Donnchadh Ó Corráin (28 February 1942 – 25 October 2017) was an Irish historian and professor emeritus of medieval history at University College Cork.
[1] He earned his BA in history and Irish from UCC, graduating in 1964.
[2] He was a prominent scholar in early Irish and mediaeval history and with significant publications on the Viking Wars, Ireland in the pre-Hiberno-Norman period and the origins of Irish language names.
[3] He founded and directed several key projects at UCC, including ArCH, CELT and MultiText.
[4] Shortly before his death, his magnum opus, the monumental Clavis Litterarum Hibernensium (3 Vols) (A Key to the Writings of the Irish), was published.