Terence O'Reilly explained

Terence O'Reilly
Birth Date:1947
Occupation:Hispanist
Alma Mater:University of Nottingham
Discipline:Spanish Golden Age
Workplaces:University College Cork

Terence O'Reilly MRIA (1947–2023) was a professor of Spanish at University College Cork who undertook research on the literature, history and art of the Spanish Golden Age.[1]

Career

Terence O'Reilly received his B.A. Honours degree in Spanish and French in 1969 from the University of Nottingham, followed by a PhD for a thesis on the literature of meditation in early sixteenth century Castile and Aragon in 1972.[2] In 1973, he was granted a research fellowship in the University of St Andrews, where he worked in the Spanish department.[3] In 1975 he moved to University College Cork (UCC) to take up a college lectureship in Spanish.

According to his UCC research profile, his principal fields of research included the literature, history and art of Spain during the Golden Age (c. 1470–1700), the prose of the period, religious writings (Ignatius Loyola, Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross), and the paintings of El Greco and Diego Velázquez.‍[1]

Personal life

O'Reilly was born in London to Irish parents and lived for a period in India.[4] In 1968, he married the historian Jennifer O'Reilly (née Williams).[4] He died in 2023, having been diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2017.[5]

Honours

Selected publications

References

  1. Web site: University College Cork - UCC Research Profiles: Terence W O'Reilly, Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American Studies . 19 November 2024 . UCC . en . Terence . O'Reilly .
  2. Taylor . Barry . Torres . Isabel . 2009 . Professor Terence O'Reilly: An Appreciation . The Bulletin of Hispanic Studies . 86 . 6 . 725–726 . 10.1353/bhs.0.0109 . 1478-3398.
  3. Boyd . Stephen . 2024-01-02 . Terence O'Reilly (1947–2023) . Bulletin of Spanish Studies . en . 101 . 1 . 123–126 . 10.1080/14753820.2023.2293606 . 1475-3820.
  4. O'Reilly . Tom . Terence O'Reilly: A Scholarly Life . Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review . 113 . 451 . 2024 . 403–410 . 10.1353/stu.2024.a939048 .
  5. Web site: Huge posthumous donation to motor neurone disease charity from beloved UCC lecturer . corkbeo.ie . Thomas . Lawrence . 31 July 2024 . 19 November 2024 . Professor Terence O'Reilly [..] passed away in 2023, having been diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2017.
  6. Web site: 2023-12-30 . Lansdowne & Visiting speakers . 2024-11-06 . www.uvic.ca.
  7. Web site: Terence O'Reilly Royal Irish Academy . www.ria.ie . ga . https://web.archive.org/web/20181231180116/https://www.ria.ie/ga/node/91701 . 31 December 2018 .
  8. Book: O'Reilly, Terence . From Ignatius Loyola to John of the Cross: Spirituality and Literature in Sixteenth-Century Spain . Routledge & CRC Press . 1995. Reviews:
    • John W. O'Malley (1996), The Catholic Historical Review,
    • Colin Thompson (1997), The Modern Language Review,
    • Carlos M. N. Eire (1998), Church History,
  9. Book: O'Reilly, Terence . The Bible in the Literary Imagination of the Spanish Golden Age: Images and Texts from Columbus to Velázquez . Saint Joseph's University Press. 2010. Reviews:
  10. Book: O'Reilly, Terence . The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola: Contexts, Sources, Reception . 2020 . Brill . en . 978-90-04-42975-8. Reviews:
    • Timothy W. O’Brien (2022), Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review,
    • Sam Zeno Conedera (2023), Renaissance Quarterly,
    • Brian O’Leary S.J. (2023), Journal of Jesuit Studies,
  11. Book: Humanism and Religion in Early Modern Spain: John of the Cross, Francisco de Aldana, Luis de León . Routledge . 2022. Terence . O'Reilly . Stephen . Boyd . Reviews:

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