B'Ollamh Gradaim agus Iarcheann Roinn Bhealoideas Eireann e BO ALMQVIST sa Cholaiste Ollscoile, Baile Atha Cliath. Traidisiuin bheil agus tuiscinti traidisiunta Chrioch Lochlann agus na hEireann a reimse speisialtoireachta agus ta a lan foilsithe aige ar na habhair seo. Ta cuid mhor bailiuchain deanta aige o Bhlascaodaigh, go hairithe o Mhicheal O Gaoithin, mac Pheig Sayers agus o scealaithe eile i nDun Chaoin, Bab Feiritear mar shampla. Comheagarthoir e ar bhailiuchan da scealta, O Bheal an Bhab. Chuir se fein agus Padraig O Healai in eagar Peig Sayers: Labharfad le Cach | I Will Speak to You All (New Island, 2009). D'eag se sa bhliain 2013.

BO ALMQVIST was Emeritus Professor and a Former Head of the Department of Irish Folklore, University College Dublin. He specialised in Scandinavian and Irish folk literature and folk beliefs, and published widely on these topics. He also collected many stories from Blasket Islanders, in particular Peig Sayers' son, Micheal O Gaoithin, and other storytellers in Dun Chaoin, such as Bab Feiritear. He was a co-editor of the publication of her stories, O Bheal an Bhab. With Padraig O Healai, he edited Peig Sayers: Labharfad Le Cach | I Will Speak to You All (New Island, 2009). He died in 2013.

Iarleachtoir Sinsearach i Scoil na Gaeilge, Ollscoil na hEireann, Gaillimh, e PADRAIG O HEALAI. Bealoideas na tire seo a shainreimse leinn agus ta foilseachain iomadula aige ar ghneithe eagsula den abhar sin. Ta speis faoi leith curtha aige i scealta craifeacha, in oidhreacht an Bhlascaoid agus i dtraidisiuin faoin osnadur. Is iareagarthoir e ar an iris Bealoideas, agus mar aon le Bo Almqvist chuir se eagar ar Peig Sayers: Labharfad le Cach | I Will Speak to You All (New Island, 2009). An Blascaod Tri Fhuinneog na Scoile (2015) an leabhar is deanai uaidh, saothar eagarthoireachta ar chuntas muinteora ar a treimhse ag teagasc ar an mBlascaod nuair a bhi gus fos sa phobal ann.

PADRAIG O HEALAI is a retired Senior Lecturer in Modern Irish at NUI, Galway. His area of specialisation is Irish folklore and he has published on many aspects of this topic, including religious tradition, Blasket heritage and beliefs and practices associated with the supernatural. He is a former editor of the journal Bealoideas and with Bo Almqvist, he edited Peig Sayers: Labharfad Le Cach | I Will Speak To You All (New Island, 2009). Most recently he edited An Blascaod Tri Fhuinneog na Scoile (2015), a young teacher's account of her experience of life on the Great Blasket when it was still home to a vibrant community.

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