Public Lecture

17 Dec 2025

As part of UCC’s 180^th Anniversary celebrations, the Department of Early and Medieval Irish would be delighted if you could join us for a public lecture by Professor John Carey entitled ‘The World’s First Professor of Celtic? Owen Connellan and Cork’, on Wednesday, 17 December 2025 at 4pm, Aula Maxima, UCC.

Mar chuid de chomóradh 180 bliain ó bunaíodh Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh, ba mhór ag Roinn na Sean- agus na Meán-Ghaeilge tú a bheith i láthair ag léacht leis an Ollamh John Carey dar teideal ‘The World’s First Professor of Celtic? Owen Connellan and Cork’, Dé Céadaoin, 17 Nollaig, ag 4i.n., Aula Maxima, COC.

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The World’s First Professor of Celtic? Owen Connellan and Cork

One of the pioneering initiatives of the new Queen’s Colleges was the establishment of the world’s first professorships of the Celtic languages. This talk will look at QCC’s professor of Celtic, Owen Connellan (1797-1871), considering both his sometimes stormy relationship with the college administration, and his place in early Irish scholarship. The account of his life and career will be illustrated with passages from his published and unpublished writings.