Paul O'Brien (scholar)

Rev. Paul O'Brien (1763–1820) was an Irish language scholar and Catholic priest. He was the first Professor of Irish at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, serving from 1802 until his death.[1]

Born in 1763, from Cormeen, Co. Meath,[2] O'Brien was a great grand nephew of Turlough O'Carolan.[3]

In 1807 O'Brien was instrumental in establishing The Gaelic Society of Dublin along with Dr. John Lanigan, Edward O'Reilly, William Halliday, and Theophilus O'Flanagan.[4] Professor O'Brien was also involved in Iberno-Celtic Society another initiative to promote the Irish Language.[3]

Publiciations
  • A Practical Grammar of the Irish Language by Paul O'Brien (1809).
gollark: There are something like... 16 stateless deterministic two-input binary logic gates, and maybe 81 or so ternary equivalents.
gollark: Many more logic gates, some of which are useful.
gollark: There are probably weird ternary logic gates too.
gollark: They have a bit of a monopolies problem I heard, though probably faster connections in some places.
gollark: Modern wired display connectors need at least gigabytes per second. The latest version of DisplayPort goes up to 80Gbps...

References
  1. The Gaelic League and the Chair of Irish at Maynooth by Leon O'Brion
  2. Ó BRIAIN, Pól (c.1763–1820) Biography, www.anim.ie
  3. Transactions of the Iberno-Celtic Society for 1820. Vol. I.— Part I.
  4. Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Dublin
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