Máirtín Ó Murchú is an Irish professor of Celtic studies and

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of the

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. He previously also was Director of the School of Celtic at DIAS and a Professor of Irish at

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. He has published widely on Irish and Scottish Gaelic linguistics and the Irish language in general, such as the handbook on the state of the Irish language (co-authored with Helen Ó Murchú) for the

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or the section on Irish in

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''Encyclopedia of the Languages of Europe'' He has also been fundamental in the development of a standard pronunciation for Irish, the ''Lárchanúint'', in particular his 1969 article ''Common Core and Underlying Forms'' which has been described as ''ground-breaking''.

Publications

One of his key publications in Scottish Gaelic studies was ''East Perthshire Gaelic: Social History, Phonology, Texts and Lexicon'' on the now defunct

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dialect of East Perthshire.Ó Murchú, M. ''East Perthshire Gaelic: Social History, Phonology, Texts, and Lexicon'' (1989) Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath Other academic works include: * (1985) ''The Irish Language''. Dept. of Foreign Affairs/Bord na Gaeilge * (1993) "Aspects of the Societal Status of Modern Irish" in ''The Celtic Languages''; edited by Martin J. Ball with James Fife. (Routledge Language Family Descriptions.) London:

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* (2000) "An Ghaeltacht mar réigiún cultúrtha: léargas teangeolaíoch" in ''Teanga, pobal agus réigiún''; eagarthóirí: Liam Mac Mathúna, Ciarán Mac Murchaidh agus Máirín Nic Eoin. Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim * (2002) ''Ag Dul ó Chion: Cás na Gaeilge 1952-2002''. (An aimsir óg. 1. Paimflead.) Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim * (2005) '' Dineen and Ó Donaill'' in ''Dinneen and the Dictionary''; edited by Pádraigín Riggs. London: Irish Texts Society

References

Linguists from the Republic of Ireland Academics of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Scottish Gaelic language Irish-language writers Academics of Trinity College Dublin {{ireland-linguist-stub