Tomás L. Ó Murchú

Léachtóir i Roinn na Nua-Ghaeilge i gColáiste na hOllscoile, Corcaigh. Corcaíoch, a tógadh le Gaeilge, agus a bhfuil ceangal muintire aige leis an nGráig in iarthar Chorca Dhuibhne is ea Tomás L. Ó Murchú. Is iad na réimsí scolártha is suim leis: forbairt agus saothrú na filíochta aiceanta ó c. 1600 ar aghaidh; traidisún amhránaíochta na Mumhan; foclóir iar-chlasaiceach na Gaeilge; teanga agus traidisiúin bhéil agus liteartha Chorca Dhuibhne. Tá tréimhsí caite aige ag léachtóireacht ar litríocht agus ar theanga na Gaeilge in Ollscoil Éireann, Gaillimh (2 bhliain), Ollscoil Ottawa, Canada (bliain), Ollscoil Mhá Nuad (bliain). Tá sé ina chathaoirleach ar Choiste Cheiliúradh an Bhlascaoid agus ina eagarthóir ar Iris Cheiliúradh an Bhlascaoid. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lecturer at the Department of Modern Irish, University College, Cork. Tomás L. Ó Murchú is from Cork City, he is a native Irish speaker with close family ties to Gráig, in the Gaeltacht of west Corca Dhuibhne, County Kerry. Scholarly interests include: the development and cultivation of accentual Gaelic/Irish poetry from c. 1600; the folk-songs of Munster; post classical Gaelic/Irish lexicon; the language, oral traditions and literature of Corca Dhuibhne. He has lectured Irish language and literature at the National University of Ireland, Galway (two years), The University of Ottawa (one year), Maynooth University (one year). He is chairperson of Coiste Cheiliúradh an Bhlascaoid (Blasket Island commemoration committee) and also the editor of the Ceiliúradh an Bhlascaoid's annual journal 'Iris Cheiliúradh an Bhlascaoid'.

Modern Irish 1250-present day The development and cultivation of accentual Gaelic/Irish poetry from c. 1600. Irish language manuscripts and the transmission of Gaelic literature. The folk-songs of Munster. Post classical Gaelic/Irish lexicon. The language, oral traditions and literature of Corca Dhuibhne.