Patrick Weston Joyce: Difference between revisions

| relatives = [[Robert Dwyer Joyce]], [[Seán Mór Seoighe]]

'''Patrick Weston Joyce''', commonly known as '''"P. W." Joyce''' (1827 – 7 January 1914) was an Irish historian, writer and music collector, known particularly for his research in [[Irish language|Irish etymology]] and local place names of [[Ireland]].

He was born in Ballyorgan in the [[Ballyhoura Mountains]], on the borders of counties [[County Limerick|Limerick]] and [[County Cork|Cork]] in Ireland, and grew up in nearby Glenosheen. The family claimed descent from one [[Seán Mór Seoighe]] (fl. 1680), a stonemason from [[Connemara]], [[County Galway]].

Joyce started work in 1845 with the [[Commission of National Education (Ireland)|Commission of National Education]]. He became a teacher and principal of the Model School, [[Clonmel]]. In 1856 he was one of fifteen teachers selected to re-organize the national school system in Ireland. Meanwhile he earned his B.A. in 1861 and M.A. in 1863 from [[Trinity College Dublin|Trinity College]], [[Dublin]].<ref name=boy>{{cite book|last=Boylan|first= Henry |year=1998|chapter-url = https://www.dib.ie/biography/joyce-patrick-weston-a4364 | chapter = Joyce, Patrick Weston | title = A Dictionary of Irish Biography, 3rd Edition|page=198|location=Dublin|publisher= Gill and MacMillan|ISBN = 0-7171-2945-4}}</ref>

Joyce was a key cultural figure of his time. His wide interests included the [[Irish language]], [[Hiberno-English]], music, education, Irish literature and folklore, Irish history and antiquities, place-names and much else. He produced many works on the history and culture of Ireland. His most enduring work is the pioneering ''The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places'' (first edition published in 1869).<ref>Robert Hogan, ed., ''Dictionary of Irish Literature'' (Dublin: Gill & Macmillan 1979)</ref> He was a member of the [[Royal Irish Academy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ria.ie/sites/default/files/lloyd-correspondence-sp-list-a024.pdf |title=J.H. Lloyd (Seosamh Laoide), MRIA, 1865-1939 Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers |work=Royal Irish Academy |access-date=27 Nov 2021}}</ref>

==JoyceCollection collection inat St. Patrick's College==

The P.W. Joyce collection at the Cregan Library in [[St. Patrick's College of Education (Drumcondra)|St Patrick's College, Drumcondra, Dublin]], reflects many of Joyce's interests and includes manyseveral rarities.{{fact|date=April 2022}} These include autographed presentation copies by Joyce and his brother [[Robert Dwyer Joyce|Robert]], as well as books from Joyce's own library. The collection also contains nine manuscripts associated with Joyce and his family members, including a very fine manuscript in P.W. Joyce's own hand of ''Echtra Cormaic itir Tairngiri agus Ceart Claíd Cormaic'' (''Adventures of Cormac in the Land of Promise''), a passage from the ''[[Book of Ballymote]]'', which Joyce translated into English. {{citation needed|date=October 2014}}

* {{Gutenberg author | id=Joyce,+P.+W.+(Patrick+Weston) 36406| name=Patrick Weston Joyce}}

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