Died 6 December 1995 | ||
The Rev. Canon Cosslett Quinn, in Irish Cosslett Ó Cuinn (Derriaghy, County Antrim, 27 February 1907 - 6 December 1995) was a priest of the Church of Ireland who translated the New Testament into Irish.
Quinn graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, in theology in 1940. He was a poet, theologian, critic, biblical scholar, and member of the ecumenical movement. He was appointed professor of Biblical Greek at Trinity College in 1961, and began work on a new translation of the New Testament. He also translated the Book of Psalms and the Prayer Book of the Church of Ireland into Irish, as well as several Spanish works. Although it was unusual in his lifetime for Protestants to hold leading positions in the Irish language movement, Quinn was for a time President of Oireachtas na Gaeilge.