Patrick Weston Joyce
Patrick Weston Joyce (bekannt als P. W. Joyce, * 1827 in den Ballyhoura Mountains; † 7. Januar 1914 in Dublin) war ein irischer Historiker, Schriftsteller, Musiksammler und Lehrer, der insbesondere für seine Forschungen zur irischen Etymologie und zu den lokalen Ortsnamen Irlands bekannt war.
Werke (Auswahl)
- The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places, 3 Bde. (1869, 1875, 1913)
- Irish Local Names Explained (1870)
- A Handbook of School Management (1876; insgesamt 25 Auflagen)
- A Grammar of the Irish Language for the Use of Schools (1878)
- Old Celtic Romances, Translated from the Gaelic (1879)
- Philip’s Handy Atlas of the Counties of Ireland (1881)
- The Geography of the Counties of Ireland (1883)
- A Short History of Ireland (1893)
- Outlines of the History of Ireland (1896)
- A Child’s History of Ireland (1897)
- A Reading Book in Irish History (1900)
- A Social History of Ancient Ireland, 2 Bde. (1903)
- A Concise History of Ireland (1903)
- A Smaller Social History of Ancient Ireland (1906)
- The Story of Ancient Irish Civilisation (1907)
- English as We Speak it in Ireland (1910)
- The Wonders of Ireland and Other Papers on Irish Subjects (1911)
Weblinks
Commons: Patrick Weston Joyce – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien
- Literatur von und über Patrick Weston Joyce im Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek
- Patrick Weston Joyce (1827–1914) im Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA)
- PW Joyce & Irish Traditional Music im Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA)
- Werke von P. W. Joyce im Internet Archive
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