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Biography
Tá Tadhg Ó hIfearnáin ina Ollamh Bunaithe le Gaeilge in Ollscoil na Gaillimhe. Ba in Ollscoil Luimnigh a bhí sé ag obair roimhe agus in Ollscoil na Briotáine Uachtaraí roimhe sin arís, tar éis dó tréimhsí a chaitheamh mar thaighdeoir agus léachtóir in Ollscoil Utrecht agus in Ollscoil Uladh. Tá BA agus PhD i Léann na Gaeilge aige ó Ollscoil Uladh, Cúil Raithin.
Tadhg Ó hIfearnáin is Established Professor of Modern Irish in the University of Galway. He worked previously at the University of Limerick and before then at the University of Rennes 2 after periods as a lecturer and researcher at Ulster University and Utrecht University. He holds a BA and PhD in Irish from the University of Ulster at Coleraine.
Research Interests
Teanga agus sochaí, go háirithe teangeolaíocht agus sochtheangeolaíocht na Gaeilge agus na dteangacha Gaelacha eile; teangacha mionlaithe agus neamhfhorleathana; teanga agus saíocht na Gaeilge ón 17ú haois i leith.
Bím ag obair i réimsí gaolmhara léinn a bhaineann le teangacha agus lucht a labhartha; saothar teoiriciúil agus allamuigh bunaithe ar nósmhaireacht, dearcadh agus idé-eolaíocht teanga; beartas agus pleanáil teanga sa Ghaeltacht, anois agus tríd an stair; caighdeáin agus caighdeánú teanga; an dóigh a n-airíonn cainteoirí an t-achar teangeolaíochta agus sochtheangeolaíochta idir canúintí agus teangacha éagsúla; teoiricí sochtheangeolaíochta na coimhlinte teanga.
Language and society, particularly the contemporary linguistics and sociolinguistics of Irish and the other Gaelic languages; Minority language studies; Irish language and cultural production from the 17th century to present.
I work in closely related fields of study related to languages and their speakers including; field-based and theoretical approaches to societal language practices, ideologies and attitudes; contemporary and historical language policy and planning in the Gaeltacht; standard languages and standardization; speakers' perceptions of the linguistic and sociolinguistic distance between different varieties of language; sociolinguistic theories of language conflict.
Education/Academic qualification
BA, PhD
Accepting PhD Students
- Accepting PhD Students
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Pan-Gaelicism and the perception of the Gaelicness of Manx in the revivalist founder group
Ó hIfearnáin, T., 2 Mar 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of the Sociology of Language. 29 p.Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
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Commentary: Language conflict and the contextual nature of agency
Ó hIfearnáin, T., 22 Mar 2024, Agency in the Peripheries of Language Revitalisation: Examining European Practices on the Ground. Linn, M. S. & Dayán-Fernández, A. (eds.). Multilingual Matters, p. 84-90Research output: Chapter in Book or Conference Publication/Proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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The West Limerick Gaeltacht in the Early Twentieth Century: Irish Language Shift and Schooling
Ó hIfearnáin, T., 1 Dec 2024, In: New Hibernia Review. 28, 3, p. 87-101Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
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La transmission intergénerationnelle de la langue irlandaise: Famille, Ecole, État
Ó hIfearnáin, T., 1 Jan 2023, Langue bretonne et langues minorisées : avenir et transmission familiale. . Bihan, H. & Fàbregas i Alegret, I. (eds.). Travaux d'Investigation et de Recherche, p. 99-128Research output: Chapter in Book or Conference Publication/Proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Sociolinguistics of the Celtic Languages
Ó hIfearnáin, T., 1 Jan 2023, The Routledge Handbook of Sociolinguistics Around the World: Second Edition. Ball, M. J., Mesthrie, R. & Meluzzi, C. (eds.). Routledge, p. 488-500Research output: Chapter in Book or Conference Publication/Proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Activities
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Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development (Journal)
Ó hIfearnáin, T. (Member of editorial board)
0001Activity: Reviews and editorial work › Reviews and Editorial work
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Linguistic Minorities in Europe Online (Journal)
Ó hIfearnáin, T. (Member of editorial board)
0001Activity: Reviews and editorial work › Reviews and Editorial work
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Comhairle Acadúil Ollscoil na Gaillimhe / University of Galway Academic Council(Internal) (External organisation)
Ó hIfearnáin, T. (Member)
0001Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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Sociolinguistic Studies (Journal)
Ó hIfearnáin, T. (Editor)
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Language, Culture and Curriculum (Journal)
Ó hIfearnáin, T. (Member of editorial board)
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Courses
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NG6106 Modhanna Taighde
Ní Fhrighil, R., Woods, J., Ó hIfearnáin, T., Ó hAisibéil, L., Ní Mhunghaile, L. & Ó Laoire, L. L. 1/09/22 → 31/08/24
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