Liam Lillis Ó Laoire

Gaeilge thíos. I am a retiredpersonal professor of Irish in the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, and wasHead of School of Languages, Literatures amp; Cultures from 2010-2014. Im a Donegal native and a graduate of NUI Galway and of University College Cork. I taught for many years at Thomond College and the University of Limerick. I was also a visiting Professor in Modern Languages and English at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles from 2002-2005.I began my work at NUI Galway in 2007. I was Head of School for Languages, Literatures amp; Cultures from 2010-2014, and Head of Irish during 2017. I am currently Chair of the Research Committee of LCS and also serve on the Examinations Appeals Committee. I retired in September 2023, but I am still research active. Itaught courses in Folklore, Literature and Culture, including Ethnomusicology.I teach on the MA in Modern Irish. I have published quitea lot on Gaelic song, most recentlyan award-winning,co-authored book (with Sean Williams) on the great Connemara singer Joe Heaney. I directed the team that constructed the website a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http:www.joeheaney.orgwww.joeheaney.org consisting of materials from the Joe Heaney archive. You can see this site by clicking on the link to the URL above. Our book won the Alan Merriam Prize for best monograph in 2012. I have supervised 11 Ph.D. students to completion and have been involved in a number of Post-Doctoral projects. I won the Presidents award for best research supervisor in 2016. I have become interested in storytelling and religion in the past few years, because of a course I teach to students of Celtic Civilization. I am researching the diaries of Seán Ó hEochaidh at the moment. I knew Seán very well and I am fascinated by the insight his diaries provide on life in Donegal in the thirties and forties of the last century. So far, I have supervised 7 Ph.D. students to completion, 3 of them as co-supervisor. I won the Presidents award for best research supervisor in 2016. Currently I supervise 3 Ph.D. students. All of these work on literature in Irish or on aspects of Irish folklore studies, some with an ethnomusicological dimension. Ollamh pearsanta le Gaeilgemise ar scor ó Roinn na Gaeilge, i Scoil na dTeangacha, na Litríochtaí agus na gCultúr in Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh. Tógadh mé i nGaeltacht Thír Chonaill. Iscéimíde chuid Ollscoilna hÉireann, Gaillimh agus de chuid Choláiste na hOllscoile, Corcaigh mé. Tá mé ag obair i nGaillimh ó 2007. Bhí mé i mo Cheann ar Scoil na dTeangacha, na Litríochtaí agus na gCultúr ó 2010-14. Múinim cúrsaí i mBéaloideas na Gaeilge den chuid is mó, cé go múinim cúrsaí litríochta ó am go ham. Múinim ar chúrsa an MA sa Nua-Ghaeilge chomh maith. Thosaigh mé anseo sa bhliain 2007 agus chuaigh mé ar scor i Mí Meán Fómhair 2023.Mar ábhar taighde, tá suim agam sa Bhéaloideas agus go háirithe san amhránaíocht. Tá go leor foilseachán agam ar an amhránaíocht, leabhar ar an amhránaí mór le rá sean-nóis,Seosamh Ó hÉanaí ina measc.Stiúraigh mé an fhoireann a chuir suíomh idirlín le chéile tiomnaithe dábhar ó Chartlann Sheosaimh Uí Éanaí fosta. Is féidir ansuíomh seo a fheiceáil ach dulgo dtí an nasc seo: a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http:www.joeheaney.orgwww.joeheaney.org . Tá mé faoi láthair ag cur suime sa scéalaíocht agus i gcúrsaí an chreidimh sa Bhéaloideas. Cúrsaa mhúinim sa chéad bhliain do mhic léinn sa tSibhialtacht Cheilteach a spreag an tsuim sin. Tá mé ag obair ar dhialanna Sheáin Uí Eochaidh fosta - seacht n-imleabhar acu. Bhí na seacht n-aithne agam ar Sheán agus is ábhar mór spéise dom é níos mó a fhoghlaim faoina shaol mar bhailitheoir béaloidis i dTír Chonaill i dtríochaidí agus i ndaicheadaí na haoise seo a chuaigh thart. Go dtí seo tá aon duine dhéag mac léinn Ph.D. tugtha go ceann cúrsa agam, triúr acu sin mar chomhstiúrthóir. Bhuaigh mé gradam an Uachtaráin don stiúrthóir taighde ab fhearr sa bhliain 2016. Faoi láthair tá ceathrar mac léinn Ph.D. faoi mo chúram, duine acu sin mar chomhstiúrthóir, agus mac léinn M.Litt. Is ar Litríocht nó ar Bhéaloideas na hÉireann atá a bhformhór ag obair, cuid acu ag díriú ar an scéalaíocht agus cuid ar an amhránaíocht.

Gaelic song traditions and history. Performance and transmission. Folklore - the Folk Tale. The National Folklore Collection. Seán Ó hEochaidhs folklore collections. Gender in Folklore. Ecocritical perspectives.

Múinim cúrsaí sa Bhéaloideasag gach leibhéal ón chéad bhliain go dtí leibhéal na Máistreachta agus na Dochtúireachta and na hIar-dhochtúireachta. I teach courses in Folklore in all years of the BA programme and at Masters level. I also supervise and mentor doctoral students and have been the director for one postdoctoral fellow.