Patrick S. Dinneen
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An tAthair Pádraig Ó Duinnín or Father Patrick Dinneen (25 December 1860–29 September 1934) was an Irish lexicographer and historian.
Dinneen was born near Rathmore, County Kerry.[1] He joined the Society of Jesus in 1880 and was ordained a priest in 1894, but resigned the order six years later to devote his life to the study of the Irish language. As a child, he attended Clongowes Wood College, and after his ordination, he taught English, Irish, classics, and mathematics there.
He was a leading figure in the Irish Texts Society, publishing editions of Geoffrey Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn, poems by Aogán Ó Rathaille and Piaras Feiritéar, and other works. He also wrote a novel and a play in Irish, and translated such works as Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol into Irish. His best known work, however, is his Irish-English dictionary, Foclóir Gaedhilge agus Béarla, which was first published in 1904.[2] The stock and plates of the dictionary were destroyed during the Easter Rising of 1916, so Dinneen took the opportunity to expand the dictionary. A much larger second edition was published in 1927.
He died in Dublin at the age of 73.
[edit] References
- ^ Noel O'Connell, 29 September 1984, Father Dinneen, his dictionary and the Gaelic Revival. Accessed 2007-12-31
- ^ Welch, Robert (1996). The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-280080-9.
[edit] External links
- Works by An tAthair Pádraig Ó Duinnín at Project Gutenberg
- Scans of Dinneen's Irish-English dictionary (first edition of 1904)
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dinneen, Patrick S. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ó Duinnín, Pádraig |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Irish lexicographer and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1860-12-25 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rathmore, County Kerry, Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1934-09-29 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Dublin, Ireland |
