David Comyn
David Comyn(in Irish,Dáithí CoimínorDáithí Ó Coimín) (1854–1907) was an Irish language revivalist fromKilrushparish inCounty Clare.He is best known as co-founder of theSociety for the Preservation of the Irish Language(SPIL) and as editor of theGaelic Journal.
Biography
[edit]David Comyn, son of John Comyn and Keat Hassett, was baptised in Kilrush parish on 14 May 1854.[1]
He moved toDublinto work as a bank clerk in the National Bank (on whose banknotes his signature eventually appeared).[citation needed]
He threw in all his energies in support of the movement, started in the 1870s, to preserve the Irish language. From that time to his death, in 1907, he laboured zealously in its behalf, in the Gaelic Union and other kindred bodies. He was a Member of theRoyal Irish Academy,first editor of theGaelic Journal,and edited and annotated portion ofGeoffrey Keating's History of Ireland, for theIrish Texts Societyof London. He left his books and manuscripts as a gift to theNational Library of Ireland.[2]
By 1901, he was living at 43 Brighton Square in Rathmines.[3]
He died (from cirrhosis of the liver) on 22 January 1907 at his home at 43 Brighton Square in Dublin and was buried inGlasnevin Cemetery.[4]He left an estate of £4,464 12s. 9d.[5]
Gaelscoil Uí Choimín in his native parish is named in his honour.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^"02487/03, St. Senan's - Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI".registers.nli.ie.Retrieved31 December2017.
- ^O'Duffy, Richard J. (1915).Historic graves in Glasnevin cemetery.Dublin: James Duffy And Co., Limited. p. 20.
- ^"National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911".census.nationalarchives.ie.Retrieved31 December2017.
- ^Death certificate.
- ^Calendar of Wills and Administrations 1907.
External links
[edit]- COIMÍN, Dáithí (1854–1907)le Diarmuid Breathnach agus Máire Ní Mhurchú
- Comyn, Davidby Paul Rouse, in Dictionary of Irish Biography
- "David Comyn" by Br. Seán McNamara, reproduced from the Clare County Express in theClare Association Yearbook 1993Archived14 November 2017 at theWayback Machine(p. 61).
- Dáithí Coimín agus Aontacht na Gaeilgele Breandán Ó Conaire in Studia Hibernica No. 29 (1995–1997), pp. 117–156.
- Dáithí Ó Coimín agus bunú Irisleabhar na Gaeilge:Cuid a h-aonagusCuid a dóle Breandán Ó Conaire i gComhar, Iml. 39, Uimh 4 (Apr., 1980), pp. 10–15 agus Uimh 5 (May, 1980), pp. 21–26.
- Location of Irish Scholar's House,Clare Champion,18 June 1993, p. 10
- Geoffrey KeatingForas Feasa ar Éirinn: the history of IrelandD. Comyn and PS Dineen (eds.) 4 vols. Irish Texts Society (London 1902–14). (Available for download:https://archive.org/details/forasfeasaarir06keatuoft)
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