About Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh
Born 1966. Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh is an Irish linguist, known for Republic of Ireland.
Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh FRSE is an Irish linguist, celtologist, academic and Chair of Gaelic at the University of Glasgow.
Early life and education Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh was born in 1966 in Dublin, Ireland. He earned a BA Hons and an MA from University College Dublin in Irish and Mathematics.
He was appointed to the first ever established Chair of Gaelic in Scotland at the University of Glasgow in 2010.
In March 2022 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Research His research work focusses on Scottish Gaelic, in particular its dialectology, history, terminology and phonology.
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