O'Donnell lectures in Celtic Studies, University of Oxford
Comprises printouts of:
- Professor Kim McCone, 'The Cyclops in Celtic, Germanic and Indo-European Myth', 1995
- Donnchadh Ó Corráin, 'The Vikings in Scotland and Ireland in the Ninth Century', 1997
- Prys Morgan, '"Among Our Ancient Mountains" - the Appreciation of Welsh Mountainscape in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries', 1999
- Professor Nancy Edwards, 'Early Medieval Stones and Stone Sculpture in Wales: Context and Connections', I and II, 2000
- Robin Chapman Stacey, 'Law and Memory in Early Ireland', 2003
- Richard Sharpe, 'Books from Ireland, Fifth to Ninth Centuries', 2004
- Declan Kiberd, 'Ulysses and Us', 2005
- Professor Dafydd Johnston, 'Translations of Medieval Welsh Poetry: Dafydd ap Gwilym's "Trafferth mewn Tafarn" [Trouble in an Inn]', 2006
- Professor Huw Pryce, 'Medieval Welsh History in the Victorian Age', 2014
- Erich Poppe, 'Chrétien's British Yvain in England and Wales. Towards a cross-literary comparison', 2016
- Elizabeth Boyle, 'Agency, Consent and Loyalty: Michal daughter of Saul, and Royal Women in Middle Irish Literature', 2022 [published version only]
- Patrick Wadden, '"Which name is more fitting for them?" Irish Ethnonyms in Late Antiquity', 2024
- 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].
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.
Creator
- University of Oxford | Faculty of English (Organisation)
Subject
- University of Oxford (Organisation)
- 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
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
