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O'Rahilly, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1883-1953

LC control no.n 50009067
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPS3529.R45
Personal name headingO'Rahilly, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1883-1953
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Variant(s)O'Rahilly, Thomas Francis, 1883-1953
Ó Raghallaigh, Tomás, 1883-1953
Ó Rathile, Tomás, 1883-1953
O'Rathile, Tomás, 1883-1953
O'Reilly, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1883-1953
Associated countryIreland
Birth date1883
Death date1953-11
Place of birthListowel (Ireland)
Place of deathDublin (Ireland)
Field of activityIrish language
Profession or occupationCollege teachers Poets Authors
Found inMeasgra dánta, 1977- : v. 2, t.p. (Thomas F. O'Rahilly)
Filí agus filidheacht Chonnacht, 1938: t.p. (Tomás Ó Raghallaigh)
Boylan, Henry. A dictionary of Irish biography, 1998: (O'Rahilly, Thomas Francis, 1883-1953; Celtic scholar; born in Listowel, Co. Kerry; one of the first students of the School of Irish Learning, established in 1903; graduated from RUI 1905, soon became a leading authority on Irish dialects and on mediaeval and modern Irish; professor of Irish; between 1916 and 1927 he published a series of anthologies of Irish verse; died in Dublin in November 1953)