Patrick S. Dinneen

Patrick S. Dinneen

Patrick Dinneen ( _ga. Pádraig Ua Duinnín; 25 December 1860–29 September 1934) was an Irish lexicographer and historian.

Dinneen was born near Rathmore, County Kerry. [Noel O'Connell, 29 September 1984, [http://www.irishtextssociety.org/dinneen.htm Father Dinneen, his dictionary and the Gaelic Revival] . Accessed 31 December 2007] He joined the Society of Jesus in 1880 and was ordained a priest in 1894, but resigned the order six years later to devote his life to the study of the Irish language. As a child, he attended Clongowes Wood College, and after his ordination, he taught English, Irish, classics, and mathematics there.

He was a leading figure in the Irish Texts Society, publishing editions of Geoffrey Keating's "Foras Feasa ar Éirinn", poems by Aogán Ó Rathaille and Piaras Feiritéar, and other works. He also wrote a novel and a play in Irish, and translated such works as Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol" into Irish. His best known work, however, is his Irish-English dictionary, "Foclóir Gaedhilge agus Béarla", which was first published in 1904. [cite book| last=Welch| first=Robert| title=The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature| publisher=Oxford University Press| year=1996| id=ISBN 0-19-280080-9] The stock and plates of the dictionary were destroyed during the Easter Rising of 1916, so Dinneen took the opportunity to expand the dictionary. A much larger second edition was published in 1927.

He died in Dublin at the age of 73.

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* [http://www.archive.org/details/irishenglishdict00dinniala Scans of Dinneen's Irish-English dictionary (first edition of 1904)]

Persondata
NAME=Dinneen, Patrick S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Ua Duinnín, Pádraig
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Irish lexicographer and historian
DATE OF BIRTH=25 December 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH=Rathmore, County Kerry, Ireland
DATE OF DEATH=29 September 1934
PLACE OF DEATH=Dublin, Ireland


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