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Greg Toner
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undergraduate
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https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/greg-toner/
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https://www.qub.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/irish-history-ba-qv51/
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2026-03-23T18:53:43+00:00
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Greg Toner

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Greg Toner

Professor

United Kingdom

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Prof. Toner undertakes supervision in any area of medieval Irish language and literature, particularly, textual editing, lexicography, and narrative analysis.

2004Research output 2004: 1Research output 2006: 1Research output 2007: 2Research output 2008: 1Research output 2009: 3Projects 2010: 1Research output 2010: 1Research output 2012: 2Research output 2013: 2Projects 2014: 1Research output 2014: 2Research output 2015: 1Research output 2016: 1Research output 2017: 3Research output 2018: 3Research output 2019: 8Research output 2020: 2Research output 2021: 1Research output 2022: 1Research output 2025: 1Research output 2026: 12026

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Research Interests

Greg Toner is a pioneer in digital scholarship in Celtic Studies. He is director of the AHRC-funded eDIL project and has led the digitisation and development of the dictionary of Old and Middle Irish (www.dil.ie) which is now a central resource in medieval Irish studies. He led a Leverhulme-funded project on the use of computational methods for the dating of medieval texts which explored machine learning methods to assist in the dating of early Irish texts.

His books include a critical edition of the Middle-Irish text, Bruiden Da Choca (‘Da Coca’s Hostel’) and two volumes in the Place-Names of Northern Ireland series. His other research focusses primarily on early Irish literature and he has published in Ériu, Éigse,and Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies. He is particularly interested in Gaelic historiography, heroic saga and the reception of myth.

Greg previously lectured in Celtic Studies in the Department of Welsh in the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and in Irish at the University of Ulster. He was appointed Professor of Irish Language and Literature in 2006 there before moving to Queen’s as Professor of Irish in 2011.

He is a Member of the Royal Irish Academy and a member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council Peer Review College. He is chair of the management committee of the Royal Irish Academy’s Foclóir Stairiúil na Caeilge and is Honorary General Editor of the Irish Texts Society.

Teaching

Greg has taught a wide variety of courses in Irish language and literature. He currently teaches Modern Irish poetry, medieval Irish literature, and Celtic mythology.

He is interested in language teaching and developed the interactive online Irish-language exercises, CAPAILL, which are widely used by school and university students. He established and directed the Centre for Excellence in Multimedia Language Learning in Coleraine with funding from the Department for Employment and Learning.

He has been external examiner at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Trinity College Dublin and University College Cork.

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Projects

Toner, G. (PI)

14/02/2014 → 31/08/2019

Project: Research - ### R1198MOL: AHRC AH/E002293/1 A supplement to the Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Toner, G. (PI)

01/08/2010 → 31/03/2012

Project: Research

Research output

Borsje, J. (Editor), Dooley, A. (Editor), Mac Mathúna, S. (Editor) & Toner, G. (Editor), Apr 2014, Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies Toronto. 324 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book - ### Ulidia 3: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales: University of Ulster, Coleraine, 22-25 June, 2009

Toner, G. (Editor) & Mac Mathúna, S. (Editor), Jul 2013, Berlin: Curach Bhán. 370 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book - ### Táin Bó Dartada

Toner, G., 27 Feb 2026, In: Celtica. 37, p. 174-213 40 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

File

1 Downloads (Pure) - ### The Royal Irish Academy's dictionary of the Irish language, based mainly on Old and Middle Irish (1913-76)

Toner, G., 10 Jul 2025, The Oxford History of the Irish Book, Vol. II. The printed book in Irish 1567-2010s. Ó Ciardha, É., Sewell, F. & Titley, A. (eds.). Oxford University Press, p. 369-373

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

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Activities

Toner, G. (Member)

01 Oct 2015 → …

Activity: Membership types › Membership of peer review panel or committee - ### Plenary Lecture, ICCS XV

Toner, G. (Speaker)

13 Jul 2015

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk - ### Periodic Review (Event)

Toner, G. (Member)

2014

Activity: Membership types › Membership of peer review panel or committee - ### External Examiner, Department of Early Irish, University College Cork

Toner, G. (Examiner)

2013 → 2016

Activity: Examination types › Other examination - ### REF 2014 (Event)

Toner, G. (Member)

2013 → 2014

Activity: Membership types › Membership of peer review panel or committee

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Press/Media

Toner, G.

05/02/2020

1 Media contribution

Press/Media: Research - ### History of Ireland in 10 Words

Toner, G., Ní Mhaonaigh, M. & Arbuthnot, S.

09/11/2019

1 Media contribution

Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities