Anna Ní Ghallachair (Anne Gallagher), Irish academic and scholar. A native of

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, Ní Ghallachair taught English in the universities of

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and

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, and both Irish and English at Brest. She has also been the director of the Language Centre,

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, and chairperson of

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Selected bibliography

* ''Living Language: aspects of linguistic contact and identity'' (ed.), Dublin, 1997 * ''Language Education in Ireland: current practice and future needs'' (eds. with Muris O Laoire), Dublin, 2006

References

External links

* http://www.udaras.ie/en/faoin-udaras/struchtur-foireann/an-bord/anna-ni-ghallchoir/ * https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/larionad-gaeilge-centre-irish-language/our-people/anne-gallagher-anna-n-ghallachair#3 * https://www.ria.ie/anna-ni-ghallachair Linguists from Ireland Irish-language writers Academics of Maynooth University Living people 20th-century Irish women writers 21st-century Irish women writers Year of birth missing (living people) {{Ireland-bio-stub