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{{Short description|Irish Celtic scholar}}
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'''Brian Ó Cuív''' (20 November 1916 – 14 November 1999)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ainm.ie/Bio.aspx?ID=1658|title=Ó CUÍV, Brian (1916–1999)|website=ainm.ie|access-date=4 October 2024}}</ref> was an Irish scholar who specialised in Celtic history and [[philology]].

==Life==
Ó Cuív was professor of Celtic Studies at [[University College Dublin]] and later at the [[Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies]].<ref name="http1999">{{cite web |url=http://www.rte.ie/news/1999/1114/9news.html |title=Nine News |publisher=RTÉ |date=14 November 1999 |accessdate=5 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040827060936/http://www.rte.ie/news/1999/1114/9news.html |archivedate=27 August 2004}}</ref> His later years were devoted to the compilation of a catalogue of the Irish manuscripts in the [[University of Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.celt.dias.ie/publications/cat/b/b2-10-2.html |title=School of Celtic Studies – Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford and Oxford College Libraries: Plates and Indexes |publisher=Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies: School of Celtic Studies |accessdate=5 February 2009}}</ref> The completed catalogue was published after his death.

He married Emer de Valera — a daughter of [[Éamon de Valera]]. They had nine children. Emer died in 2012.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0209/ichuive.html |title=Emer Í Chuív passes away aged 93 |date=9 February 2012 |accessdate=9 February 2012 |work=RTÉ News}}</ref> Their son — [[Éamon Ó Cuív]] — is a former Irish politician.<ref name="http1999"/>

==Surname==
Ó Cuív's surname was changed from ''Ó Caoimh'' ([[O'Keeffe]]) by his father, Shán Ó Cuív, a Cork journalist, who in the early 20th century changed the spelling of his surname to conform with a simplified spelling system of his own invention, which he called ''An Leitriú Shimplí''.<ref>{{cite web |title=O Cuiv – the spelling of my name. |url=http://www.dinglename.com/articles/article.asp?a=56 |accessdate =19 July 2009}}</ref> The letter '[[v]]' is extremely rare in [[Irish language|Irish]] outside modern [[loanword]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dáil Éireann – Volume 602 – 19 May 2005 – Priority Questions – Irish Language |url=http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0602/D.0602.200505190015.html |accessdate=19 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607095630/http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0602/D.0602.200505190015.html |archivedate=7 June 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The spelling of Irish |url=http://www.uni-due.de/DI/Spelling.htm |accessdate=19 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091127151730/http://www.uni-due.de/DI/Spelling.htm |archivedate=27 November 2009 }}</ref>

==Works==
His works include:
*''The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study'' (1951)
*''Irish Dialects and Irish Speaking Districts: Three Lectures'' (1951)
*''Parliament Na mBan'', editor (1952)
*''Seven Centuries of Irish Learning: 1000–1700'' (1961)
*''A View of the Irish Language'' (1969)
*''The Linguistic Training of the Mediaeval Irish Poet'' (1973)
*''The Impact of the Scandinavian Invasions on the Celtic-speaking Peoples c. 800–1100 A.D.'' (1983)
*''Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford and Oxford College Libraries'' (2001-03) 2 vols. Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, School of Celtic Studies

==Footnotes==
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==External links==
* [http://www.celt.dias.ie/publications/celtica/c24/c24-270-279.pdf A title-index of Ó Cuív's publications, 1942 – 1971]
* [http://bill.celt.dias.ie/vol4/author.php?AuthorID=199 Ó Cuív (Brian)]

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[[Category:1916 births]]
[[Category:1999 deaths]]
[[Category:Academics of University College Dublin]]
[[Category:Academics of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies]]
[[Category:Celtic studies scholars]]
[[Category:20th-century Irish historians]]
[[Category:De Valera family]]
[[Category:Irish-language writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Irish linguists]]

Brian Ó Cuív - Revision history

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