Thady Connellan
Thady Connellan (Irish: Tadhg Ó Coinnialláinn) (1780–1854) was an Irish school-teacher, poet and historian.
Thaddeus Connellan (Thady Connellan; Tadhg Ó Coinnialláinn) | |
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 Thaddeus Connellan (James Northcote, 1824) | |
| Born | 1780 |
| Died | 1854 Sligo |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation(s) | Schoolteacher, translator, poet |
Life
He was born in Skreen, County Sligo, and was a relative of the scholar Owen Connellan. He started a school of his own, but had more success when he became principal of a school established by the Rev. Albert Blest[1] (father of William Cunningham Blest), a Baptist, supported by the London Hibernian Society in Greenville, Coolaney, in the early 1800s. Like his relative Owen he left the Catholic church and embraced Protestantism, around 1808.[2] Among other works he produced an Irish-English dictionary and edited a series of song-books.[3][4]
He died at Sligo, on 25 July 1854.[5]
Publications
- English - Irish Dictionary intended for use of Schools, Dublin, 1814.
- Seanraite Sholaim a Ghaoidheilge agus mBearla – The Proverbs of Solomon in Irish and English, (1815)
- Litir an Ríogh a nGaoidheilge, ó Shaicsbhearla, 1825.
- An duanaire. Fonna seanma. A selection of Irish melodies, poems and moral epigrams, (1829)
References
- 'A Memoir Of Albert Blest: For Many Years Agent And Secretary For Ireland Of The London Hibernian Society (1843)' by Maiben Cunningham Motherwell.
- CONNELLAN, Thady (c.1775–1854) by Diarmuid Breathnach agus Máire Ní Mhurchú, anim.ie
- W. G. Wood-Martin: History of Sligo, town and country. Hodges Figgis, Dublin, 1892
- Ó hAilín, T. (1968) "The Irish Society and Tadhg Ó Coinnialláin." Studia Hibernica, No 8., pp 60-78.
- Stephen 1887.
- Attribution
Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 12. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 21.