Draft:Dymphna Lonergan

Dymphna Lonergan is an Irish-Australian academic and author . She drew public attention to the use of Irish in Australia in the 19th century.

Life

She was born in Dublin, where she learned Irish at school. She came to Australia in 1972. She lived in Berlin. In 1994 she received an MA from Flinders University , for her study of Irish words in Anglo-Irish texts. Flinders University awarded her a PhD in 2002 for her thesis "The Irish language in Australia". She is a lecturer at Flinders University. She teaches Irish.

She has done a lot of research on the trace left by the Irish language on Australian English, a story that is closely related to the strength of the language among immigrants from Ireland at the time. Dymphna Lonergan is a supporter of scholars, both Australian and foreign, who are researching the language and origins of the Gaelic in Australia. Her most important work is Sounds Irish: The Irish Language in Australia .

Works

• Arthure, Susan; Breen, Fidelma; James, Stephanie; Lonergan, Dymphna (2019-01-17). Irish South Australia. Mile End, South Australia: Wakefield Press. ISBN 978-1-74305-619-6.
• Lonergan, Dymphna (2004). "Sounds Irish: The Irish Language in Australia". Lythrum Press. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
• Williams, S; Lonergan, Dymphna; Hosking, Richard; Deane, Laura; Bierbaum, N (2004). "The Regenerative Spirit: Vol. 2 (Un)settling, (Dis)locations, (Post)colonial (Re)presentations". Research @ Flinders. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
• As Gaeilge (2022)
• Scealta Eile (2023)
• Lonergan, Dymphna (2003). "An Irish-centric View of Australian English". Australian Journal of Linguistics. 23 (2): 151–159. doi:10.1080/0726860032000203164. ISSN 0726-8602.

External links

• https://www.mikaellaclements.com/