Fergus Kelly

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Fergus Kelly

Born
NationalityIrish
Education
  • B.A. – University College Dublin (UCD)
  • Ph.D. – Trinity College Dublin (TCD)
Known forA Guide to Early Irish Law (1988)

Fergus Kelly MRIA is an academic at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. His research interests centre on early Irish law-texts and wisdom-texts.

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He graduated in 1967 in Early and Modern Irish from Trinity College Dublin. He spent a year in the University of Oslo's Linguistics Institute. He also taught a course in Celtic Civilisation at the University of Toronto. He is now a Senior Professor in the School of Celtic Studies (Irish: Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh) of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. [1] In 2003 he delivered the British Academy's Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture. [2] A prolific author and researcher, he has written and edited a number of books and many articles including A guide to early Irish law. He co-edits the journal Celtica and has collaborated with many others including Thomas Charles-Edwards.

Awards and recognition

Kelly was granted the highest academic honour in Ireland, membership of the Royal Irish Academy in 2004. [3]

Publications

Kelly's publications include:

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References

  1. "Fergus Kelly, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies". Trinity Centre for Environmenal Humanities, Trinity College Dublin.
  2. "Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lectures". The British Academy. text video
  3. "Fergus Samuel Kelly". Royal Irish Academy. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2021.