Bibliography

James
Scurry
d. 1828

3 publications between 1820 and 1828 indexed
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Scurry, James, Four maxims of Christian philosophy: drawn from four considerations of eternity. Written originally in Italian, by John Baptista Manni ..., and translated into Irish, 2nd ed., Waterford: John Bull, 1825.  
Irish translation of Giovanni Battista Manni's Four maxims of Christia philosophy. Incl. introduction to the Irish language, as its subtitle indicates: An introduction to the Irish language, containing a comprehensive exemplification of all the alphabetical sounds, and their corresponding English sounds, as a further illustration of them, as far as could be effected by the substitution of English characters.
Irish translation of Giovanni Battista Manni's Four maxims of Christia philosophy. Incl. introduction to the Irish language, as its subtitle indicates: An introduction to the Irish language, containing a comprehensive exemplification of all the alphabetical sounds, and their corresponding English sounds, as a further illustration of them, as far as could be effected by the substitution of English characters.
Scurry, James, Four maxims of Christian philosophy: drawn from four considerations of eternity. Written originally in Italian, by John Baptista Manni ..., and translated into Irish, 1st ed., Waterford: John Bull, 1820.  
Irish translation of Giovanni Battista Manni's Four maxims of Christia philosophy. Incl. introduction to the Irish language, as its subtitle indicates: An introduction to the Irish language, containing a comprehensive exemplification of all the alphabetical sounds, and their corresponding English sounds, as a further illustration of them, as far as could be effected by the substitution of English characters.
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Irish translation of Giovanni Battista Manni's Four maxims of Christia philosophy. Incl. introduction to the Irish language, as its subtitle indicates: An introduction to the Irish language, containing a comprehensive exemplification of all the alphabetical sounds, and their corresponding English sounds, as a further illustration of them, as far as could be effected by the substitution of English characters.


Contributions to journals

Scurry, James, “Remarks on the Irish language, with a review of its grammars, glossaries, vocabularies, and dictionaries: to which is added a model of a comprehensive Irish dictionary. Read October 23, 1826”, Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 15 — Polite literature (1828): 3–87.
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About the author

Ua Cearnaigh, Barra, Amhail fuaim chogair bhig: teangeolas Shéamais Uí Scoireadh, Dán agus Tallann, 17, Dingle: An Sagart, 2011..
Laffan, Kathleen, “James Scurry (1790-1828): a South Kilkenny scholar”, Decies 50 (Autumn, 1994): 60–66..
Ó Súilleabháin, Pádraig, “Scurry’s collection of Irish words”, Celtica 6 (1963): 67–81..
OʼKelly, Eoin, “In the footsteps of an Irish antiquary, James Scurry, an Irish scholar”, Old Kilkenny Review 11 (1959): 1–12..
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