Lorg na Leabhar A Festschrift for Padraig A. Breatnach

The present volume contains a collection of essays to honour the enormous contribution by Professor Padraig A. Breatnach to learning in a diverse range of fields, including Medieval Latin, Early Modern Irish, palaeography, literary history, eighteenth-century verse, and Modern Irish literature and language. The contributors engage with written material relating to early, medieval, and modern Irish, as well as with oral traditions in Gaelic-speaking areas of Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man.

Meidhbhin Ni Urdail is Associate Professor, School of Irish, Celtic Studies, and Folklore, University College Dublin. Caoimhin Breatnach is Associate Professor, School of Irish, Celtic Studies, and Folklore, University College Dublin. Gordon O Riain lectures in the School of English, Irish, and Communications at the University of Limerick.