Collection: Patricia Lysaght

Patricia Lysaght is Professor Emerita of European Ethnology at the School of Irish, Celtic Studies and Folklore, University College Dublin. She is an elected member of the Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy for Swedish Folk Culture, Uppsala, which awarded her the Torsten Janckes Minnesfond Prize in 2012 for an outstanding contribution to international scholarship. She is also a member of the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, and an Honorary Member of the Hungarian Ethnographical Society, Budapest. She was President of the Folklore Society, London (2017–2020) and editor of the Society’s journal, Folklore (2004–2012). In 2013, the Folklore Society awarded her the Coote-Lake Medal for outstanding research and scholarship in the field of folkloristics.