Ó Cadhain, Máirtín, Foclóir Mháirtín Uí Chadhain, Online: Royal Irish Academy, 2021–present.
Published here is the first half of the Royal Irish Academy’s edition of the extant, unpublished lexicographical work written and compiled between 1937 and 1946 by the writer, scholar and activist Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906-70).
Máirtín Ó Cadhain undertook the compilation of this dictionary of Irish as used in his native Galway at the request of the Department of Education, and by 1937 had sent the first samples of his work which were intended, with similar material commissioned from other dialects, to form a basis for a large-scale Irish-English Dictionary; Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, edited by Niall Ó Dónaill, was published in 1977.
Ó Cadhain continued to send material in the following years, eventually ceasing in 1946, by which time he was well on the way to becoming one of the finest exponents of creative writing in Ireland in the 20th century. His groundbreaking novel, Cré na Cille, composed almost entirely in the common speech of his native Connemara, appeared in 1949, giving an enduring platform for his creative talent. Cré na Cille is now available in over a dozen languages.
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The editorial work on Foclóir Mháirtín Uí Chadhain was undertaken as part of the Academy’s ongoing work to produce Foclóir Stairiúil na Gaeilge, a comprehensive historical Dictionary of modern Irish.
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