Ann Dooley is a
professor emerita
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with the
Centre for Medieval Studies and the
Celtic Studies
Celtic studies or Celtology is the academic discipline occupied with the study of any sort of cultural output relating to the Celtic-speaking peoples (i.e. speakers of Celtic languages). This ranges from linguistics, literature and art histor ...
Program at
St. Michael's College at the
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...
where she specializes in
Irish literature
Irish literature comprises writings in the Irish, Latin, English and Scots ( Ulster Scots) languages on the island of Ireland. The earliest recorded Irish writing dates from the 7th century and was produced by monks writing in both Latin an ...
. She has published a translation of ''
Acallam na Senórach
''Acallam na Senórach'' (Modern Irish: ''Agallamh na Seanórach'', whose title in English has been given variously as ''Colloquy of the Ancients'', ''Tales of the Elders of Ireland'', ''The Dialogue of the Ancients of Ireland'', etc.), is an imp ...
'' entitled ''Tales of the Elders of Ireland'' as well as a study of ''
Táin Bó Cuailnge'' entitled ''Playing the Hero: Reading the Irish Saga ''Táin Bó Cuailnge'.
Published works
*Dooley, Ann; and Roe, Harry (translators) (1999). ''Tales of the Elders of Ireland''. Oxford.
*Dooley, Ann. (2006). ''Playing the Hero: Reading the Irish Saga ''Táin Bó Cuailnge''.'' Toronto.
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References
External links
Entry at the ''Bibliography of Irish Linguistics and Literature 1972-''
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Celtic studies scholars
Irish scholars and academics
Canadian people of Irish descent
Canadian literary critics
Women literary critics
Living people
University of Toronto faculty
Year of birth missing (living people)
Canadian women academics