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DMCA2022: Our hike last week visited the wedge tomb at Ballyedmonduff, the first published description of which comes from Borlase's 1896 ‘Dolmens of Ireland’, and was based on the 1837 Ordnance Survey work of Eugene O’Curry. 1/4
cernacas: 6/10 which are nonetheless important to the community.
While the etymology of *líth* is not agreed upon, one theory suggested by Eugene O'Curry is that it is the verbal noun of *lenaid*. This verb has many uses but generally means "stays", "follows", or "clings to". If this
CaitlynBBS: Came across an uncited footnote (argh!) saying Eugene O’Curry’s antiquarian work 'was disrupted by the British government for fear of the works inciting national sentiment and revolt.' Anyone know what this might be referencing?
AnChartlann: An extract from a speech prepared for Napoleon to give to the Irish parliament upon a successful French invasion of Ireland. Ultimately, Napoleon never gave such a speech yet its original manuscript was preserved and republished by the antiquarian Eugene O'Curry.
alanladd2010: 26th March, 1962...
marked the Centenary of the deaths of:
John O'Donovan
&
Eugene O'Curry
They were responsible for editing, translating and annotating the source manuscripts and the medieval and ancient works of Irish literature, history and law.
DeepSeaEnjoyer: “The great Irish historiographer, Eugene O’Curry, says: “The De Danann were a people remarkable for their knowledge of the domestic, if not the higher, arts of civilized life” — and he adds that they were apparently more civilized than even their conquerors, the Milesians.”
Bazmundo1st: It was called the “most important story full of information on topography manners customs and Druidism…” by 19thC scholar and Celticist Eugene O’Curry (‘Lectures on the Manuscript Materials of Ancient Irish History’)
infomatique: O’Curry Road is named after Eugene O'Curry (20 November 1794 – 30 July 1862) was an Irish philologist and antiquary.
DodderAction: When Oisin met St Patrick he claimed that there were ivy leaves in Glenasmole valley that were larger than a cake. Really?
In 1837 Eugene O'Curry found two ivy leaves on the Dodder of 18 cm x 16 cm which he sent to the Royal Irish Academy. And as for white horses on the Dodder...
DBruadair: "Lectures on the manuscript materials of ancient Irish history", Eugene O'Curry 1861
HaugheyP: Eugene O'Curry, employed by St. John Henry Newman, without qualifications, but because he was an unsurpassed collector and translator, of long lost, ancient Irish manuscripts.
Library_RIA: In Eugene O’Curry’s catalogue description he says of the script 'The writing is of the very best and most beautiful, the orthography of the most correct, and the language and style of the most pure and classic now extant.’
Library_RIA: If you are interested in learning more about O’Curry - read Dr Bernadette Cunningham’s Blog post ‘A candle for Eugene O’Curry, or the cataloguer’s revenge’
hodgetts_susan: 'Do you remember that night?': Eugene O'Curry (1796-1862) (Translated)
That you & I were
At the foot of the rowan tree
I little thought that night
Our ties of love would ever loosen.
LarsNooij: ...included Mac Cruitín's poem mentioned above (RIA MS 23 L 31) by Eugene O'Curry, written c. 1840, in which O'Curry offered an explanation for the preface to the poem. He stated that the manuscript which inspired Mac Cruitín had been found built into the wall of... 12/25
ucdspeccoll: Renowned scholar Eugene O’Curry was employed by Newman as the first professor of Irish History and Archaeology. The Library inherited from the CUI includes O’Curry’s books and the many Irish Language manuscripts he collected. See more
WesternAU_AU101: "The Tochomladh was an Immigration or arrival of a Colony; and under this name the coming of the several colonies of Parthalon of Nemedh, of the Firbolgs, the Tuatha Dé Danann, the Milesians, etc., into Erinn, are all described in separate tales" (O'Curry, Eugene 1861, Lecture).
ucdarchives: Papers of Eugene O’Curry (1796–1862)
Frankbones: I came across this while reading The Poem Book of The Gael the other day and thought it was quite good.
Do You Remember that Night?
By Eugene O’Curry
CelticStudents: Save the date! “Eugene O’Curry, Laurence Renehan and the 19th-century Irish Manuscript Trade” 21 October, 12:00.
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jnrbaker: The now closed West End bar, on the corner of O’Curry St. & Little O’Curry St.
Eugene O’Curry (1798-1862), was a distinguished scholar of the time. See more on this remarkable man here;
acloudonastring: ...estate I'd a scant reference for "Kiltuck Church/Crosses/Graveyard/& other Building." Kiltuck, or Kiltuc, Church...
ITMADublin: A candle for Eugene O'Curry, or the cataloguer's revenge
GoodBooksG: 1861 THE MANUSCRIPT MATERIALS OF ANCIENT IRISH HISTORY EUGENE O'CURRY IRELAND
