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O'Donnell lectures in Celtic Studies, University of Oxford

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MS. 23799
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Comprises printouts of:

  1. Professor Kim McCone, 'The Cyclops in Celtic, Germanic and Indo-European Myth', 1995
  2. Donnchadh Ó Corráin, 'The Vikings in Scotland and Ireland in the Ninth Century', 1997
  3. Prys Morgan, '"Among Our Ancient Mountains" - the Appreciation of Welsh Mountainscape in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries', 1999
  4. Professor Nancy Edwards, 'Early Medieval Stones and Stone Sculpture in Wales: Context and Connections', I and II, 2000
  5. Robin Chapman Stacey, 'Law and Memory in Early Ireland', 2003
  6. Richard Sharpe, 'Books from Ireland, Fifth to Ninth Centuries', 2004
  7. Declan Kiberd, 'Ulysses and Us', 2005
  8. Professor Dafydd Johnston, 'Translations of Medieval Welsh Poetry: Dafydd ap Gwilym's "Trafferth mewn Tafarn" [Trouble in an Inn]', 2006
  9. Professor Huw Pryce, 'Medieval Welsh History in the Victorian Age', 2014
  10. Erich Poppe, 'Chrétien's British Yvain in England and Wales. Towards a cross-literary comparison', 2016
  11. Elizabeth Boyle, 'Agency, Consent and Loyalty: Michal daughter of Saul, and Royal Women in Middle Irish Literature', 2022 [published version only]
  12. Patrick Wadden, '"Which name is more fitting for them?" Irish Ethnonyms in Late Antiquity', 2024
  13. Ronald Hutton, 'The Morrigan Revisited', 2025

Dates

  • Creation: 1995-2025

Extent

1 box

Language of Materials

  • English
  • Latin
  • Celtic languages
  • Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
  • English, Old (ca.450-1100)
  • Irish
  • Welsh

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. 23799].

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Shelfmark:

MS. 23799

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 23799, 24175, 24178, 24289

Abstract

O'Donnell lectures in Celtic Studies, University of Oxford, 1995-2025.

Biographical / Historical

At the request of Charles James O'Donnell, the subject of the O'Donnell lectures can be British or Celtic elements in the English language or in the existing population of England. The first O'Donnell lecturer was J.R.R. Tolkien, who was appointed in 1954.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred from the English Faculty Library, University of Oxford, 2024-2025.

Title
Catalogue of O'Donnell lectures in Celtic Studies, University of Oxford, 1995-2024
Status
Published
Author
Rachael Marsay
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Sponsor
Catalogued with the generous support of the Roy Davids bequest
Edition statement
First edition

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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