Gearoid O Crualaoich was born in Cork City; educated at University College, Cork (Arts), University of Pennsylvania (Folklore), and London School of Economics and Political Science (Anthropology). Head of Irish Studies Programme at Thomond College of Education. Lecturer and Associate Professor (Emeritus) of Bealoideas/Folklore and Ethnology at University College, Cork. Author of Buntus Gaeilge (Government of Ireland) 1966 and The Book of the Cailleach (Cork University Press) 2003.
