Ó Duinnín, an tAthair Pádraig (S.)

Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature, The, January, 2000 by ROBERT WELCH

Ó Duinnín, an tAthair Pádraig [S.] ( Fr. Patrick Dinneen ) (1860–1934), lexicographer and editor; born in Rathmore, Co. Kerry, attending school there and at Meentogues. He entered the Jesuit order at Milltown Park, Dublin, in 1880 and taught at Clongowes Wood. He joined the Gaelic League and came to know Patrick Pearse .

He left the order in 1900 to devote himself to Irish scholarship, and set about producing editions of the poems of Aodhagán Ó Rathaille (1900), Piaras Feiritéar (1903), and others. His Foclóir Gaedhilge agus Béarla: An Irish-English Dictionary (1904, enlarged edns. 1927, 1934) is an indispensable resource for learners and scholars alike.