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Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Kevin Murray is a Professor in the Department of Early and Medieval Irish, University College Cork. He is a graduate of UCD where he completed an M.Phil. thesis on the medieval Irish voyage tale Immram Snédgusa ocus Maic Ríagla and a Ph.D. thesis on Baile in Scáil; this has since been published as a volume in the Irish Texts Society series.
Research Interests
His research interests include placenames, the Finn Cycle, editing medieval Irish texts and medieval Irish legal materials. He is one of the editors of the Locus project (www.ucc.ie/locus), the aim of which is to create a new Historical Dictionary of Gaelic Placenames to replace Fr Edmund Hogan's Onomasticon Goedelicum. He is currently a PI on the Disappearing Text project (https://www.ucc.ie/en/disappearing-text/), funded by Taighde Éireann (Research Ireland), which is producing new editions of Acallam na Senórach.
Teaching Activities
Dr Murray is teaching the following modules in 2012-13: CC1001(c)/CC1113 Introduction to Celtic Civilisation: Celtic Literature; CC2006 Learning and Society in the Celtic Countries; CC3005 Early Irish (Double module); CC6011 Continuing Early Irish; GA2031 Stair na Teanga; GA3032 Staidéir bunúsach ar an tSean-Ghaeilge.
Research Grants
| Funding Body | Title | Period | Award |
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Miscellaneous Non Exchequer |
CACSSS Research Achivements Awards - Kevin Murray (R12692) |
01-JUN-08 / 30-SEP-11 |
€10,000.00 |
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Foundation Funded Research |
Locus Project: Historical Dictionary of Gaelic Placenames (R18520) |
01-OCT-18 / 31-DEC-22 |
€150,000.00 |
|
HEACOVID19 |
(R19820) |
01-DEC-20 / 30-NOV-21 |
€32,078.00 |
|
Irish Research Council |
Composition andCreation in Acallam na Senórach (R21018) |
01-SEP-22 / 31-AUG-25 |
€82,500.00 |
|
Irish Research Council |
Composition and Creation in Acallam na Senórach (R21743) |
01-SEP-23 / 31-AUG-27 |
€112,000.00 |
|
Irish Research Council |
The Disappearing Text: Memory, Place, and Gaelic Identities. The Case of 'Acallam na Senórach' ("The Dialogue of the Ancients") (R22070) |
01-DEC-23 / 30-JUN-28 |
€998,786.00 |
External positions
Member, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin
16 Mar 2026 → …
UCC Futures (primary)
- Future Humanities Institute
PhD Supervision
- Available for PhD supervision
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Fionn Folklore Database
Murray, K., 2024, In: Journal of American Folklore. 137, 546, p. 504-505 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Historical Dictionary of Gaelic Placenames / Foclóir Stairiúil Áitainmneacha na Gaeilge: Fascicle 9 / Fascúl 9: Eabar - Fíorchuing
Ó Riain, P., Murray, K. & Nic Cárthaigh, E., Nov 2024, London: Irish Texts Society.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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The Poetry in the Rennes Dindshenchas
Murray, K., Nov 2024, (Accepted/In press) Dublaídi Dindshenchais: Proceedings of a Conference on the Medieval Irish Place-name Tradition. Theuerkauf, M.-L. (ed.). Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, p. 49-87 39 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedings › Conference proceeding › peer-review
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Na Mná sa Luath-Fhiannaíocht
Ó Muirigh, C., 2023, In: Léachtaí Cholm Cille. 53, p. 146-155Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Oidheadh Chloinne hUisneach: Reassessments
Murray, K. (Editor), Nov 2023, London: Irish Texts Society.Research output: Book/Report › Anthology/Edited volume › peer-review
Activities
- 3 Membership of professional association
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Irish Texts Society (External organisation)
Murray, K. (Member)
2021 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of professional association
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Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann: Fochoiste na bhFoilseachán (External organisation)
Murray, K. (Member)
2012 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of professional association
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Cork Historical and Archaeological Society (External organisation)
Murray, K. (Member)
2007 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of professional association
Prizes
Press/Media
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29 new members admitted to the Royal Irish Academy
O Gallachoir, B., O'Connor, R. & Murray, K.
22/05/26
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
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UCC scholarship recognised as four academics elected to Royal Irish Academy
O Gallachoir, B., O'Halloran, J., O'Connor, R. & Murray, K.
22/05/26
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
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-University College Cork : Three UCC researchers receive Advanced Laureate Awards
Cryan, J. F., Keeney, L., O'Neill, M. & Murray, K.
15/12/23
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media
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Pioneering Irish researchers get €16m IRC funding boost
O'Neill, M., Murray, K. & Keeney, L.
12/12/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media