Terence Dolan

Terence Dolan is an Irish lexicographer and radio personality. He is currently Professor of Old and Middle English in the School of English and Drama, University College Dublin. He acts as the School's Research Co-ordinator, and is the director of the "Hiberno-English Archive" website [ [http://www.hiberno-english.com/ a HIBERNO-ENGLISH Archive ] ] . He has a weekly spot on Seán Moncrieff's radio show (Mondays) on Newstalk 106. Podcasts of Terry's appearances are available from Newstalk's website [ [http://newstalk.ie/newstalk/podcasts/8/meaning-of-words-on-the-moncrieff-show.xml Meaning of Words on The Moncrieff Show on Newstalk 106-108 fm ] ] .

Life

Terence Patrick Dolan was born in London of Irish parents, both of whom hailed from Co. Cavan. He was formerly a Hastings Senior Scholar of The Queen's College, Oxford. He was twice the National Endowment for the Humanities Distinguished Visiting Professor of the Humanities, University of Richmond, Virginia (in 1986 and 1992). He is a former director of the international James Joyce summer school, Dublin. He is perhaps best known for his "Dictionary of Hiberno-English" which gives a comprehensive account of the English language as it is spoken in Ireland.

Research interests

* Medieval English Literature
* Hiberno-English
* Lexicography
* James Joyce

elected Publications

* Dolan, T. P., 1998. "A Dictionary of Hiberno-English: The Irish Use of English". Dublin: Gill & Macmillan, 1999 (paperback).
* Dolan, T. P., 2004. 'Is the Best English Spoken in Lower Drumcondra?', in "A New & Complex Sensation: Essays on Joyce's Dubliners" (ed.) Oona Frawley, 1-9, Dublin: Lilliput Press.
* Dolan, T.P., "The Compilation of A Dictionary of Hiberno-English Reviewed: Proceeding of the 2002 Symposium on Lexicography", University of Copenhagen.
* Dolan, T. P., 2003. 'The English Language in an Irish Context' in "Millennium Essays" (ed. Michaeil Cronin).
* Dolan, T. P., 2002. ‘Language Policy in the Republic of Ireland’ in "Language Planning and Education" (eds. J. M. Kirk & D. P. Ó Baoill) Belfast 144-156.
* Dolan, T. P., 2002. ‘Devolution and Cultural Policy: A View from the Republic of Ireland’, in "Ireland (Ulster) Scotland: Concepts, Contexts, Comparisons" (eds. E. Longley, E. Hughes, & D. O’Rawe) Belfast, 50-53.
* Dolan, T. P., 2003, 'The Theft of Joyce', "James Joyce Bloomsday Magazine" 33-35.
* Dolan, T. P., 1999. 'Writing in Ireland', in "The Cambridge History of Medieval English Literature" (ed. David Wallace). Cambridge University Press, 208-228.
* Dolan, T. P. (ed.). 1990. 'The English of the Irish'. Special Issue: "The Irish University Review", vol. 20, no. 1.
* Dolan T. P. & Diarmaid O'Muirithe, 1996. "The Dialect of Forth and Bargy, Co. Wexford, Ireland". Dublin: Four Courts Press.
* Dolan, T. P., 1991. 'Language in Ulysses' in "Studies on Joyce's Ulysses". Jacqueline Genet -- Elisabeth Hellegouarc'h (eds.). 131-142. Caen: G.D.R. d'Etudes anglo-irlandaises, Université de Caen.
* Dolan, T. P., 1990. 'The Language of Dubliners' in "James Joyce: The Artist and the Labyrinth". Augustine Martin (ed.), 25-40. London: Ryan Publishing.
* Dolan, T. P., 1985. 'Sean O'Casey's Use of Hiberno-English' in "Irland: Gesellschaft und Kultur" IV. D. Siegmund-Schultze (ed.). 108-115. Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther Universität.
* Dolan, T. P., 1991. 'The Literature of Norman Ireland' in "The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing". Seamus Deane (ed.), vol. 1, Derry: Field Day Publications.
* Dolan T. P., 1994. 'Samuel Beckett's Drmatic Use of Hiberno-English', "Irish University Review", 14, 45-56.

Radio appearances

* 2002 - Presenter, RTÉ Radio Series: 'Talking Proper: The English of the Irish'.
* 2002 - Contributor, RTÉ Radio Series, 'The Odd Word'.
* 2002 - 'Hiberno-English Lexicography', University of Joensuu, Finland.
* 2002 - 'Hiberno-English in Translation', University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
* 2002 - 'The Compilation of A Dictionary of Hiberno-English Reviewed' University of Copenhagen.
* 2002 - 'Hiberno-English in the Context of Globalisation and Immigration', Ross Institute, East Hampton, New York.
* 2002 - 'Language Policy in the Republic of Ireland', Queen's University, Belfast.
* 1999 - 'Dictionary Joyce: Joyce and Lexicography', James Joyce Centre, Dublin.
* 1998 - 'The Compilation of a Dictionary of Hiberno-English', University of Potsdam.
* 1996 - For the Translation Service of the European Commission, in Brussels and Luxembourg. 'Why and How the Irish Speak English' ( to mark Ireland's Presidency of the European Commission ).
* 1992 - 'English and Irish in Competition', Jefferson Smurfit Fellowship Lecture, University of Missouri-Rolla.

References

External links

* [http://www.hiberno-english.com/ The "Hiberno-English Archive"]
* [http://www.irishdemocrat.co.uk/reviews/hiberno-english-dictionary/ A review of Terence Dolan's "Dictionary of Hiberno-English"]
* [http://www.joensuu.fi/fld/methodsxi/photographs/wed/wed17.html A picture of Terence Dolan]
* [http://www.newstalk106.ie/ Newstalk 106]