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==Early life==
==Early life==
Myles Dillon was born in [[Dublin]] on 11 April 1900, one of six children of [[John Dillon|John]] and [[Elizabeth Dillon (writer)|Elizabeth]] Dillon.{{r|d|o}} [[James Dillon (Fine Gael politician)|James Dillon]], the leader of [[Fine Gael]], was his younger brother.
Myles Dillon was born in [[Dublin]] on 11 April 1900, one of six children of [[John Dillon|John]] and [[Elizabeth Dillon (writer)|Elizabeth]] Dillon.{{r|d|o}} [[James Dillon (Fine Gael politician)|James Dillon]], the leader of [[Fine Gael]], was his younger brother.{{r|x}}


==Academic career==
==Academic career==
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Myles Dillon graduated from [[University College Dublin]], and then travelled to Germany and France, where he studied in deep Old Irish and Celtic philology under [[Joseph Vendryes]] and [[Rudolf Thurneysen]]. Dillon taught Sanskrit and comparative philology in [[Trinity College, Dublin]] (1928–1930) and [[University College, Dublin]] (1930–1937). In 1937 moved to USA, where he taught Irish in the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison|University of Wisconsin]] (his son [[John M. Dillon]] was born in Madison), in 1946–1947 taught in Chicago. On his return to Ireland worked in the School of Celtic Studies in [[Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies]]; was the director of the School from 1960 till 1968, edited [[Celtica (journal)|Celtica]]. Volume 11 of Celtica is dedicated to his memory. From 1966 to 1967 he was President of the [[Royal Irish Academy]].
Myles Dillon graduated from [[University College Dublin]], and then travelled to Germany and France, where he studied in deep Old Irish and Celtic philology under [[Joseph Vendryes]] and [[Rudolf Thurneysen]]. Dillon taught Sanskrit and comparative philology in [[Trinity College, Dublin]] (1928–1930) and [[University College, Dublin]] (1930–1937). In 1937 he moved to the USA, where he taught Irish in the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison|University of Wisconsin]] (his son [[John M. Dillon]] was born in Madison), in 1946–1947 taught in Chicago. On his return to Ireland, he worked in the School of Celtic Studies in [[Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies]]; was the director of the School from 1960 till 1968, edited [[Celtica (journal)|Celtica]]. Volume 11 of Celtica is dedicated to his memory. From 1966 to 1967 he was President of the [[Royal Irish Academy]].


Myles Dillon is the author of a number of important scholarly books, handbooks and translations from Old Irish. Among his most notable works are ''The Cycles of the Kings'' (1946), ''Early Irish literature'' (1948), ''The Celtic realms'' (1967, with [[Nora Kershaw Chadwick]]). M. Dillon published a modern translation and commentary of ''The Book of Rights'' ({{langx|sga|Lebor na cert}}, 1962). He also translated ''Dieux et héros des Celtes'' by [[Marie-Louise Sjoestedt]] into English, thus making the book available for a wider scholarly audience. The monograph ''Celts and Aryans'', published posthumously by the [[Indian Institute of Advanced Study]] reflects Dillon's interest in the traces of the shared heritage in the Indian and Irish cultures deriving from [[Proto-Indo-European society]] based on a period of research Dillon spent in [[Shimla|Simla]], India.
Myles Dillon was the author of a number of important scholarly books, handbooks and translations from Old Irish. Among his most notable works are ''The Cycles of the Kings'' (1946), ''Early Irish Literature'' (1948), ''The Celtic Realms'' (1967, with [[Nora Kershaw Chadwick]]). M. Dillon published a modern translation and commentary of ''The Book of Rights'' ({{langx|sga|Lebor na cert}}, 1962). He also translated ''Dieux et héros des Celtes'' by [[Marie-Louise Sjoestedt]] into English, thus making the book available for a wider scholarly audience. The monograph ''Celts and Aryans'', published posthumously by the [[Indian Institute of Advanced Study]] reflects Dillon's interest in the traces of the shared heritage in the Indian and Irish cultures deriving from [[Proto-Indo-European society]] based on a period of research Dillon spent in [[Shimla|Simla]], India.


==Personal life and death==
==Personal life and death==
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==Publications==
==Publications==
*{{cite book|last=Dillon|first=Myles|date=1946|title=The Cycles of the Kings|url=https://archive.org/details/cyclesofkings0000dill|location=London|publisher=Oxford University Press}}
* {{cite book|last=Dillon|first=Myles|date=1946|title=The Cycles of the Kings|url=https://archive.org/details/cyclesofkings0000dill|location=London|publisher=Oxford University Press}}
*{{cite book|last=Dillon|first=Myles|date=1948|title=Early Irish Literature|location=Chicago|publisher=University of Chicago Press}}
* {{cite book|last=Dillon|first=Myles|date=1948|title=Early Irish Literature|location=Chicago|publisher=University of Chicago Press}}
*{{cite book|editor-last=Dillon|editor-first=Myles|date=1954|title=Early Irish Society|location=Dublin|publisher=Cultural Relations Committee of Ireland}}
* {{cite book|editor-last=Dillon|editor-first=Myles|date=1954|title=Early Irish Society|location=Dublin|publisher=Cultural Relations Committee of Ireland}}
*{{cite book|editor-last=Dillon|editor-first=Myles|date=1959|title=Irish Sagas|location=Dublin|publisher=Thomas Davis Lectures}}
* {{cite book|editor-last=Dillon|editor-first=Myles|date=1959|title=Irish Sagas|location=Dublin|publisher=Thomas Davis Lectures}}
*{{cite book|last1=Dillon|first1=Myles|last2=Ó Cróinín|first2=Donncha|author-link2=Donncha Ó Cróinín|date=1961|title=Teach Yourself Irish|url=https://archive.org/details/TeachYourselfIrish|location=London|publisher=English Universities Press}}
* {{cite book|last1=Dillon|first1=Myles|last2=Ó Cróinín|first2=Donncha|author-link2=Donncha Ó Cróinín|date=1961|title=Teach Yourself Irish|url=https://archive.org/details/TeachYourselfIrish|location=London|publisher=English Universities Press}}
*{{cite book|editor-last=Dillon|editor-first=Myles|date=1962|title=Lebor na Cert: The Book of Rights|url=https://archive.org/details/lebornacertbooko00dilluoft|location=Dublin|publisher=Irish Texts Society}}
* {{cite book|editor-last=Dillon|editor-first=Myles|date=1962|title=Lebor na Cert: The Book of Rights|url=https://archive.org/details/lebornacertbooko00dilluoft|location=Dublin|publisher=Irish Texts Society}}
*{{cite book|last1=Dillon|first1=Myles|last2=Chadwick|first2=Nora K.|author-link2=Nora K. Chadwick|date=1967|title=The Celtic Realms|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld and Nicolson}}
* {{cite book|last1=Dillon|first1=Myles|last2=Chadwick|first2=Nora K.|author-link2=Nora K. Chadwick|date=1967|title=The Celtic Realms|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld and Nicolson}}
*{{cite book|last=Dillon|first=Myles|date=1975|title=Celts and Aryans: Survivals of Indo-European Speech and Society|location=Simla|publisher=Indian Institute of Advanced Study}}
* {{cite book|last=Dillon|first=Myles|date=1975|title=Celts and Aryans: Survivals of Indo-European Speech and Society|location=Simla|publisher=Indian Institute of Advanced Study}}
*{{cite book|editor-last1=Fisher|editor-first1=Joachim|editor-last2=Dillon|editor-first2=John|date=1999|title=The Correspondence of Myles Dillon, 1922-1925: Irish–German Relations and Celtic Studies|location=Dublin|publisher=Four Courts Press}}{{r|g|i}}
* {{cite book|editor-last1=Fisher|editor-first1=Joachim|editor-last2=Dillon|editor-first2=John|date=1999|title=The Correspondence of Myles Dillon, 1922-1925: Irish–German Relations and Celtic Studies|location=Dublin|publisher=Four Courts Press}}{{r|g|i}}


==References==
==References==
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<ref name=d>{{cite web|last=Ó Raghallaigh|first=Eoghan|date=2009|title=Dillon, Myles Patrick|url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/dillon-myles-patrick-a2611|website=[[Dictionary of Irish Biography]]|doi=10.3318/dib.002611.v1|archive-url=https://archive.ph/qkhOe|archive-date=12 October 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name=d>{{cite web|last=Ó Raghallaigh|first=Eoghan|date=2009|title=Dillon, Myles Patrick|url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/dillon-myles-patrick-a2611|website=[[Dictionary of Irish Biography]]|doi=10.3318/dib.002611.v1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119221601/https://www.dib.ie/biography/dillon-myles-patrick-a2611|archive-date=19 January 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>


<ref name=o>{{cite book|editor-last=Welch|editor-first=Robert|date=1996|title=The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature|url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00welc/page/149|location=Oxford|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=149|isbn=0-19-866158-4}}</ref>
<ref name=o>{{cite book|editor-last=Welch|editor-first=Robert|date=1996|title=The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature|url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00welc/page/149|location=Oxford|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=149|isbn=0-19-866158-4}}</ref>
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<ref name=i>{{cite news|title=An Irish dynasty|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/an-irish-dynasty-1.1257609|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|date=23 January 1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203175856/www.irishtimes.com/news/an-irish-dynasty-1.1257609|archive-date=3 February 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name=i>{{cite news|title=An Irish dynasty|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/an-irish-dynasty-1.1257609|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|date=23 January 1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203175856/www.irishtimes.com/news/an-irish-dynasty-1.1257609|archive-date=3 February 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=x>{{cite web|last=Manning|first=Maurice|author-link=Maurice Manning|date=2009|title=Dillon, James Mathew|url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/dillon-james-mathew-a2602|website=[[Dictionary of Irish Biography]]|doi=10.3318/dib.002602.v1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628142731/https://www.dib.ie/biography/dillon-james-mathew-a2602|archive-date=28 June 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>


}}
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45WU0ONk_aI Recording] of Dillon reading eleven early Irish lyrics, {{c.|1956}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45WU0ONk_aI Recording] of Dillon reading eleven early Irish lyrics, {{c.|1956}}


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Latest revision as of 09:45, 20 October 2024

Myles Dillon
Born
Myles Patrick Dillon

(1900-04-11)11 April 1900
Dublin, Ireland
Died18 June 1972(1972-06-18) (aged 72)
Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland
Burial placeGlasnevin Cemetery
Spouse
Elizabeth Mary La Touche
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(m. 1938)​
Children5, including John M. Dillon
Parents
Relatives
Academic background
Education
Doctoral advisorRudolf Thurneysen
Academic work
Institutions
Main interests

Myles Patrick Dillon (11 April 1900 – 18 June 1972) was an Irish scholar whose primary interests were comparative philology, Celtic studies, and Sanskrit.

Early life

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Myles Dillon was born in Dublin on 11 April 1900, one of six children of John and Elizabeth Dillon.[1][2] James Dillon, the leader of Fine Gael, was his younger brother.[3]

Academic career

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Myles Dillon graduated from University College Dublin, and then travelled to Germany and France, where he studied in deep Old Irish and Celtic philology under Joseph Vendryes and Rudolf Thurneysen. Dillon taught Sanskrit and comparative philology in Trinity College, Dublin (1928–1930) and University College, Dublin (1930–1937). In 1937 he moved to the USA, where he taught Irish in the University of Wisconsin (his son John M. Dillon was born in Madison), in 1946–1947 taught in Chicago. On his return to Ireland, he worked in the School of Celtic Studies in Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies; was the director of the School from 1960 till 1968, edited Celtica. Volume 11 of Celtica is dedicated to his memory. From 1966 to 1967 he was President of the Royal Irish Academy.

Myles Dillon was the author of a number of important scholarly books, handbooks and translations from Old Irish. Among his most notable works are The Cycles of the Kings (1946), Early Irish Literature (1948), The Celtic Realms (1967, with Nora Kershaw Chadwick). M. Dillon published a modern translation and commentary of The Book of Rights (Old Irish: Lebor na cert, 1962). He also translated Dieux et héros des Celtes by Marie-Louise Sjoestedt into English, thus making the book available for a wider scholarly audience. The monograph Celts and Aryans, published posthumously by the Indian Institute of Advanced Study reflects Dillon's interest in the traces of the shared heritage in the Indian and Irish cultures deriving from Proto-Indo-European society based on a period of research Dillon spent in Simla, India.

Personal life and death

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On 24 August 1938, Dillon married Elizabeth Mary La Touche, the youngest daughter of John David Digues La Touche. They had two daughters and three sons, including John Myles Dillon.[1]

Dillon died in Monkstown, County Dublin, on 18 June 1972, at the age of 72. He was buried at Glasnevin Cemetery.[1]

Publications

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  • Dillon, Myles (1946). The Cycles of the Kings. London: Oxford University Press.
  • Dillon, Myles (1948). Early Irish Literature. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Dillon, Myles, ed. (1954). Early Irish Society. Dublin: Cultural Relations Committee of Ireland.
  • Dillon, Myles, ed. (1959). Irish Sagas. Dublin: Thomas Davis Lectures.
  • Dillon, Myles; Ó Cróinín, Donncha (1961). Teach Yourself Irish. London: English Universities Press.
  • Dillon, Myles, ed. (1962). Lebor na Cert: The Book of Rights. Dublin: Irish Texts Society.
  • Dillon, Myles; Chadwick, Nora K. (1967). The Celtic Realms. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
  • Dillon, Myles (1975). Celts and Aryans: Survivals of Indo-European Speech and Society. Simla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study.
  • Fisher, Joachim; Dillon, John, eds. (1999). The Correspondence of Myles Dillon, 1922-1925: Irish–German Relations and Celtic Studies. Dublin: Four Courts Press.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Ó Raghallaigh, Eoghan (2009). "Dillon, Myles Patrick". Dictionary of Irish Biography. doi:10.3318/dib.002611.v1. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022.
  2. ^ Welch, Robert, ed. (1996). The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 149. ISBN 0-19-866158-4.
  3. ^ Manning, Maurice (2009). "Dillon, James Mathew". Dictionary of Irish Biography. doi:10.3318/dib.002602.v1. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021.
  4. ^ Grogan, Geraldine (1999). "Review: The Correspondence of Myles Dillon, 1922-1925: Irish–German Relations and Celtic Studies". Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review. 88 (350): 237–239. JSTOR 30096117.
  5. ^ "An Irish dynasty". The Irish Times. 23 January 1999. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022.
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  • Recording of Dillon reading eleven early Irish lyrics, c. 1956
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