Background
Do, Tomas was born on December 14, 1916 in Limerick. Son of Padraig de Bhaldraithe and Elizabeth McNamara.
Do, Tomas was born on December 14, 1916 in Limerick. Son of Padraig de Bhaldraithe and Elizabeth McNamara.
Belvedere College, University College, Dublin, University of Paris, France and Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.
Lecturer in Modem Irish, University Colb, Dublin 1943-1960, Professor, of Modem Irish Language and Literature 1960-1976, Professor, of Irish Dialectology 1976-1986. Visiting Professor, University of Hamburg 1962. Chairman Governor Board, School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies since 1985.
General.
President 1965: Honorary Doctor of Letters (University of Wales).
Royal Irish Academy.
Married Vivienne Thordihealbhaigh in 1943.