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          Speaker to examine legendary military leader of ancient Ireland

          
            
              
                
                Published: September 04, 2008
              

              
                Author: Shannon  Roddel
              

              







          

          
          
          

          
        
        
        
          

Joseph F. Nagy, professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), will examine Fionn MacCumaill, the legendary leader of the high king of Irelands select warriors (Fianna), at the University of Notre Dames annualWhy Irish?colloquium.

TitledFionn: The Irish Hero,the lecture is free and open to the public and will take place at 3 p.m. Sept. 26 (Friday) in the auditorium of the Hesburgh Center for International Studies.

Nagy specializes in medieval Celtic literature and coordinates the UCLA Program in Oral Tradition Studies.He is the author ofThe Wisdom of the Outlaw: The Boyhood Deeds of Finn in Gaelic Narrative Tradition,Conversing with Angels and Ancients: Literary Myths of Medieval Ireland,A New Introduction to Buile Suibhne: The Adventures of Suibhne Geilt: A Middle Irish Romance,andA New Introduction to Two Irish Arthurian Romances.

A former editor of the Celtic Studies Association of North America Yearbook and Western Folklore, Nagy teaches courses in Old Irish, Middle Welsh, Celtic mythology, literature and folklore, and comparative studies of oral tradition and mythology.He earned his doctorate in Celtic languages and literatures from Harvard University in 1978.

Sponsored by Notre Dames Department of Irish Language and Literature,Why Irish?brings international speakers to campus to examine the role of the Irish language in various disciplines.

_ Contact: Tara MacLeod, Irish Language and Literature, 574-631-7615,_  " tmacleo1@nd.edu ":mailto:tmacleo1@nd.edu

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