Tá B.A. sa Bhéarla agus sa Nua-Ghaeilge ag Michelle Dunne (Mac léinn PhD) ó Ollscoil Mhá Nuad agus rinne sí M.A. sa Nua-Ghaeilge san ollscoil chéanna. Scríobh sí miontráchtas ar mhionlogainmneacha agus ar bhéaloideas pharóiste dlí Rú Chonaill, Contae na hIarmhí, idir 2012 agus 2013. Bhuaigh sí Duais Ríocht na Midhe 2018 as alt a scríobh sí ar mhionlogainmneacha cuimhneacháin sa Mhí agus san Iarmhí. Tá spéis aici i mbéaloideas, i gcanúineolaíocht agus i (mion)logainmníocht na hÉireann. Baineann a cuid taighde le heolas faoi mhná agus ó mhná sa chnuasach béaloidis a bhailigh Seán Mac Mathúna (1876-1949) in iarthuaisceart an Chláir. Tá spéis ag Michelle i mbéaloideas, i gcanúineolaíocht, i litríocht agus i (mion)logainmníocht na hÉireann. Michelle Dunne (PhD Student) has a B.A. in English and Modern Irish and an M.A. in Modern Irish from Maynooth University. The minor placenames and folklore of Rathconnell Civil Parish, Co. Westmeath were the focus of her M.A. thesis between 2012 and 2013. She won the Ríocht na Midhe Postgraduate Prize for Research 2018 with an article on the commemorative minor placenames of Meath and Westmeath. She is interested in Irish folklore, dialectology and (minor) placenames. Her research looks at information about and from women in the folklore collection Seán Mac Mathúna (1876-1949) collected in north-west Clare. Michelle is interested in the folklore, Irish-language dialects, literature and (minor) placenames of Ireland.