Background
Mathúna, Séamus Mac was born on January 13, 1945 in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Son of James and Kathleen McMahon.
director literature and language professor
Mathúna, Séamus Mac was born on January 13, 1945 in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Son of James and Kathleen McMahon.
Bachelor, Queen's University, Belfast, County Antrim, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, Queen's University, Belfast, County Antrim, 1975.
Research assistant, celtic languages and literature Queen's University, 1968—1969. Lecturer, celtic languages and literature University Uppsala, Sweden, 1970—1974. Assistant lecturer, modern irish University College Galway, Ireland, 1974—1976, statutory lectr, modern irish, 1976—1980.
Professor, irish, director, Research Institute Irish and Celtic Studies University Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, since 1980.
Member of Societies Celto-Slavica (Moscow) (president since 2004), Austrian Academy of Sciences (Vienna) (correspondent foreign member since 2009), Royal Irish Academy (Dublin) (vice president since 2009).
Married Hilja Kappel, 1972. Married Susanne Kalina-McMahon, 2004. Children: Caitlín McMahon, Magnus McMahon, Sorcha McMahon-Meehan.