Seán Ó Súilleabháin

Seán Ó Súilleabháin
Born	(1903-11-30)30 November 1903 County Kerry, Ireland
Died	13 December 1996(1996-12-13) (aged 93)
Resting place	Shanagangan Cemetery, County Dublin, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Education	St. Brendan's College, Killarney; De La Salle College Waterford; University College London
Alma mater	University College London; National University of Ireland
Occupation(s)	Folklorist, Teacher
Employer(s)	Irish Folklore Commission; University College Dublin
Known for	Archivist with the Irish Folklore Commission
Spouse	Mairin Sheehy
Children	One son and one daughter
Awards	Honorary DLittCelt from the National University of Ireland (1976)

Seán Ó Súilleabháin (30 November 1903 – 13 December 1996)[1] was a teacher and folklorist with the Irish Folklore Commission. He was a native Irish speaker from County Kerry.[2]

Educated at St. Brendan's, College, Killarney, he trained as a national school teacher from 1921 to 1923 at De La Salle College Waterford. He worked as a teacher in Kilkenny and Mount Sion, Waterford. In 1934, he earned an external BA in Celtic Studies from University College London, followed by an MA. In 1935, he became the first archivist with the Irish Folklore Commission, which had been established, and received training at Uppsala University in Sweden.[1] Following the commission's closure, he worked as a lecturer at University College Dublin. He was awarded an honorary DLittCelt from the National University of Ireland in 1976.[3]

Personal life

He married Mairin Sheehy, and had a son and daughter. He died on 13 December 1996, and is buried in Shanagangan Cemetery, County Dublin.[4]

References

1. "Ó Súilleabháin, Seán | Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
2. Seán Ó Súilleabháin Authors, www.ricorso.net
3. Honorary Degree Recipients Seán Ó Súilleabháin NT, BA, MA, DLittCelt, National University of Ireland.
4. Seán Ó Súilleabháin www.ainm.ie