Tomás de Bhaldraithe

Tomás de Bhaldraithe (14 December 1916 – 24 April 1996) was an Irish language scholar and lexicographer born Thomas MacDonagh Waldron in Limerick. He is best known for his English-Irish Dictionary, published in 1959.

Biography

He moved to Dublin with his family at the age of five. He was named after Thomas MacDonagh one of the signatories of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, who had been executed after the Easter Rising earlier that year. He adopted the use of the Irish language version of the name in both Irish and English. He received his second level education at Belvedere College in Dublin.

His stance on standard forms and spellings was supported by Éamon de Valera despite opposition from traditionalists in the Department of Education, and the work is widely seen as an important benchmark in Irish scholarship.

In 1960 he was appointed professor of modern Irish language and literature in University College Dublin, where he developed an impressive archive of material on Irish dialects. Much of the material in this archive was later used as the basis of Niall Ó Dónaill's Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, published in 1978, for which he was consulting editor. Also during the 1970s, de Bhaldraithe translated the Irish language diary of Amhlaoibh Ó Súilleabháin into English. It was then published by Mercier Press as "The Diary of an Irish Countryman."

The language laboratory which he set up in UCD was the first of its kind in any university in Ireland. His interest in seanchas (folklore) led to his publication of Seanchas Thomáis Laighléis in 1977, while his earlier work includes the ground-breaking study of the Cois Fharraige dialect (a variety of Connacht Irish), Gaeilge Chois Fharraige: Deilbhíocht. In later years he worked extensively on the definitive Irish dictionary, Foclóir na Nua-Ghaeilge, which remained unfinished when he died in 1996, but which is still in progress today.

References

The Irish Times, 25 April 1996.

Gaelic literature

General

Modern

Connacht Irish	Mícheál Breathnach Pádraic Breathnach Tomás de Bhaldraithe Dónall Mac Amhlaigh Séamas Mac An Iomaire Liam Mac Con Iomaire Alf Mac Lochlainn Mícheál Mag Ruaidhrí Séamas Mag Uidhir Cáit Ní Mhainnín Pádraig Ó Baoill Máirtín Ó Cadhain Antoine Ó Caithlín Séamas Ó Catháin Colm Ó Ceallaigh Peadar Ó Ceannabháin Pádraic Ó Conaire Peadar Ó Coincheanainn Dara Ó Conaola Mícheál Ó Conghaile Seán Ó Conghaile Seán Ó Corbáin Seán Ó Curraoin Máirtín Ó Direáin Tomás Ó Duinnshléibhe Cóil Learaí Ó Finneadha Liam Ó Flaithearta Colm Ó Gaora Conchúir Ó Giollagáin Diarmuid Ó Gráinne Breandán Ó hEithir Pádraig Ó Laighin Tomás Ó Máille Joe Steve Ó Neachtain Mícheál Ó Ráighne Seán Ó Ruadháin Patrick Pearse Caitlín Maude Daithí Ó Muirí Doireann Ní Ghríofa

Munster Irish	Amhlaoibh Ó Súilleabháin Nioclás Breathnach Bláithín Tomás Ó Criomhthain Peig Sayers Seoirse Mac Thomáis Muiris Ó Súilleabháin Proinsias de Róiste Marion Gunn Domhnall Mac an tSíthigh Máire Mhac an tSaoi Donncha Ó Céileachair Síle Ní Chéileachair Áine Máire Ní Fhaoláin Máire Ní Ghuithín Eibhlín Ní Shúilleabháin Séamas Ó Caoimh Seán Ó Cearnaigh Tomás Ó Cinnéide Ger Ó Cíobháin Pádraig Ó Cíobhain Seán Ó Criomhthain Seán Ó Cróinín Tomás Ó hEoghusa Peadar Ó Laoghaire Pádraig Ó Duinnín Pádraig Ó Fiannachta Mícheál Ó Siochfhradha Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill Seán Mac Mathúna Pádraig Ó Murchú Tadhg Ó Murchú Seán Ó Ríordáin Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé Conchúr Ó Siocháin Pádraig Tyers Mícheál Ua Ciarmhaic Pádraig Uá Maoileoin Máirtín Verling

Ulster Irish	Seán 'Ac Fhionnlaoich Proinsias Mac A' Bhaird Maeleachlainn Mac Cionaoith Fionn Mac Cumhaill Micí Mac Gabhann Gearóid Mac Giolla Domhnaigh Seosamh Mac Grianna Seán Mac Meanman Charles McGlinchey Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich Medhbh Fionnuala Nic Aodháin Cáit Nic Giolla Bhríde Pádraig Ó Baoighill Dónall Ó Baoill Micí Bán Ó Beirn Eoghan Ó Colm Cosslett Ó Cuinn Eoghan Ó Dónaill Niall Ó Dónaill Pádraig Ó Gallachóír Tomás Ó Gallchóir Séamus Ó Grianna Donnchadh Ó Laighin Brian Ó Nualláin Cathal Ó Searcaigh Séamus Ó Searcaigh

Scottish Gaelic	Uilleam Mac Dhun Lèibhe Seonaidh Phàdraig Iarsiadair Màiri Mhòr nan Óran Eoghan MacLachlainn Ailein MacDhòmhnaill Somhairle MacGill-Eain Deòrsa Mac Iain Dheòrsa Ruaraidh MacThòmais Iain Mac a' Ghobhainn Dòmhnall Ruadh Chorùna Aonghas MacNeacail Iain Moireach Tormod Calum Dòmhnallach Fionnlagh MacLeòid Donaidh MacIlleathain Iain MacCormaic Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh Maoilios Caimbeul Màiri NicGumaraid Aonghas Phàdraig Caimbeul Meg Bateman Catrìona Lexy Chaimbeul

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 2841011 LCCN: n83009704 ISNI: 0000 0001 1020 1584 SUDOC: 056906390

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