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Dr Emma Nic Cárthaigh BA, HDip.ED, MPhil, PhD

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Dr Emma Nic Cárthaigh BA, HDip.ED, MPhil, PhD

Research Interests

Emma's primary research interests include on-going contributions to Foclóir stairiúil áitainmneacha na Gaeilge / Historical dictionary of Gaelic placenames (a Locus Project publication); commentary on Irish onomastics; edition and translation with commentary of medieval Irish prose texts; edition and translation with commentary of classical modern Irish (or bardic) poetry; studies on early modern Latin translations of medieval Irish poetry; Christian representations of Heaven, Hell and the Afterlife in medieval Ireland; and comparative studies of medieval Irish, modern Irish and Anglo-Saxon poetic texts concerning Christ and the Cross and features of the lament on the death of Christ.

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