Address: School of Celtic Studies, 10 Burlington Road, Dublin 4, Ireland
Research Interests
Early Modern Irish language and literature, especially syllabic poetry and the Irish grammatical and syntactical tracts.
Biographical Sketch
Mícheál Hoyne graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in 2010, having studied History and Modern Irish. He remained in Trinity to write his PhD under the supervision of Professor Damian McManus and submitted his thesis in 2013. He spent the academic year 2013/14 teaching and researching in the Philipps-Universität in Marburg, Germany, before returning to Dublin to join the School of Celtic Studies in August 2014 as an O’Donovan Scholar. In 2017, he was appointed a Bergin Fellow.
He is currently completing an edition of the poems of the fifteenth-century poet Seifín Mór and a full treatment of the form of verse he composed (brúilingeacht). He conducts a weekly seminar on Irish Grammatical Tracts III–IV (IGT III–IV) and teaches several courses in the Department of Irish, TCD. Since 2020 he is co-editor of Ériu.
Publications
Books
(with Prof. Richard Sharpe†) Clóliosta: printing in the Irish language, 1571–1871 – an attempt at narrative bibliography (Dublin, 2020) [xxxviii + 1253 pp].
Fuidheall Áir: Bardic poems on the Meic Dhiarmada of Magh Luirg c. 1377 – c. 1637 (2018). Early Modern Irish Texts Series 1. [Critical editions of nine poems with extensive linguistic, metrical and historical commentary. xvi + 489 pp.]
Articles
‘Addenda and corrigenda to Celtica xxvii (2016), 191 and xxxi (2019), 213–98’, Celtica 32 (2020), 183–5.
‘Unaccusativity and the subject pronoun in Middle and Early Modern Irish’, Celtica 32 (2020), 145–81.
‘The assassination of Mág Raghnaill and the capture of his ship in 1502’, Studia Hibernica 46 (2020), 53–66.
‘IGT/BST citations and duplicate entries: the ascriptions in the H 2.17 copy of IGT III–IV’, Ériu 69 (2019), 41–54.
‘Brief rules for reading Irish found in printed books, 1571–1863’, Celtica 31 (2019), 213–97.
‘Transmission, metre and language: some observations on the poetry of Giolla Brighde Mac Con Midhe’, in P. Riggs (ed.), The Poems of Giolla Brighde Mac Con Midhe: the poet and his craft ITS Subsidiary Series 31 (Cork, 2019),24–70.
‘Seacht bpearsain fhichead uair mé: a poem on the optative subjunctive in a copy of Irish Grammatical Tracts III–IV’, Ériu 68 (2018), 99–128.
‘Early Modern Irish miscellanea: 1. Corrigendum (ad Ériu lxvi 72–3) and a note on comparatio compendiaria; 2. A detail of vowel shortening in hiatus in Classical Modern Irish; 3. Áoi trasgartha; 4. A rhyming example of nom. pl. dee “gods” in Classical Modern Irish’, Ériu 67 (2017), 169–86.
‘An adjectival construction expressing lesser degree in Early Modern Irish’, Ériu 66 (2016 [2017]), 63–75.
‘Why resumption? Resumptive pronouns in prepositional relative clauses in Irish’ in Erich Poppe, Karin Stüber and Paul Widmer (ed.), Referential properties and their impact on the syntax of Insular Celtic languages (Münster: Nodus Publikationen, 2017), 69–100.
‘Bardic Poetry, Irish’ in S. Echard & R. Rouse (eds), The Encyclopaedia of Medieval Literature in Britain (Hoboken, 2017), 232–6.
‘Stressed monosyllables ending in a short vowel in Classical Modern Irish’, Celtica 28 (2016), 186–200.
‘Structural ambiguity and resumptive pronouns: the pragmatics of the transitive “direct” and “indirect” relatives in Modern Irish’, The Journal of Celtic Linguistics 17 (2016), 31–95.
‘Imtheacht an Dá Nónmhar agus Tóraigheacht Taise Taoibhghile: an Early Modern Irish exemplary tale’, Ériu 65 (2015), 1–47.
‘The political context of Cath Muighe Tuireadh, the Early Modern Irish version of the Second Battle of Magh Tuireadh’, Ériu 63 (2013), 91–116.
‘A Bardic poem to Diarmaid Ó Conchubhair Donn (†1600)’, Ériu 61 (2011), 59–93.
Reviews
Review of R. Kailuweit, L. Künkel & E. Staudinger (eds), Applying and Expanding Role and Reference Grammar (Freiburg, 2018) in Journal of Celtic Linguistics 22 (2021), 189–92.
Review (in German) of P. Riggs (ed.), Tadhg Dall Ó hUiginn: his historical and literary context (London, 2010) in Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 67 (2020), 282–6.
Review of N. Mac Cathmhaoil, M. Nic Cathmhaoil & C. Mac Seáin (eds), Súgán an Dúchais: aistí ar ghnéithe de thraidisiún liteartha Chúige Uladh i gcuimhne ar Dhiarmaid Ó Doibhlin (Derry/Londonderry, 2019) in Celtica 32 (2020), 293–7.
Review of C. Breatnach, M. Ní Úrdail & G. Ó Riain (eds), Lorg na Leabhar: a Festschrift for Pádraig A. Breatnach (Dublin, 2019) in Celtica 32 (2020), 298–300.
Review of C. Breatnach and M. Ní Úrdail (eds), Aon don éigse: essays marking Osborn Bergin’s centenary lecture on Bardic poetry (1913) (Dublin, 2015) in Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 63 (2016), 239–45.
Review (in German) of Eoin Mac Cárthaigh, The Art of Bardic Poetry (Dublin, 2014) in Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 63 (2016), 270–4.
Andrea Palandri and Aoibheann Nic Dhonnchadha from @DIAS_Dublin to speak at 'Tintúd-Aistriú: an tAistriuchán Liteartha i Stair na Gaeilge - Irish Literary Translation through Time' on 20th May @GaelicLitUCC#DIASdiscovers booking details 👇 twitter.com/GaelicLitUCC/s…
Just over a month until this event, a bilingual conference on the history of Irish literary translation. All are welcome to attend, contact ken.odonnchu@ucc.ie to register pic.twitter.com/jeiaZVXCQE
@ChantalKobel Chantal Kobel (@ChantalKobel) from @DIAS_Dublin explores the Book of Ballycummin (RIA MS 23 N 10), rebound incorrectly in the 19th century, and investigates the original order of its leaves Retweeted by
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Building off our work on the Léamh Grammar Game, we've also begun work on a Paleography Game and Primer.
@CClearych of @DIAS_Dublin, and the rest of @earlymodirish working group have done tremendous work developing the content and design for this.
@weshamrick#TAKEOVERRetweeted by
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Now available on léamh.org glossary from Greene (ed., trans.) Duanaire Mhéig Uidhir. As ever, deep gratitude to @SCSLibrary for permission and support. Purchase your own copy here now(!!): shop.dias.ie/product/duanai… An astounding body of verse & work of scholarship. Retweeted by
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🎙️Next up on the SCS research #podcast#Níhansae is Andrea Palandri, an O'Donovan Scholar @DIAS_Dublin speaking about Marco Polo in Ireland and how a castle in a lake proved to be a vital clue in his research 🏰🧭🎻
dias.ie/podcast/ni-han…
Colum Cille dropped by for a socially distanced visit to thank @DIAS_ISOS for digitising The Cathach.
We let him borrow a book from the library. He loves reading about himself 🤫
The proper date of #Easter was keenly debated in early medieval Europe. Here, in a wonderfully clear talk from 2015, Dr Immo Warntjes explains the way early Irish scholars sought to understand the complex mathematical and astronomical issues involved. youtube.com/watch?v=FewFIE…
NORF has been developing a National Open Research Landscape Report which aims to provide a snapshot of the current state of #OpenResearch in Ireland. The draft report is open for public review and consultation until 7 May: norf.ie/index.php/2021…#OpenResearchIERetweeted by
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The Cathach of Colum Cille: The story of an ancient Irish manuscript. We hope you enjoy our new online exhibition. Learn about the rich history of this C6th manuscript and the stories associated with it. bit.ly/39teEKJ#ColumCille1500Retweeted by
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Dr Mícheál Hoyne
Title(s): Bergin Fellow
E-Mail: mhoyne@celt.dias.ie
Phone: +353 1 6140100 ext 164
Address: School of Celtic Studies, 10 Burlington Road, Dublin 4, Ireland
Research Interests
Early Modern Irish language and literature, especially syllabic poetry and the Irish grammatical and syntactical tracts.
Biographical Sketch
Mícheál Hoyne graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in 2010, having studied History and Modern Irish. He remained in Trinity to write his PhD under the supervision of Professor Damian McManus and submitted his thesis in 2013. He spent the academic year 2013/14 teaching and researching in the Philipps-Universität in Marburg, Germany, before returning to Dublin to join the School of Celtic Studies in August 2014 as an O’Donovan Scholar. In 2017, he was appointed a Bergin Fellow.
He is currently completing an edition of the poems of the fifteenth-century poet Seifín Mór and a full treatment of the form of verse he composed (brúilingeacht). He conducts a weekly seminar on Irish Grammatical Tracts III–IV (IGT III–IV) and teaches several courses in the Department of Irish, TCD. Since 2020 he is co-editor of Ériu.
Publications
Books
(with Prof. Richard Sharpe†) Clóliosta: printing in the Irish language, 1571–1871 – an attempt at narrative bibliography (Dublin, 2020) [xxxviii + 1253 pp].
Fuidheall Áir: Bardic poems on the Meic Dhiarmada of Magh Luirg c. 1377 – c. 1637 (2018). Early Modern Irish Texts Series 1. [Critical editions of nine poems with extensive linguistic, metrical and historical commentary. xvi + 489 pp.]
Articles
‘Addenda and corrigenda to Celtica xxvii (2016), 191 and xxxi (2019), 213–98’, Celtica 32 (2020), 183–5.
‘Unaccusativity and the subject pronoun in Middle and Early Modern Irish’, Celtica 32 (2020), 145–81.
‘The assassination of Mág Raghnaill and the capture of his ship in 1502’, Studia Hibernica 46 (2020), 53–66.
‘IGT/BST citations and duplicate entries: the ascriptions in the H 2.17 copy of IGT III–IV’, Ériu 69 (2019), 41–54.
‘Brief rules for reading Irish found in printed books, 1571–1863’, Celtica 31 (2019), 213–97.
‘Transmission, metre and language: some observations on the poetry of Giolla Brighde Mac Con Midhe’, in P. Riggs (ed.), The Poems of Giolla Brighde Mac Con Midhe: the poet and his craft ITS Subsidiary Series 31 (Cork, 2019),24–70.
‘Seacht bpearsain fhichead uair mé: a poem on the optative subjunctive in a copy of Irish Grammatical Tracts III–IV’, Ériu 68 (2018), 99–128.
‘Early Modern Irish miscellanea: 1. Corrigendum (ad Ériu lxvi 72–3) and a note on comparatio compendiaria; 2. A detail of vowel shortening in hiatus in Classical Modern Irish; 3. Áoi trasgartha; 4. A rhyming example of nom. pl. dee “gods” in Classical Modern Irish’, Ériu 67 (2017), 169–86.
‘An adjectival construction expressing lesser degree in Early Modern Irish’, Ériu 66 (2016 [2017]), 63–75.
‘Why resumption? Resumptive pronouns in prepositional relative clauses in Irish’ in Erich Poppe, Karin Stüber and Paul Widmer (ed.), Referential properties and their impact on the syntax of Insular Celtic languages (Münster: Nodus Publikationen, 2017), 69–100.
‘Bardic Poetry, Irish’ in S. Echard & R. Rouse (eds), The Encyclopaedia of Medieval Literature in Britain (Hoboken, 2017), 232–6.
‘Stressed monosyllables ending in a short vowel in Classical Modern Irish’, Celtica 28 (2016), 186–200.
‘Structural ambiguity and resumptive pronouns: the pragmatics of the transitive “direct” and “indirect” relatives in Modern Irish’, The Journal of Celtic Linguistics 17 (2016), 31–95.
‘Imtheacht an Dá Nónmhar agus Tóraigheacht Taise Taoibhghile: an Early Modern Irish exemplary tale’, Ériu 65 (2015), 1–47.
‘The political context of Cath Muighe Tuireadh, the Early Modern Irish version of the Second Battle of Magh Tuireadh’, Ériu 63 (2013), 91–116.
‘A Bardic poem to Diarmaid Ó Conchubhair Donn (†1600)’, Ériu 61 (2011), 59–93.
Reviews
Review of R. Kailuweit, L. Künkel & E. Staudinger (eds), Applying and Expanding Role and Reference Grammar (Freiburg, 2018) in Journal of Celtic Linguistics 22 (2021), 189–92.
Review (in German) of P. Riggs (ed.), Tadhg Dall Ó hUiginn: his historical and literary context (London, 2010) in Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 67 (2020), 282–6.
Review of N. Mac Cathmhaoil, M. Nic Cathmhaoil & C. Mac Seáin (eds), Súgán an Dúchais: aistí ar ghnéithe de thraidisiún liteartha Chúige Uladh i gcuimhne ar Dhiarmaid Ó Doibhlin (Derry/Londonderry, 2019) in Celtica 32 (2020), 293–7.
Review of C. Breatnach, M. Ní Úrdail & G. Ó Riain (eds), Lorg na Leabhar: a Festschrift for Pádraig A. Breatnach (Dublin, 2019) in Celtica 32 (2020), 298–300.
Review of C. Breatnach and M. Ní Úrdail (eds), Aon don éigse: essays marking Osborn Bergin’s centenary lecture on Bardic poetry (1913) (Dublin, 2015) in Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 63 (2016), 239–45.
Review (in German) of Eoin Mac Cárthaigh, The Art of Bardic Poetry (Dublin, 2014) in Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 63 (2016), 270–4.
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Andrea Palandri and Aoibheann Nic Dhonnchadha from @DIAS_Dublin to speak at 'Tintúd-Aistriú: an tAistriuchán Liteartha i Stair na Gaeilge - Irish Literary Translation through Time' on 20th May @GaelicLitUCC #DIASdiscovers booking details 👇 twitter.com/GaelicLitUCC/s…
@ChantalKobel Chantal Kobel (@ChantalKobel) from @DIAS_Dublin explores the Book of Ballycummin (RIA MS 23 N 10), rebound incorrectly in the 19th century, and investigates the original order of its leaves Retweeted by DIAS_SCS Library
Tune in or follow @CCManuscripts #CareCons18 to hear @ChantalKobel @DIAS_Dublin speak about The Book of Ballycummin (RIA MA 23 N 10) tomorrow from 2pm nors.ku.dk/cc/ This @Library_RIA MS can also be viewed on @DIAS_ISOS #DIASdiscovers
Prof. Barry Lewis from @DIAS_Dublin 'Getting the message out: Hagiography and communication in Medieval Wales - for @Department_ASNC Zoom conference, 12-13 June 2021 #DIASdiscovers twitter.com/Department_ASN…
Exciting new LAI Group, working on Open Scholarship across library sectors. Follow and find out about Open Edu Resources, Open Access, Open Source Software and much more 🐦➡️ @OSGLAI twitter.com/OSGLAI/status/… Retweeted by DIAS_SCS Library
Building off our work on the Léamh Grammar Game, we've also begun work on a Paleography Game and Primer. @CClearych of @DIAS_Dublin, and the rest of @earlymodirish working group have done tremendous work developing the content and design for this. @weshamrick #TAKEOVER Retweeted by DIAS_SCS Library
Now available on léamh.org glossary from Greene (ed., trans.) Duanaire Mhéig Uidhir. As ever, deep gratitude to @SCSLibrary for permission and support. Purchase your own copy here now(!!): shop.dias.ie/product/duanai… An astounding body of verse & work of scholarship. Retweeted by DIAS_SCS Library
🎙️Next up on the SCS research #podcast #Níhansae is Andrea Palandri, an O'Donovan Scholar @DIAS_Dublin speaking about Marco Polo in Ireland and how a castle in a lake proved to be a vital clue in his research 🏰🧭🎻 dias.ie/podcast/ni-han…
Colum Cille dropped by for a socially distanced visit to thank @DIAS_ISOS for digitising The Cathach. We let him borrow a book from the library. He loves reading about himself 🤫
The proper date of #Easter was keenly debated in early medieval Europe. Here, in a wonderfully clear talk from 2015, Dr Immo Warntjes explains the way early Irish scholars sought to understand the complex mathematical and astronomical issues involved. youtube.com/watch?v=FewFIE…
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NORF has been developing a National Open Research Landscape Report which aims to provide a snapshot of the current state of #OpenResearch in Ireland. The draft report is open for public review and consultation until 7 May: norf.ie/index.php/2021… #OpenResearchIE Retweeted by DIAS_SCS Library
The Cathach of Colum Cille: The story of an ancient Irish manuscript. We hope you enjoy our new online exhibition. Learn about the rich history of this C6th manuscript and the stories associated with it. bit.ly/39teEKJ #ColumCille1500 Retweeted by DIAS_SCS Library