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Myles Dillon
Born
Myles Patrick Dillon
(1900-04-11)11 April 1900
Dublin, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died
18 June 1972(1972-06-18) (aged 72)
Monkstown Hospital, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Spouse
Elizabeth Mary La Touche
(m. 1938)
Children
5, including John M. Dillon
Parents
John Dillon (father)
Elizabeth Mathew (mother)
Relatives
James Dillon (brother)
John Blake Dillon (paternal grandfather)
James Charles Mathew (maternal grandfather)
Academic background
Education
University College Dublin
(B.A., 1921; M.A., 1922)
University of Bonn
(Ph.D., 1925)
Doctoral advisor
Rudolf Thurneysen
Academic work
Institutions
Trinity College Dublin
(1928–1930)
University College Dublin
(1930–1937)
University of Wisconsin
(1937–1946)
University of Chicago
(1946–1947)
University of Edinburgh
(1947–1949)
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
(1949–1968)
Main interests
Comparative philology
Celtic studies
Sanskrit
Myles Patrick Dillon (11 April 1900 – 18 June 1972) was an Irish scholar whose primary interests were comparative philology, Celtic studies, and Sanskrit.[1][2]
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Myles Patrick Dillon (11 April 1900 – 18 June 1972) was an Irish scholar whose primary interests were comparative philology, Celtic studies, and Sanskrit...
Iberia), long before evidence of 'Celtic' culture is found in archaeology. MylesDillon and Nora Kershaw Chadwick argued that "Celtic settlement of the British...
monks forming the basis of the Adventure Myth or "echtrae" as defined by MylesDillon in his book Early Irish Literature. This otherworld is a place where...
Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Gods and Heroes of the Celts, translated by MylesDillon, Berkeley, CA, Turtle Island Foundation, 1982, p. 17. ISBN 0-913666-52-1...
203–208. "The Death of Crimthann son of Fidach" (translator unknown) MylesDillon, The Cycles of the Kings, 1946, pp. 38–41 James MacKillop, Dictionary...
to the cycles, with it being coined in 1946 by Irish literary critic MylesDillon. The kings that are included range from the almost entirely mythological...
2000, Myles gained a Bachelor of Arts in acting at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff. Then she moved to London. In 2000 Myles took on...
Fand, occasions his wife Emer's "only jealousy." In the assessment of MylesDillon, The story of Cú Chulainn's visit to the Other World has a special claim...
of all the monarchs in Ireland at the time and the revenue due them. MylesDillon describes the text: the book of rights purports to record the rights...
Sjoestedt, Marie-Louise (1982). Gods and Heroes of the Celts. Translated by MylesDillon (2nd ed.). Berkeley, CA: Turtle Island Foundation. pp. 28–9. ISBN 0-913666-52-1...
Sjoestedt, M. L., Gods and Heroes of the Celts. 1949; translated by MylesDillon. repr. Berkeley, CA: Turtle Press, 1990. ISBN 1-85182-179-1 Squire, Charles...
Sjoestedt, Marie-Louise. 1949. Gods and Heroes of the Celts, translated by MylesDillon. London: Methuen Breatnach, R. A. 1953. “The Lady and the King: A Theme...
Countries, 1911, pp. 304–305 Ó Cuív, Brian (1968). Irish Sagas; ed. MylesDillon. Cork: Mercier. MacBain, Alexander. (1982) An Etymological Dictionary...
University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821731-2. The Irish settlements in Wales, MylesDillon, Celtica 12, 1977, p. 1-11. 51°54′N 4°42′W / 51.9°N 4.7°W / 51.9;...
John Dillon (4 September 1851 – 4 August 1927) was an Irish politician from Dublin, who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for over 35 years and was...
Gallico 6:17 Bibliography (Baile In Scáil, The Phantom's Trance) Dillon, MylesDillon, ed. (1946), "Baile in Scáil: The Phantom's Frenzy", The Cycle of...
Archaeological Review. 1: 68–75, 150–5, 231–5, 298–307. Serglige Con Culainn, ed. MylesDillon (1953). Serglige Con Culainn. Mediaeval and Modern Irish Series 14. Dublin:...
Oxford University Press, 1998), s.v. "Fand". Serglige Con Culainn, ed. MylesDillon (1953). Serglige Con Culainn. Mediaeval and Modern Irish Series 14. Dublin:...
"The Battle of Airtech", Ériu 8, pp. 170-190 Serglige Con Culainn, ed. MylesDillon (1953). Serglige Con Culainn. Mediaeval and Modern Irish Series 14. Dublin:...
unaccepted by some historians including Francis John Byrne. According to MylesDillon and Nora K. Chadwick, while O'Rahilly's version of history has been accepted...
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