Séamas Ó Catháin is a noted scholar of Irish folklore.
He is an Emeritus Professor at the University College Dublin and was formerly the Head of School of their Irish, Celtic Studies, Folklore and Linguistics Department.
A lot of material gathered on these visits was published in "Scéalta Chois Cladaigh" ("Stories of Sea and Shore") in 1983 by the Folklore of Ireland Council (Comhairle Bhéaloideas Éireann).
(2001) Editor of Northern Lights: Following Folklore in North-Western Europe (UCD Press) Catháin, S. Ó.
(2001) Northern Lights: Following Folklore in North-Western Europe (UCD Press) Almqvist, Bo, Críostóir Mac Cárthaigh, Liam Mac Mathúna, Séamus Mac Mathúna, and Seosamh Watson, (2012) Atlantic Currents: Essays on Lore, Literature and Language.