Patrick Weston Joyce
# Patrick Weston Joyce

Patrick Weston Joyce (bekannt als P. W. Joyce, * 1827 in den Ballyhoura Mountains; † 7. Januar 1914 in Dublin) war ein irischer Historiker, Schriftsteller, Musiksammler und Lehrer, der insbesondere für seine Forschungen zur irischen Etymologie und zu den lokalen Ortsnamen Irlands bekannt war.

## Werke (Auswahl)

* The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places, 3 Bde. (1869, 1875, 1913)
* Irish Local Names Explained (1870)
* A Handbook of School Management (1876; insgesamt 25 Auflagen)
* A Grammar of the Irish Language for the Use of Schools (1878)
* Old Celtic Romances, Translated from the Gaelic (1879)
* Philip’s Handy Atlas of the Counties of Ireland (1881)
* The Geography of the Counties of Ireland (1883)
* A Short History of Ireland (1893)
* Outlines of the History of Ireland (1896)
* A Child’s History of Ireland (1897)
* A Reading Book in Irish History (1900)
* A Social History of Ancient Ireland, 2 Bde. (1903)
* A Concise History of Ireland (1903)
* A Smaller Social History of Ancient Ireland (1906)
* The Story of Ancient Irish Civilisation (1907)
* English as We Speak it in Ireland (1910)
* The Wonders of Ireland and Other Papers on Irish Subjects (1911)
