T. F. O'Rahilly

T. F. O'Rahilly

Thomas Francis O'Rahilly, Irish name Tomás Proinsias Ó Rathaile (1883–1953), was an influential scholar of the Celtic languages, particularly in the fields of Historical linguistics and Irish dialects. He was a member of the Royal Irish Academy.

He was born in Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland. Educated at the Royal University of Ireland, he held professorships in Irish at Trinity College, Dublin (1919-1929), and in Celtic languages at University College Cork (1929-1935) and University College Dublin (1935-1941). He was director of the School of Celtic Studies at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies from 1942 to 1947.

O'Rahilly was known for his sometimes controversial theories of Irish history. In his book "Early Irish history and mythology", first published in 1946, O'Rahilly developed a model of Irish prehistory based on critical reading of early Irish literary sources, involving four waves of Celtic-speaking invaders (see Early history of Ireland). In a lecture published in 1942 he proposed that there were two Patricks.

His views on language contact and bilingualism were equally controversial. In "Irish dialects past and present" (1932) he wrote the following about Manx:

This view has more recently been challenged by Nicholas Williams, who suggests that Manx is Gaelic pidginized by early contact with Norse, long before there was any English spoken in Man.

Other publications include a series of anthologies of Irish verse published between 1916 and 1927. He founded and edited "Gadelica: a Journal of Modern Irish studies", and edited the journal "Celtica" (1946-1950).

His sister Cecile O'Rahilly was also a Celtic scholar, and published editions of both recensions of the "Táin Bó Cúailnge".

He died in Dublin.

External links

* [http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/news/0502orahilly.html T. F. O'Rahilly Papers]
* [http://humphrysfamilytree.com/ORahilly/thomas.francis.html Thomas Francis O'Rahilly - a family history page]
* [http://www.pgil-eirdata.org/html/pgil_datasets/authors/o/ORahilly,TF/life.htm T. F. O'Rahilly]


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