Liam Ó hAisibéil

Is Léachtóir (Ollamh Cúnta) le Gaeilge mé i Scoil na dTeangacha, na Litríochtaí agus na gCultúr ag Ollscoil na Gaillimhe, áit a mhúinim cúrsaí éagsúla san ainmeolaíocht (ainmneacha, sloinnte, logainmneacha) agus ar litríocht mheánaoiseach na hÉireann. Ó thaobh cúrsaí taighde de, tá spéis ar leith agam sna logainmneacha agus i bhfeidhmeanna na logainmneacha i litríocht mheánaoiseach na Gaeilge. Tá taighde suntasach déanta agam ar shloinnte oileán na hÉireann agus ar ghalldú sloinnte Gaelacha agus is comhúdar mé, in éineacht leis an Dr Kay Muhr, ar an Oxford Dictionary of Family Names of Ireland a d'fhoilsigh Oxford University Press in 2021. Táim i mo bhall reatha den Choiste Logainmneacha a chuireann comhairle ar An Roinn Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail agus Gaeltachta maidir le foirmeacha údarásacha Gaeilge logainmneacha na tíre. 

I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Irish in the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the University of Galway where I lecture on onomastics (names, surnames, place-names) and medieval Irish literature. My research interests include the analysis of place-names and the functions of place-names in medieval literature. I have completed significant research on Irish surnames and their anglicisation over time and am co-author (with Dr Kay Muhr) of the Oxford Dictionary of Family Names of Ireland, published by Oxford University Press in 2021. I am currently a member of the Placenames Committee that advises the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht on the authoritative forms of Irish administrative place-names.

Táim ag díriú ar dhá réimse taighde ar leith faoi láthair, mar atá anailís ar phróiseas an aistriúcháin i gcás sloinnte na nGael san 18ú agus sa 19ú haois, agus modhanna taighde sna daonnachtaí digiteacha a úsáid chun staidéar a dhéanamh ar fheidhm liteartha logainmneacha i litríocht mheánaoiseach na hÉireann.

I am currently engaged in two areas of research within onomastics, specifically an analysis of the translated forms of Irish surnames in the 18th and 19th centuries, and in adopting approaches from the digital humanities to study the use of place-names for literary effect in medieval Irish literature.