Lambert McKenna

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Lambert McKenna S.J. (16 July 1870 - 27 December 1956) was a Jesuit priest and writer.

He was born Andrew Joseph Lambert McKenna in Dublin and studied in Europe. He collected and edited religious and folk poetry in the Irish language. Working with the Irish Texts Society, he edited the famous Contention of the bards and many anthologies of Irish bardic poetry and historical works, which had for long been neglected.

His works include:

  • English-Irish Phrase Dictionary (1911)
  • Dánta do chum Aonghus Fionn Ó Dálaigh (1919)
  • Iomarbháigh na bhfileadh (1918-20)
  • The Social Teachings of James Connolly (1920)
  • Dán Dé (1922)
  • Life and Work of Rev. Aloysius Cullen S.J. (1924)
  • Philip Bocht Ó hUiginn (1931)
  • English-Irish Dictionary (1935)
  • Dioghluim Dána (1938)
  • Athdioghluim Dána (1939-40)
  • Bardic Syntactical Tracts (1944)
  • Leabhar Méig Shamhradháin (1947)
  • Leabhar Í Eadhra (1951)

He was awarded an honorary Doctorate for his contribution to Celtic Studies (D. Litt. Celt) by UCD in 1947.

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