Lambert McKenna
Lexicographer, Author
1870 – 1956
Who was Lambert McKenna?
Lambert McKenna S.J. was a Jesuit priest and writer.
He was born Andrew Joseph Lambert McKenna in Dublin and studied in Europe. He collected and edited religious and folk poetry in the Irish language. Working with the Irish Texts Society, he edited the famous Contention of the bards and many anthologies of Irish bardic poetry and historical works. He is a former editor of the Irish Monthly and An Timire. McKenna is a former principal of Belvedere College in County Dublin.
He was awarded an honorary Doctorate for his contribution to Celtic Studies by UCD in 1947 on the same day that Jack Butler Yeats was also awarded an honorary Doctorate.
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- Born
- Jul 16, 1870
Clontarf, Dublin - Profession
- Lived in
- County Dublin
- Died
- Dec 27, 1956
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on July 23, 2013
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