingle events such as the blessing of the boats and participated in the Dingle/Daingean Uí Chúis name change debate.
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
scholar, poet and priest, born in the Kerry
County Kerry
Kerry means the "people of Ciar" which was the name of the pre-Gaelic tribe who lived in part of the present county. The legendary founder of the tribe was Ciar, son of Fergus mac Róich. In Old Irish "Ciar" meant black or dark brown, and the word continues in use in modern Irish as an adjective...
Gaeltacht in 1927. He studied at Maynooth, University College Cork and All Hallows, Clonliffe College. He was ordained a priest in 1953. He spent some time in Wales prior to returning to Maynooth College where he became professor of early Irish in 1960 as well as Welsh Language
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
lecturer. He was made professor of Modern Irish at Maynooth in 1982. He was awarded the Douglas Hyde
Douglas Hyde
Douglas Hyde , known as An Craoibhín Aoibhinn , was an Irish scholar of the Irish language who served as the first President of Ireland from 1938 to 1945...
prize for literature in 1969.
He translated and edited an Irish language version of the Bible - An Bíobla Naofa which was published in 1982.
He retired from Maynooth in 1992, returning to Dingle
Dingle
Dingle is a town in County Kerry, Ireland. The only town on the Dingle Peninsula, it sits on the Atlantic coast, about 49 kilometres southwest of Tralee and 71 kilometres northwest of Killarney....
as parish priest. In 1998 he was awarded the title Monsignor
Monsignor
Monsignor, pl. monsignori, is the form of address for those members of the clergy of the Catholic Church holding certain ecclesiastical honorific titles. Monsignor is the apocopic form of the Italian monsignore, from the French mon seigneur, meaning "my lord"...
by the Catholic Church. He is involved in many Dingle events such as the blessing of the boats and participated in the Dingle/Daingean Uí Chúis name change debate.
Publications
- An Bíobla Naofa. translated and edited by Padraig O'Fiannachta (1982)
- The Tain (Hardcover) by Padraig O'Fiannachta (Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies 1966)
- Ruin (1969)
- Feoirlingi Fileata (1972)
- Donn Bo (1976)
- Deora De (1987)
- Léim An Dá Mile (1999)
- Irisleabhar Mha Nuad, O'FIANNACHTA, PADRAIG
- Prayers from the Irish Tradition by Pádraig Ó Fiannachta, English translation by Desmond Forristal Columba Press (1 Jan 2000)