Board Members

Léachtóir sa Ghaeilge & sa Léann Éireannach / Lecturer in Irish Language & Studies

Email: Maire.McCafferty@TUDublin.ie

Is Léachtóir sa Ghaeilge agus sa Léann Éireannach in Ollscoil Teicneolaíochta Bhaile Átha Cliath í Máire McCafferty. Díríonn a cuid taighde ar luathstair na gColáistí Gaeilge agus tá ailt foilsithe aici ar ghnéithe éagsúla den ábhar sin in irisí amhail ComharTaighde, Irish Historical Studies agus Léann Teanga: An Reiviú. Bhí taighde PhD Mháire (‘Ag teacht in inmhe: na Coláistí Gaeilge agus Cruthú an Chultúir Náisiúnta Éireannaigh, 1904-1940’) maoinithe ag an gComhairle Eorpach um Thaighde, agus tá maoiniú faighte aici ó institiúidí eile freisin amhail Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann. Tá taithí ag Máire ar a bheith ag obair leis an nGaeilge i státseirbhís na hÉireann agus san Aontas Eorpach chomh maith.

 

Spéiseanna Taighde

Na Coláistí Gaeilge, tréimhse na hAthbheochana, tréimhse na hiar-Athbheochana, an tréimhse réabhlóideach, scéimeanna Gaeltachta don aos óg, ról na Gaeilge sna Fórsaí Cosanta, foghlaim na Gaeilge i gceantair uirbeacha.

 

Biographical note

Máire McCafferty is a lecturer in Irish language and Irish Studies in Technological University Dublin. Máire’s research focuses on the early history of the Irish Language Summer Colleges, and her PhD (‘Coming of Age: the Irish Colleges and the Creation of Irish National Culture, 1904-1940)’ was funded by the European Research Council. Máire has authored several articles on various aspects of the Irish Colleges in both Irish and English in journals such as ComharTaighde, Irish Historical Studies agus Léann Teanga: An Reiviú, and has received additional funding for her research from institutions such as the Royal Irish Academy. Máire also has experience working with the Irish language in other areas of the public sector in both Ireland and the European Union.

 

Research Interests

Irish Language Summer Colleges, Irish Revival and Post-Revival Periods, Irish Revolutionary Period, Gaeltacht scholarship schemes, the Irish language in the Defence Forces, urban Irish language-learning.