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Dr. Elaine Ui Dhonnchadha

Associate Professor (Linguistics)
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Tá Gaeilge agam. Tá Gaeilge agam.       
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Dr. Elaine Ui Dhonnchadha

Associate Professor (Linguistics)
ARTS BUILDING

 uidhonne@tcd.ie

 3531896 2615


Dr Elaine Uí Dhonnchadha is Associate Professor in Computational Linguistics and M.Phil Programmes Director in the Department of Linguistics (formerly the Centre for Language and Communication Studies). Her research interests include morphology and syntax, corpus development and linguistic annotation, intelligent computer-assisted language learning (ICALL) and the development of natural language processing tools for Irish, which include morphological analysis and generation, rule-based part-of-speech tagging, chunking and parsing. These language-specific resources are essential components of many language technology applications including natural language generation, ICALL systems, spelling and grammar checkers and others. Prior to joining Trinity College, Elaine was a researcher in Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann (The Linguistics Institute of Ireland), a Lecturer in Dublin City University and a Systems Analyst and Programmer in a number of software development companies.
  Computational Linguistics   Corpus Linguistics   Education and minority language   Human computer interactions   Information technology in education   Irish Linguistics   LINGUISTICS   MORPHOLOGY   Natural Language Processing   Speech processing/technology
Project Title
 Corpas Náisiúnta don Ghaeilge 2022-24
From
Jan 2022
To
Dec 2024
Summary
In this project we are developing the first semantic tagger for Irish which will enable automatic semantic annotation of Irish texts. In partnership with DCU, the project involves the collection, preparation and linguistic annotation of authentic Irish texts and transcribed speech for language research and public use.
Funding Agency
Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Project Title
 Irish Wiki NLG (Natural Language Generation)
From
Jan 2023
To
Dec 2023
Summary
This project in collaboration with Simon Mille, ADAPT, DCU involves the automatic generation of Irish Wikipedia pages from DBpedia structured data and the FORGe rule-based NLG system, tailored for the Irish language.
Project Title
 D-REAL- SFI Centre for Research Training in Digitally-Enhanced Reality funded PhD research
From
2019
To
2024
Summary
SFI Centre for Research Training in Digitally-Enhanced Reality funded PhD research CALL and VR for Irish, in collaboration with DCU
Funding Agency
Science Foundation Ireland
Project Title
 International Comparable Corpus - Irish
From
2019
To
present
Summary
The project's goal entails contrastive studies between English and other languages involving highly comparable datasets of spoken, written and electronic registers. International Comparable Corpus
Project Title
 D-REAL- SFI Centre for Research Training in Digitally-Enhanced Reality funded PhD research
From
To
Summary
SFI Centre for Research Training in Digitally-Enhanced Reality funded PhD research in automatic assessment of listening resources for language learning in collaboration with UCD
Funding Agency
Science Foundation Ireland

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Co-founder of the Lexical Function Grammar Parallel Treebank Research Group. The monthly online meetings are attended by an international group of researchers interested in issues at the interface of syntax and semantics in a variety of language including English, Cantonese, Irish, Welsh, Polish, Hungarian, Norwegian and Dutch. 2023
Member of the Advisory Committee for the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) and the Educational Research Centre (ERC) for the the development of Irish language Post-Primary Assessment & Diagnosis Tools for diagnosing literacy skills of Irish speaking students in Irish medium and Gaeltacht Post Primary Schools 2021-2022
NSAI representative for Irish language on International Standards Organisation (ISO) Standardisation of Terminology and Language and Content Resources (TC37) - Language Resource Management sub-committee (SC4) 2005-2011
Member of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) Technical Committee for the Historical Irish Dictionary Project [Coiste Teicniúla Fhoclóir na Nua-Ghaeilge] overseeing the linguistic annotation of the Historical Irish Corpus 1600-1926. 2012-2020
Member of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) Project Steering Committee for the Historical Irish Dictionary [Coiste Bainistíochta Fhoclóir na Nua-Ghaeilge] 2012-2020
Member of sub-committee for Computing Terminology of the Irish Terminology Committee [Fo-choiste Ríomhaireachta den Choiste Téarmaíochta] of Foras na Gaeilge. 1998-2000
Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
French Medium Medium Basic
Irish Fluent Fluent Fluent
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ADAPT Collaborator: SFI Research Centre for AI-Driven Digital Content Technology, coordinated by Trinity College Dublin and co-hosted by Dublin City University 2024 present
Ornait O'Connell, Thiago Castro Ferreira, Elaine Uí Dhonnchadha, Chinonso Cynthia Osuji, Jane Adkins, Simon Mille, Brian Davis, Anya Belz, Mark Andrade, LLM Multi-Agent Systems for Long Triple Set Data-to-Text Generation, ACL, San Diego, July, 2026, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  URL
Moore, Andrew ; Rayson, Paul; Vuorinen, Johanna; Piao, Scott; Ó Meachair, Mícheál; Czerniak, Tim; Ó Donnchadha, Gearóid; Yang, Xiaobin; Knight, Dawn; Archer, Dawn; Uí Dhonnchadha, Elaine., Creating a Hybrid Rule and Neural Network Based Semantic Tagger using Silver Standard Data: the PyMUSAS framework for Multilingual Semantic Annotation, LREC 2026, Mallorca, May, 2026, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  URL
Lam, Chit Fung; Uí Dhonnchadha, Elaine., Extending the ParGram Treebank: Progress and Issues in Cantonese and Irish, LFG 2026, Sri Lanka, July, 2026, Conference Paper, PRESENTED  URL
Xu, Liang; Uí Dhonnchadha, Elaine; Ward, Monica, Digital game-based learning for Irish: culture, inclusion, and vocabulary development in primary education, EdTech 2026, Dublin, 3-4 June, 2026, Conference Paper, PRESENTED
Xu, L., Ward, M., and Uí Dhonnchadha, E., Going Wild - Taking the next step from pilot to real-word use of a CALL app, EuroCALL 2026, Belfast, 8-11 September, 2026, Conference Paper, PRESENTED
Lam, Chit Fung, Uí Dhonnchadha, Elaine, Grammar Engineering Meets LLMs: Development of Cantonese and Irish ParGram Treebanks, BriGap-3, Paris, 2026, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  URL
Ward, M., Liang Xu L., Guy M. and Uí Dhonnchadha , E., Integrating AI in Education: 4 Ways AI Can Make a Difference, AICS 2026 34th Irish Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science, Dublin, October, 2026, Conference Paper, SUBMITTED  URL
Ward, M., Xu, L. & Uí Dhonnchadha, E., A Pragmatic Approach to Using Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality in Digital Game-Based Language Learning, CLTW 2025, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, 20 January, 2025, pp27 - 34, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  URL
Ward, M., Xu, L. and Uí Dhonnchadha, E., Towards inclusive CALL for Irish: A game-based approach for dyslexic students informed by an English language pilot study, EuroCALL 2025: Advancing CALL: New research agendas, Milan, Italy, 27-30 August, 2025, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  URL
Ward, M., Xu, L. and Uí Dhonnchadha, E., Irish spellings - what do our students really know?, IRAAL Annual Conference, Trinity College Dublin, 21-22 November, 2025, Conference Paper, PRESENTED
  

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Uí Dhonnchadha, E., Irish Noun Phrases, Lexical-Functional Grammar Conference 2023: Pargram Project Meeting, Rochester, New York, 2023, Conference Paper, PRESENTED
Ní Chasaide, A., Lynn, T., Uí Dhonnchadha, E., Ní Chiaráin, N and Judge, J., Digital Plan for the Irish Language: Speech and Language Technologies 2023-2027, Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, 2022, Report, PUBLISHED
Uí Dhonnchadha, E. & Judge, J., Developments in Machine Translation, Indigenous, Minority and Lesser Used (IML) Languages: Promoting our Languages through Technology, Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle, 9-10 November, 2015, British-Irish Council, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Uí Dhonnchadha, Elaine , A Review of the Passive and Autonomous in Modern Irish, The Linguistics of the Gaelic Languages XVII, NUI Maynooth, 10-11 April 2015, 2015, Oral Presentation, PRESENTED
Uí Dhonnchadha, Elaine, An Introduction to Celtic Language Technology, CLTW14 (Celtic Languages Technology Workshop), Dublin City University, Dublin, 23 August, 2014, COLING: 25th International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Local Committee DCU, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Uí Dhonnchadha, E., Foclóir Stairiúil na Nua-Ghaeilge II: digitiú, caighdeánú, leamú an chorpais, Teangeolaíocht na Gaeilge XVI [Linguistics of the Gaelic Languages XVI], NUI Maynooth, 9-10 May 2014, 2014, Oral Presentation, PRESENTED
Uí Dhonnchadha, E, Digital Support for Irish: Corpus Development, Language Resources for the Celtic Languages, University of Wales, Bangor, Dec 2005, 2005, LexiCelt, Invited Talk, PRESENTED

  


Award Date
Fellow of Trinity College Dublin 2025
Nominated for the Award for Excellence in Student Supervision 2025
Visiting Scholar, School of Celtic Studies in Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies 2017/18