An tOllamh Fionntán de Brún
Biography
Ollamh le Nua-Ghaeilge, scoláire litríochta agus scríbhneoir cruthaitheach. Ar na leabhair is déanaí leis tá an t-úrscéal Béal na Péiste (Gradam Uí Shúilleabháin 2023; an chéad duais don úrscéalaíocht ag Oireachtas 2022) a d'fhoilsigh Cló Iar-Chonnacht in 2023, agus an monagraf Revivalism and Modern Irish Literature – the anxiety of transmission and the dynamics of renewal (Cork University Press, 2019). Bhí sé ina Léachtóir Sinsearach in Ollscoil Uladh (2006-17) agus i gColáiste Ollscoile Naomh Muire, Béal Feirste (1998-2006). Bhain sé céim amach sa Léann Ceilteach agus sa Fhraincis in Ollscoil na Banríona (1992) agus bhronn an ollscoil chéanna PhD air in 2002. D'fhoilsigh an Clóchomhar a thráchtas dochtúireachta sa bhliain chéanna faoin teideal Seosamh Mac Grianna - an Mhéin Rúin. Rugadh agus tógadh i mBéal Feirste é agus is iardhalta de chuid Choláiste Maolmhaodhóg é.
Professor of Modern Irish, literary scholar and creative writer. His recent books include the novel, Béal na Péiste (Gradam Uí Shúilleabháin 2023; first prize in novel category, Oireachtas 2022) published by Cló Iar-Chonnacht in 2023, and the monograph Revivalism and Modern Irish Literature – the anxiety of transmission and the dynamics of renewal (Cork University Press, 2019). He was a Senior Lecturer at Ulster University (2006-17) and St Mary's University College, Belfast (1998-2006). He took his BA in Celtic Studies and French (1992) at Queen's University Belfast and received his PhD at QUB in 2002. His doctoral thesis was published in the same year by An Clóchomhar as Seosamh Mac Grianna - an Mhéin Rúin.
He was born and raised in Belfast where he attended St Malachy's College.
Professor of Modern Irish, literary scholar and creative writer. His recent books include the novel, Béal na Péiste (Gradam Uí Shúilleabháin 2023; first prize in novel category, Oireachtas 2022) published by Cló Iar-Chonnacht in 2023, and the monograph Revivalism and Modern Irish Literature – the anxiety of transmission and the dynamics of renewal (Cork University Press, 2019). He was a Senior Lecturer at Ulster University (2006-17) and St Mary's University College, Belfast (1998-2006). He took his BA in Celtic Studies and French (1992) at Queen's University Belfast and received his PhD at QUB in 2002. His doctoral thesis was published in the same year by An Clóchomhar as Seosamh Mac Grianna - an Mhéin Rúin.
He was born and raised in Belfast where he attended St Malachy's College.
Research Interests
LEAGAN GAEILGE
Litríocht na Gaeilge, an tAthbheochanachas, Stair Chultúrtha, an Traidisiún Béil agus an Scríbhneoireacht Chruthaitheach.
Bronnadh AHRC (UK) Leadership Fellowship ar an Ollamh de Brún in 2016-17 le haghaidh an tionscnaimh 'Rethinking Revivalism: a Conceptual Case-Study in Modern Irish Literature.' Mar thoradh ar an tionscnamh sin d'fhoilsigh Cló OIlscoil Chorcaí monograf leis dar teideal, Revivalism and Modern Irish Literature (2019). Tá sé ina stiúrthóir ar roinnt tráchtas dochtúireachta ar théamaí a bhaineann le litríocht na Nua-Ghaeilge agus leis an Traidisiún Béil.
Cuireadh a thaighde ar an Ghaeilge i mBéal Feirste i láthair trí mheáin éagsúla – cnuasach aistí in eagar leis, Belfast and the Irish Language (Four Courts Press 2006), clár faisnéise do TG4, Scéal na Fadgies (2010) taispeántas idirghníomhach do Chultúrlann MacAdam-Ó Fiaich, An Taiscumar (2011). Ba shaothar critice ar scríbhneoireacht Sheosaimh Mhic Grianna (1900-90) é a chéad leabhar, Seosamh Mac Grianna - An Mhéin Rúin (2002). Bhain cnuasach gearrscéalta leis, Litir ó Mo Mháthair Altrama agus Scéalta Eile (2005), duais Bhord na Leabhar Gaeilge ag Oireachtas na Gaeilge.
ENGLISH VERSION
Modern Irish Literature, Revivalism, Cultural History, the Oral Tradition and Creative Writing.
Prof. de Brún was awarded an AHRC (UK) Leadership Fellowship in 2016-17 to undertake a project entitled 'Rethinking Revivalism: a Conceptual Case-Study in Modern Irish Literature.' Cork University Press published his monograph, based on the project, Revivalism and Modern Irish Literature (2019). He is the supervisor of a number of doctoral theses on themes in Modern Irish Literature and the Irish Oral Tradition . His research in the history of the Irish language in Belfast has been presented in a variety of media - his edited collection of essays Belfast and the Irish Language (Four Courts Press 2006), TG4 television documentary Scéal na Fadgies (2010) and interactive exhibition for Cultúrlann MacAdam-Ó Fiaich, An Taiscumar (2011). His first book, Seosamh Mac Grianna - an Mhéin Rúin (2002), was a critical study of the work of the writing of Seosamh Mac Grianna (1900-90). His collection of short stories, Litir ó Mo Mháthair Altrama agus Scéalta Eile (2005), received the Bord na Leabhar Gaeilge prize at Oireachtas na Gaeilge.
Litríocht na Gaeilge, an tAthbheochanachas, Stair Chultúrtha, an Traidisiún Béil agus an Scríbhneoireacht Chruthaitheach.
Bronnadh AHRC (UK) Leadership Fellowship ar an Ollamh de Brún in 2016-17 le haghaidh an tionscnaimh 'Rethinking Revivalism: a Conceptual Case-Study in Modern Irish Literature.' Mar thoradh ar an tionscnamh sin d'fhoilsigh Cló OIlscoil Chorcaí monograf leis dar teideal, Revivalism and Modern Irish Literature (2019). Tá sé ina stiúrthóir ar roinnt tráchtas dochtúireachta ar théamaí a bhaineann le litríocht na Nua-Ghaeilge agus leis an Traidisiún Béil.
Cuireadh a thaighde ar an Ghaeilge i mBéal Feirste i láthair trí mheáin éagsúla – cnuasach aistí in eagar leis, Belfast and the Irish Language (Four Courts Press 2006), clár faisnéise do TG4, Scéal na Fadgies (2010) taispeántas idirghníomhach do Chultúrlann MacAdam-Ó Fiaich, An Taiscumar (2011). Ba shaothar critice ar scríbhneoireacht Sheosaimh Mhic Grianna (1900-90) é a chéad leabhar, Seosamh Mac Grianna - An Mhéin Rúin (2002). Bhain cnuasach gearrscéalta leis, Litir ó Mo Mháthair Altrama agus Scéalta Eile (2005), duais Bhord na Leabhar Gaeilge ag Oireachtas na Gaeilge.
ENGLISH VERSION
Modern Irish Literature, Revivalism, Cultural History, the Oral Tradition and Creative Writing.
Prof. de Brún was awarded an AHRC (UK) Leadership Fellowship in 2016-17 to undertake a project entitled 'Rethinking Revivalism: a Conceptual Case-Study in Modern Irish Literature.' Cork University Press published his monograph, based on the project, Revivalism and Modern Irish Literature (2019). He is the supervisor of a number of doctoral theses on themes in Modern Irish Literature and the Irish Oral Tradition . His research in the history of the Irish language in Belfast has been presented in a variety of media - his edited collection of essays Belfast and the Irish Language (Four Courts Press 2006), TG4 television documentary Scéal na Fadgies (2010) and interactive exhibition for Cultúrlann MacAdam-Ó Fiaich, An Taiscumar (2011). His first book, Seosamh Mac Grianna - an Mhéin Rúin (2002), was a critical study of the work of the writing of Seosamh Mac Grianna (1900-90). His collection of short stories, Litir ó Mo Mháthair Altrama agus Scéalta Eile (2005), received the Bord na Leabhar Gaeilge prize at Oireachtas na Gaeilge.
Book
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Fionntán de Brún (2023) Béal na Péiste. Indreabhán: Cló Iar-Chonnacht. | |
| 2019 | Fionntán de Brún (2019) Revivalism and Modern Irish Literature – The anxiety of transmission and the dynamics of renewal. Cork: Cork University Press. [Link] | |
| 2005 | Fionntán de Brún (2005) Litir ó mo Mháthair Altrama agus Scéalta Eile. : Móinin. | |
| 2002 | Fionntán de Brún (2002) Seosamh Mac Grianna - an Mhéin Rúin. : An Clóchomhar. | |
| 1997 | Fionntán de Brún (1997) Stór Áiseanna - Áiseanna Teagaisc do Ranganna Oíche. : Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education. |
Edited Book
Book Chapter
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Fionntán de Brún (2024) 'Walls with no pictures – the alternative interiority of Séamas Mac Annaidh’s short stories'. Éire-Ireland: Interdisciplinary Journal of Irish Studies, 59 (1&2):1-16. | |
| 2023 | Fionntán de Brún (2023) 'Léirmheas ar Tóraíocht na Dea-Bheatha – Comhairle ó Shaoithe na Seanré'. Irisleabhar Mhá Nuad, 2023 :182-186. [Link] | |
| 2021 | Fionntán de Brún (2021) 'Maighréad Nic Mhaicín, an Cadhnach agus comaoin an Domhain Thoir'. :1-21. [Full-Text] | |
| 2020 | de Brún, Fionntán (2020) 'Léirmheas ar Titley le Máirtín Coilféir'. Studia Hibernica, 46 :191-193. [Full-Text] | |
| 2020 | Fionntán de Brún (2020) 'Ceist an Neamhní in úrscéalaíocht Bhreandáin Uí Dhoibhlin'. :13-28. | |
| 2018 | Fionntán de Brún (2018) 'Escaping the 'Shower of Folly' – the Irish Language, Revivalism and the History of Ideas'. MAYNOOTH PHILOSOPHICAL PAPERS, 9 :43-58. [Link] [Full-Text] | |
| 2018 | Fionntán de Brún (2018) ''Sliocht ar Thír na Scáth' le Breandán Ó Doibhlin'. :112-122. [Link] | |
| 2016 | Fionntán de Brún (2016) 'Prút – sliocht as úrscéal'. BLIAINIRIS, 11 :129-139. | |
| 2013 | Fionntán de Brún (2013) 'Temporality and Irish revivalism: past, present, and becoming'. New Hibernia Review, 17 (4):17-47. [Full-Text] | |
| 2011 | Fionntán de Brún (2011) 'Expressing the nineteenth century in Irish: the poetry of Aodh Mac Domhnaill (1802-67)'. New Hibernia Review, 15 (1):81-106. [Full-Text] | |
| 2004 | Fionntán de Brún (2004) 'Mar a fuair an t-údar bás'. BLIAINIRIS, :7-12. | |
| 1999 | Fionntán de Brún (1999) 'An scigaithris in An Druma Mór'. :98-108. |
Conference Publication
Blog
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Fionntán de Brún (2018) The Master le Pádraig Mac Piarais. [Blog] [Link] |
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