Victor Bayda

Victor Bayda is a Russian linguist. Bayda has lectured in Irish for 15 years, and is proficient in nine languages, including Welsh, Scots Gallic, and Irish.^[1] In addition to studying Irish at Trinity College in Dublin, he spent periods in the Connemara Gaeltacht practicing his Irish language skills.^[2] He was the head of the Department of Germanic and Celtic Philology at Lomonosov Moscow State University.^[3] In 2019, Bayda was appointed as an Irish language officer in the Kerry Gaeltacht, with the responsibility to create and implement a plan to revive the Irish language in Kerry.^[4]

References

^ McGee, Harry. "From Russia with Grá: Muscovite appointed to promote Irish in Kerry". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
^ Aodha, Gráinne Ní. "Moscow native appointed to promote Irish language in south Kerry Gaeltacht". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
^ Bannister, Garry. "How I brought the Irish language to 1970s Russia". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
^ Mac an tSíthigh, Seán (2019-02-21). "Russian man appointed Irish language officer in Kerry Gaeltacht". RTE. Retrieved 2020-08-03.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[1] McGee, Harry. "From Russia with Grá: Muscovite appointed to promote Irish in Kerry". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-08-03.

[2] Aodha, Gráinne Ní. "Moscow native appointed to promote Irish language in south Kerry Gaeltacht". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 2020-08-03.

[3] Bannister, Garry. "How I brought the Irish language to 1970s Russia". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-08-03.

[4] Mac an tSíthigh, Seán (2019-02-21). "Russian man appointed Irish language officer in Kerry Gaeltacht". RTE. Retrieved 2020-08-03.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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