Seosamh Laoide

Seosamh Laoide (English: Joseph H. Lloyd, 1865–1939), known as "Mac Tíre na Páirce" ("Wolf of the Park"), was an Irish language scholar and activist during the period 1893 – 1915.

[2] He was the eldest son of an Irish Protestant couple, Joseph Henry Lloyd (PhD) and Anne Phair.

When Scoil Ard-Léinn na hÉireann was established by Kuno Meyer in 1903, Laoide was one of the first students and became a prolific publisher of books in Irish on folklore, dialects, placenames and the like.

He also married a wealthy Irish woman named Elizabeth Sharp;[1] they returned to Ireland in 1920, where they settled in Stillorgan, Co. Dublin.

[1] Under the heading 'Distinguished Gael laid to rest" The Irish Press of Monday 25 September 1939 recorded his death thus:'The funeral of Mr. Joseph Henry Lloyd (Seosamh Laoide), Royal Terrace West, Dún Laoghaire, took place to Deansgrange Cemetery, on Saturday morning, where the Service was conducted by the Rev.

A. W. R. Camier, M.A., Christ Church.... Mr. Lloyd, who was a distinguished Irish scholar, was, with the President Dr. Douglas Hyde, one of the founders of the Gaelic League....