Michelle Doran is a Texts, Contexts and Cultures PhD Candidate with the School of Irish Learning at University College Cork. Her doctoral thesis is concerned with the application of textual criticism in a Medieval Irish context which to date has received relatively little attention.  Michelle's thesis is to examine the appropriateness of current editorial practice in light of recent debates concerning the textual criticism of other vernacular medieval literature with the intention of suggesting more effective methods of editing and presenting medieval Irish historical and literary texts.  The final section of her thesis will constitute a practical application of any suggested methodologies to the short Irish tale Baile Binnbérlach mac Búain ‘Baile the Sweet-spoken, son of Buan.'

 

University Eductation