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Brian Ó Cuív

Brian Ó Cuív (1916 – 14 November 1999) was a Celtic scholar who specialised in Irish history and philology.

Life

Ó Cuív was professor of Celtic Studies at University College Dublin and later at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.[1] His later years were devoted to the compilation of a catalogue of the Irish manuscripts in the University of Oxford.[2] The completed catalogue was published after his death.

He married Emer de Valera — a daughter of Éamon de Valera. They had nine children. Emer died in 2012.[3] Their son — Éamon Ó Cuív — is a prominent Irish politician.[1]

Surname

Ó Cuív's surname was changed from Ó Caoimh (O'Keeffe) by his father, Shán Ó Cuív, a Cork journalist, who in the early 20th century changed the spelling of his surname to conform with a simplified spelling system of his own invention, which he called An Leitriú Shimplí.[4] The letter 'v' is extremely rare in Irish outside modern loanwords.[5][6]

Works

His works include:

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b "Nine News". RTÉ. 14 November 1999. Archived from the original on 27 August 2004. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
  2. ^ "School of Celtic Studies – Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford and Oxford College Libraries: Plates and Indexes". Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies: School of Celtic Studies. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
  3. ^ "Emer Í Chuív passes away aged 93". RTÉ News. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  4. ^ "O Cuiv – the spelling of my name". Retrieved 19 July 2009.
  5. ^ "Dáil Éireann – Volume 602 – 19 May 2005 – Priority Questions – Irish Language". Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
  6. ^ "The spelling of Irish". Archived from the original on 27 November 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2007.

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