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Gearóid Ó Cleircín

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Bainisteoir cáilíochta agus téarmeolaí i ngrúpa taighde Gaois. Príomhthaighdeoir ar thionscadail Téarma, LEX agus An Líonra Saineolaithe Náisiúnta. I measc na spéiseanna taighde atá aige tá an téarmeolaíocht, an béaloideas, an ainmneolaíocht, an teangeolaíocht chorpais agus gnéithe éagsúla de na daonnachtaí digiteacha.


BA sa Nua-Ghaeilge agus san Antraipeolaíocht aige ó Ollscoil Mhá Nuad agus PhD sa Nua-Ghaeilge ón ollscoil chéanna.

Tá fáilte aige roimh mhic léinn ar spéis leo deiseanna taighde a phlé sna réimsí thuasluaite.

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Quality manager and terminologist with the Gaois research group. PI of Téarma, LEX agus An Líonra Saineolaithe Náisiúnta projects. Research interests include terminology, folklore, onomastics, corpus linguistics and various aspects of the digital humanities.

Member of the Centre for Translation and Textual Studies of the Terminology Committee, Foras na Gaeilge.

He holds a BA in Irish and Anthropology from Maynooth University and a PhD in Irish from the same institution.

He welcome enquiries from students who are interested in discussing research opportunities in the fields mentioned above.




Peer Reviewed Journal

Year Publication
2022 Katie Ní Loinsigh, Mícheál Ó Meachair, Gearóid Ó Cleircín, Úna Bhreathnach, Brian Ó Raghallaigh (2022) 'Anailís Dhiacronach Chorpasbhunaithe ar Cheantair Theangeolaíocha na hÉireann [A Diachronic Corpus-based Analysis of Ireland’s Linguistic Regions]'. TEANGA, 29 :169-193. [Link] https://doi.org/10.35903/teanga.v29i.2564
2021 Mícheál J. Ó Meachair, Brian Ó Raghallaigh, Úna Bhreathnach, Gearóid Ó Cleircín, Kevin Scannell (2021) 'Tiomsú Corpais don Taighde Foclóireachta: Corpas Foclóireachta na Gaeilge (CFG2020)'. TEANGA, 28 :278-305. [Link]
2020 Úna Bhreathnach, Ciarán Mac Murchaidh, Gearóid Ó Cleircín, Brian Ó Raghallaigh (2020) 'Ní hualach do dhuine an léann: meithleacha pobail i ngort na Gaeilge'. Leachtai Cholm Cille, 50 :100-118.
2017 Bhreathnach, Ú; Mag Eacháin, C.; Ó Cleircín, G (2017) ''Is doiligh olann a bhaint de ghabhar': Tráchtaireacht an Mhúinteora ar Imleabhair Bhailiúchán na Scol'. Bealoideas, .
2016 Cleircín, G.; Eacháin, C.M.; Bale, A. (2016) 'Managing the digitization and online publication of sensitive heritage material in the dúchas project'. New Review of Information Networking, 20 . [Link] [DOI]
2014 Ó Cleircín, Gearóid; Bale, Anna; Ó Raghallaigh, Brian (2014) 'Dúchas.ie: Ré Nua i Stair Chnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann'. BĒALOIDEAS, 82 :84-100.

Conference Publication

Year Publication
2024 Mícheál J. Ó Meachair; Andrea Palandri; Gearóid Ó Cleircín (2024) The 11th Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) Biennial Conference A Synthetic Brown Corpus: Compilation, analysis, and pitfalls 16/07/2024- 17/07/2024
2023 Mícheál J. Ó Meachair; Úna Bhreathnach; Brian Ó Raghallaigh; Gearóid Ó Cleircín (2023) Corpus Linguistics 2023 Balance and Representativeness in the Compilation of the National Corpus of Irish (CNG) 03/07/2023- 06/07/2023 [Link]
2023 Mícheál J. Ó Meachair, Úna Bhreathnach, Brian Ó Raghallaigh, Gearóid Ó Cleircín (2023) Corpus Linguistics 2023 Balance and Representativeness in the Compilation of the National Corpus of Irish (CNG) Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YW, England, 03/07/2023- 06/07/2023 [Link]
2022 Michal Měchura, Brian Ó Raghallaigh, Úna Bhreathnach, Gearóid Ó Cleircín (2022) Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Multilingual Digital Terminology Today (MDTT 2022) Dare to be different: how user needs determine termbase design Padova, Italy, 16/06/2022- 17/06/2022 [Link]
2019 Úna Bhreathnach, Cathal Burke, Jeaic Mag Fhinn, Gearóid Ó Cleircín, Brian Ó Raghallaigh (2019) Proceedings of the Third Conference on Biographical Data in a Digital World 2019 A quantitative analysis of biographical data from Ainm, the Irish-language Biographical Database Varna, Bulgaria, 05/09/2019- 06/09/2019 [Link]
2015 Ó Cleircín, G. & Ó Raghallaigh, B. (2015) Biographical Data in a Digital World . In: ter Braake, S., Fokkens, A., Sluijter, R., Declerck, T., & Wandl-Vogt, E eds. Ainm.ie: Breathing new life into a canonical collection of Irish-language biographies Amsterdam, Netherlands, 09/04/2015- 09/04/2015 [Link]

Conference Contribution

Year Publication
2021 Gearóid Ó Cleircín (2021) XLI International VAKKI Symposium Cocooning, sheltering or nesting? Doing terminology work during a pandemic Helsinki (virtual), 12/02/2021-12/02/2021.
2021 Gearóid Ó Cleircín, Úna Bhreathnach (2021) Outside the frames: New challenges in terminology work Using Terminologue to build a collection of Covid-19 terminology Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics (online), 12/03/2021-12/03/2021.
2019 Úna Bhreathnach, Ciarán Mac Murchaidh, Gearóid Ó Cleircín, Brian Ó Raghallaigh (2019) Léachtaí Cholm Cille Ní hualach do dhuine an léann: meithleacha pobail i ngort na Gaeilge Ollscoil Mhá Nuad, 27/04/2019-.
2018 Úna Bhreathnach, Gearóid Ó Cleircín, Brian Ó Raghallaigh, Hugh Rowland and Christine Herwig (2018) EURALEX XVIII International Congress The GA IATE Project: a discursive and interactive partnership for terminology support Ljubljana, Slovenia, 17/07/2018-21/07/2018.
2018 Katie Ní Loingsigh, Gearóid Ó Cleircín, Úna Bhreathnach & Brian Ó Raghallaigh (2018) Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) One-Day Symposium 2018: Corpus Research in Challenging Contexts Corpas na Gaeilge Comhaimseartha: a monolingual corpus of contemporary written Irish Maynooth, 24/02/2018-.
2017 Úna Bhreathnach, Gearóid Ó Cleircín & Brian Ó Raghallaigh (2017) ‘Ar an Imeall i Lár an Domhain?’: An tairseachúlacht i litríocht agus i gcultúr na hÉireann agus na hEorpa An sluafhoinsiú – tairseach úr idir an taighdeoir agus an pobal Prague, Czech Republic, 14/09/2017-16/09/2017.
2017 Katie Ní Loingsigh, Brian Ó Raghallaigh & Gearóid Ó Cleircín (2017) 9th International Corpus Linguistics Conference (CL2017) The Design and Development of Corpas na Gaeilge Comhaimseartha (Corpus of Contemporary Irish) University of Birmingham, 24/07/2017-28/07/2017.
2017 Gearóid Ó Cleircín, Úna Bhreathnach, Brian Ó Raghallaigh, Katie Ní Loingsigh & Colm Ó Ciardubháin (2017) Electronic Lexicography In The 21st Century (eLex 2017) Terminology implantation for a lesser-used language – a corpus-based assessment Leiden, the Netherlands, 19/09/2017-21/09/2017.
2016 Ó Cleircín. G., Mag Eacháin, C., Ó Raghallaigh, B. & Bale, A. (2016) Towards Digital Folkloristics Meitheal Dúchas.ie: A Crowdsourced Folklore Transcription Project Riga, .
2016 Ó Cleircín, G. (2016) Torthaí na Réabhlóide Beathaí na nGael á dtaifeadadh: sraith Beathaisnéis agus tionscadal ainm.ie UCD, .
2015 Ó Cleircín, G. & Mag Eacháin, C. (2015) Comhdháil ar Chultúr agus Litríocht na Gaeilge Bailiúchán na Scol mar thaifead ar chanúintí Gaeilge nach maireann Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh, .
2015 Bale, A., Ó Cleircín, G., Bhreathnach, Ú. & Ó Raghallaigh, B. (2015) SIEF Congress 2015: Utopias, Realities, Heritages: Ethnographies for the 21st century Dúchas: The National Folklore Collection of Ireland's Digitization Project Zagreb, Croatia, 20/06/2015-26/06/2015.
2015 Ó Cleircín. G., Mag Eacháin, C. & Bale, A. (2015) Digital Preservation for the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities Managing the digitization and online publication of sensitive heritage material in the Dúchas Project Dublin, 24/06/2015-25/06/2015.
2015 Bhreathnach, U., Ó Cleircín, G., Ó Raghallaigh, B. & Mag Eacháin, C. (2015) DRHA 2015 Managing the Digitisation of the Irish National Folklore Collection: Balancing User Needs and Digital Preservation Dublin, 01/09/2015-03/09/2015.
2014 Nic Giolla Mhichíl, M, van Engen, J., Ó Ciardúbháin, C. Ó Cleircín, G. & Appel, C. (2014) EUROCALL 2014 Authentic oral language production and interaction in CALL: A conceptual framework for the use of learning analytics within the SpeakApps project Groningen, The Netherlands, 20/08/2014-23/08/2014.
2014 Ó Cleircín, Gearóid & Bhreathnach, Úna (2014) EAFT Summit 2014 Using Twitter as a source for neologisms in Irish Barcelona, 28/11/2014-29/11/2014.
2012 Ó Cleircín, Gearóid (2012) Seimineár Poiblí ar Raidió na Gaeltachta Raidió na Gaeltachta agus scaipeadh na téarmaíochta Seanscoil Shailearna, Indreabhán, Co. na Gaillimhe, 19/05/2012-19/05/2012.
2011 Ó Cleircín, Gearóid & Ó Raghallaigh, Brian (2011) TMA 2011 Irish terms in IATE: a case study Institute of the Lithuanian Language, Vilnius, Lithuania, 12/10/2011-13/10/2011.
2011 Ó Cleircín, Gearóid (2011) Léachtaí Cholm Cille XLII Teagasc na Litríochta Teagasc na litríochta ar chláir neamhthraidisiúnta Ollscoil na hÉireann, Má Nuad, 25/03/2011-26/03/2011.
2010 Ó Cleircín, G. & Cloke, F. (2010) TKE (Terminology and Knowledge Engineering) 2010 Irish-Language Terms for Legal Translation: Lexicon Extraction from a Parallel Legal Corpus DCU, 12/08/2010-13/08/2010.
2010 Bhreathnach, Ú., Nic Pháidín, C. & Ó Cleircín, G. (2010) Euralex 2010 Building on a terminology resource: the Irish experience Leeuwarden, Netherlands, 07/07/2010-11/07/2010.
2009 Ó Cleircín, G. & Ó Ciardubháin, C. (2009) Comhdháil ar Chultúr agus Litríocht na Gaeilge 2009 'An Foclóir Nua Spóirt’ Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh, 16/10/2009-17/10/2009.
2006 Ó Cleircín, Gearóid (2006) Dáil Thuamhan 2006 An Phleanáil Teanga agus an Cainteoir Dúchais: Cúrsaí Teanga igCín Lae Mhichíl Mhic Aodha Coláiste Mhuire gan Smál, Luimneach, .
2006 Ó Cleircín, Gearóid (2006) Teangeolaíocht na Gaeilge 10 An Ghaeilge chaighdeánach agus canúint an scríbhneora: leasuithe an údair i gcín lae Mhichíl Mhic Aodha University of Glasgow, 08/04/2006-08/04/2006.
2004 Ó Cleircín, Gearóid (2004) IRAAL Postgraduate Research Symposium Caighdeán agus Canúint i gCín Lae Mhichíl Mhic Aodha Trinity College Dublin, 17/01/2004-17/01/2004.
2004 Ó Cleircín, Gearóid (2004) NUI Maynooth Postgraduate Research Colloquium 2004 Leasuithe Teanga an Údair ó Leagan go Leagan i gCín Lae Mhichíl Mhic Aodha NUI Maynooth, 10/03/2004-10/03/2004.
2003 Ó Cleircín, Gearóid (2003) NUI Maynooth Postgraduate Research Colloquium 2003 An Caighdeán agus an Chanúint i gCín Lae Mhichíl Mhic Aodha NUI Maynooth, 28/03/2003-28/03/2003.
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Professional Associations

Association Function From / To
National Standards Authority of Ireland Ordinary member -

Honors and Awards

Date Title Awarding Body
01/05/2022 Presidents Award for Research Impact Dublin City University

Committees

Committee Function From / To
Working Group on Archives, SIEF (International Society for Ethnology and Folklore) http://www.siefhome.org/wg/arch/index.shtml -
An Coiste Téarmaíochta (National Terminology Committee) - 31/12/1999
Fochoiste Téarmaí Teicneolaíochta Faisnéise (Sub-committee on Information Technology Terms) -

Research Interests

Téarmeolaíocht, foclóireacht, teangeolaíocht chorpais, béaloideas, na daonnachtaí digiteacha, sonraí beathaisnéiseacha, ainmeolaíocht

Terminology, lexicography, corpus linguistics, folklore, digital humanities, biographical data, onomastics.

Research Projects

Title Role Description Start date End date
an Líonra Saineolaithe Náisiúnta 2021 DCU PI 01/01/2021 31/12/2021
Provision of terminology services in Irish for ECB DCU PI 08/04/2019 07/04/2023
LEX: Terminology for the EU DCU PI 01/01/2022 31/12/2024