Brian Ó Cuív

Ó Cuív was professor of Celtic Studies at University College Dublin and later at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.[2] His later years were devoted to the compilation of a catalogue of the Irish manuscripts in the University of Oxford.[4] Their son — Éamon Ó Cuív — is a prominent Irish politician.[2] Ó Cuív's surname was changed from Ó Caoimh (O'Keeffe) by his father, Shán Ó Cuív, a Cork journalist, who in the early 20th century changed the spelling of his surname to conform with a simplified spelling system of his own invention, which he called An Leitriú Shimplí.[5] The letter 'v' is extremely rare in Irish outside modern loanwords.
Celtic studiesIrish historyphilologyUniversity College DublinDublin Institute for Advanced StudiesUniversity of OxfordÉamon de ValeraÉamon Ó CuívO'KeeffeloanwordsDerek Allen PrizeOliver StrunkJulian BuddenDavid BrownReinhard StrohmJ. E. StevensPeter HolmanColin TimmsPhilip V. BohlmanGary TomlinsonArnold WhittallMargaret BentAlejandro PlanchartSuzanne G. CusickGeorges Le RiderCécile MorrissonGert HatzPhilip GriersonMichael MetcalfMark BlackburnRichard ReeceMichael CrawfordAndrew BurnettJoe CribbKenneth JacksonJ. E. Caerwyn WilliamsEric P. HampProinsias Mac CanaDerick ThomsonPádraig Ó RiainDaniel HuwsDafydd JenkinsFergus KellyPierre-Yves LambertMáire HerbertRalph A. Griffiths