Thady Connellan () (1780–1854) was an Irish school-teacher, poet and historian.

Life

He was born in Skreen,

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, and was a relative of the scholar Owen Connellan. He started a school of his own, but had more success when he became principal of a school established by the Rev. Albert Blest (father of William Cunningham Blest), a Baptist, supported by the London Hibernian Society in Greenville,

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, in the early 1800s. Like his relative Owen he left the Catholic church and embraced Protestantism, around 1808. Among other works he produced an Irish-English dictionary and edited a series of song-books.Ó hAilín, T. (1968) "The Irish Society and Tadhg Ó Coinnialláin." Studia Hibernica, No 8., pp 60-78. He died at Sligo, on 25 July 1854.

Publications

* ''English - Irish Dictionary intended for use of Schools'', Dublin, 1814. * ''Seanraite Sholaim a Ghaoidheilge agus mBearla – The Proverbs of Solomon in Irish and English'', (1815) * ''Litir an Ríogh a nGaoidheilge, ó Shaicsbhearla'', 1825. * ''An duanaire. Fonna seanma. A selection of Irish melodies, poems and moral epigrams'', (1829)

References

;Attribution 1780 births 1854 deaths Heads of schools in Ireland Irish schoolteachers Linguists from Ireland Writers from County Sligo 17th-century Irish historians {{Ireland-bio-stub