Staff Profiles

Is Léachtóir (Ollamh Cúnta) le Gaeilge agus Sibhialtacht na gCeilteach é an Dr Liam Ó hAisibéil i Scoil na dTeangacha, na Litríochtaí agus na gCultúr ag Ollscoil na Gaillimhe. Sular ceapadh ina phost reatha é, d'oibrigh sé in Ollscoil Luimnigh agus i gColáiste San Aingeal, Sligeach. Ba scoláire le Fondúireacht Ollscoile na hÉireann-Ceanada é freisin, agus chaith sé bliain ag teagasc in Ollscoil Mhuire Naofa in Halifax, Ceanada. Chomh maith leis sin, tá tréimhsí caite aige i mbun taighde in ollscoileanna éagsúla in Éirinn agus sa Bhreatain. Tá an ainmeolaíocht agus litríocht mheánaoiseach na hÉireann i measc na réimsí teagaisc atá faoina chúram ar chláir fochéime agus iarchéime Roinn na Gaeilge in Ollscoil na Gaillimhe. Cuireann sé spéis ar leith sna logainmneacha agus in úsáid na n-ainmneacha sin sa litríocht mheánaoiseach agus tá taighde suntasach déanta aige chomh maith ar shloinnte na hÉireann agus ar ghalldú sloinnte Gaelacha. Is comhúdar é, in éineacht leis an Dr Kay Muhr, ar an Oxford Dictionary of Family Names of Ireland, a d'fhoilsigh Oxford University Press in 2021. Ceapadh an Dr Ó hAisibéil le déanaí mar bhall den Choiste Logainmneacha (An Roinn Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spórt agus Meán).

Dr Liam Ó hAisibéil is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Irish in the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the University of Galway. Prior to his appointment, he worked at the University of Limerick and at St. Angela's College, Sligo and was an Ireland-Canada University Foundation Tutor at Saint Mary's University, Halifax in Canada. He spent periods of research at universities in Ireland and Britain, and most recently was a visiting researcher at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Dr Ó hAisibéil lectures on onomastics and medieval Irish literature on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the Discipline of Irish at University of Galway. His research interests include place-names, surnames, and medieval Irish literature, and has completed significant research on Irish surnames and their anglicisation over time. He is co-author of the Oxford Dictionary of Family Names of Ireland with Dr Kay Muhr, published by Oxford University Press in 2021. Dr Ó hAisibéil has recently been appointed as a member of the Placenames Committee (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media).