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Eugene O'Curry

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Having spent some years working on his father's farm and as a school teacher, Eugene O'Curry moved to Limerick around 1824 and spent seven years working there at a mental hospital. He married Anne Broughton, daughter of John Broughton of Killaderry near
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His lectures were published by the university in 1860, and give a better knowledge of Irish medieval literature than can be obtained from any other source. Three other volumes of lectures were published posthumously, under the title
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Senchus Mor Part II : Law of Distress (completed); Laws of Hostage-Sureties, Fosterage, Saer-Stock Tenure. Daer-Stock Tenure, and of Social Connexions
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Senchus Mor : Introduction to Senchus Mor, and Athgabhail; or, Law of Distress as contained in the Harleian manuscripts
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He died of a heart attack, at his home in Dublin, on 30 July 1862, and was survived by two sons and two daughters.
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Senchus Mor (conclusion), being the Corus Bescna or Customary Law and The Book of Aichill
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In 1851, he was elected a member of the Royal Irish Academy and, on the founding of the
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During this period O'Curry was establishing a reputation for his knowledge of the
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O Dalaigh, Brian (2004), "Eoghan O Comhrai and the Local Perspective",
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Lectures on the Manuscript Materials of Ancient Irish History
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Uraicecht Becc and certain other selected Brehon law tracts
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lead section
summarize
provide an accessible overview
Photograph taken of Eugene Curry circa. 1850.
Carrigaholt
County Clare
Dublin
Irish
philologist
antiquary
Carrigaholt
County Clare
Irish folklore
traditional music
Broadford
County Limerick
Catholic Emancipation
Daniel O'Connell
Irish language
Irish history
John O'Donovan
Irish Ordnance Survey
manuscripts
British Museum
Annals of the Four Masters
Catholic University of Ireland
Irish history
archaeology
George Petrie

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