Éigse: A Journal of Irish Studies. Volume 42 (2024)

Liam Mac Mathúna

Éigse Volume 42 includes contributions on medieval texts and manuscripts, an edition of an aisling poem by Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin and articles on Manx, the modern dialects and lexicographical matters. Contributions in both Irish and English are from established and emerging scholars in Ireland and abroad. Authors include Pádraig Ó Macháin, Aoibheann Nic Dhonnchadha, Bernadette Cunningham, Ksenia Kudenko, George Broderick, Christopher Lewin, Pádraig Ó Siadhail, Máire Ní Íceadha and Noel Ó Murchadha. Éigse 42 contains substantial review articles on the Annals of Clonmacnoise and official language policy, together with a wide range of reviews on recent publications in Irish language studies.


Liam Mac Mathúna is Professor Emeritus of Irish at University College Dublin. His extensive publications on Irish language, literature and culture include Béarla sa Ghaeilge (2007), a study of Irish/English code-mixing in literature composed in Irish 1600–1900, and a new edition of An tAthair Peadar Ua Laoghaire’s ground-breaking novel, Séadna (2011). He is editor of Éigse: A Journal of Irish Studies, which is published by the National University of Ireland. He is currently engaged in a study of the Ó Neachtain circle of Irish-language scholars in Dublin, 1700–1750, and the diaries of Douglas Hyde, 1874–1912, as part of a wider project researching the impact of modernity on Irish-speaking communities.