Dáibhí Ó Cróinín
Dáibhí Iarla Ó Cróinín (born 29 August 1954) is an Irish historian and authority on Hiberno-Latin texts, noted for his significant mid-1980s discovery in a manuscript in Padua of the "lost" Irish 84-year Easter table. Ó Cróinín was Professor of History at NUI Galway and Member of the Royal Irish Academy. He specialises in the history of Ireland, Britain and Europe during the Middle Ages and Hiberno-Latin texts.
Professor Dáibhí Ó Cróinín | |
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| Born | Dáibhí Iarla Ó Cróinín 29 August 1954 |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Known for | His 1985 discovery in a manuscript in Padua of the "lost" Irish 84-year Easter table |
| Parent | Donncha Ó Cróinín (father) |
| Relatives | Elizabeth Cronin (grandmother) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | B.A. in Early Irish History (1975) M.Phil. in Medieval Studies (1977) Ph.D. (1985) |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin University College Galway |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Historian |
| Sub-discipline | Middle Ages |
| Institutions | NUI Galway |
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