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Peter McQuillan is an Associate Professor of Irish Language and Literature at the University of Notre Dame. He holds a B.A. and M.A. from University College Dublin and a Ph.D. in Celtic Languages and Literatures from Harvard University. Prior to Notre Dame, he held the Sir John Rhys Studentship in Celtic Studies at Jesus College, Oxford, and taught at the University of Regensburg and Harvard.
His research focuses on the historical development of Irish linguistic structures and the evolution of socio-political concepts in the Irish language. He has authored two major works: Modality and the Subjunctive Mood in Irish (2002) and Native and Natural (2004), which analyzes transformations in the concepts of rights and freedom in Irish.
Professor McQuillan has twice chaired the Department of Irish Language and Literature. In 2019, he delivered the Breandán Ó Buachalla Memorial Lecture, examining social and political concepts in Irish language history.
