Nationality Irish Role Author | Name Daibhi Croinin | |
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Full Name Daibhi Iarla O Croinin Born August 29, 1954 (age 70) ( 1954-08-29 ) Books Early medieval Ireland - 4, Early Irish history and chronology, Whitley Stokes (1830‑19, The First Century of Anglo‑Iris, Longman History of Ireland: E | ||
Secrets of The Stones - Deciphering the High Cross
Dáibhí Iarla Ó Cróinín (born 29 August 1954) is an Irish historian, and professor of history at the National University of Ireland, Galway (N.U.I. Galway). M.Phil., Ph.D. (N.U.I.), and Member of the Royal Irish Academy.
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- Secrets of The Stones Deciphering the High Cross
- Irish Inscribed Stones Project
- Publications
- References
Ó Cróinín received a B.A. in Early Irish History from University College Dublin in 1975 and an M.Phil. in Medieval Studies from the same in 1977. He received his Ph.D. from University College, Galway in 1985; it was on a seventh- century Hiberno-Latin computistical tract which he claims to have discovered and was published by the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in the University of Toronto.
An author of many articles and contributor to several books, he specialises in medieval Irish and European history, Early Irish Script and Early Irish Law.
He is a grandson of Elizabeth Cronin, an Irish traditional singer.
Irish Inscribed Stones Project
Publications
A list of Ó Cróinín's books follows: