Seán Ó Súilleabháin (30 November 1903 – 13 December 1996) was a teacher and folklorist with the Irish Folklore Commission. He was a native Irish speaker from County Kerry. Educated at St. Brendan's, College, Killarney, he trained from 1921 to 23 as a national school teacher De La Salle College Waterford. Working as a teacher in Kilkenny and Mount Sion, Waterford. He took an external BA in Celtic Studies from

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in 1934, followed by an MA. In 1935 he became the first archivist with the Irish Folklore Commission which had been set up, and trained at the

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in Sweden. Following the closure of the commission, he worked as a lecturer in

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. He was awarded an honorary DLittCelt from the

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in 1976.

Personal life

He married Mairin Sheehy, and had a son and daughter. He died on 13 December 1996, and is buried in Shanagangan Cemetery,

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.Seán Ó Súilleabháin
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1903 births 1996 deaths Irish folklorists Irish schoolteachers People from County Kerry Alumni of University College London Alumni of De La Salle Teacher Training College, Waterford {{Ireland-academic-bio-stub