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Ó Duinnín, An tAthair Pádraig, 1860-1934

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An tAthair Pádraig Ó Duinnín or Father Patrick Dinneen (born 1860 near Rathmore; died 1934) was an Irish lexicographer and historian.

He was ordained a Jesuit priest in 1894, but resigned the order six years later to devote his life to the study of the Irish language. He compiled the standard Irish-English dictionary, Foclóir Gaedhilge agus Béarla, which was first published in 1927, and was a leading figure in the Irish Texts Society.

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