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Curriculum vitae · disputed edition

Giles na Magaleen

Ninth Earl of Clangiles, Twelfth Baron Magleenstown and hereditary nuisance.

The author

A brief life, subject to correction

Giles writes comic novels, mock scripture and serious essays from Cashelmagaleen House. His interests include language, belief, institutions, old books, local community, wine and dogs.

Beneath the comedy lies a concern with attention and dignity: how people live together before systems begin speaking on their behalf.

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Education

Comparative Philology & Obscure Languages

BA (Hons), 1987. Tutorials in Old Irish, Latin, Proto-Indo-European and Pub Conversation Studies.

Applied Linguistics, Banking & Ritual

M.Phil., 1993. Fieldwork in private banks, wine auctions and monastic archives.

Dr.Phil.

Unsubmitted but frequently cited; lodged in a safe-deposit box.

Giles prefers monks to bishops, dogs to committees, and a well-made footnote to most public statements.

The parish record · unabridged

The complete parish record

The MI6 building on the River Thames in London under an overcast sky.

 

Curriculum Vitae – Lord Giles na Magaleen

Name: Lord Giles na Magaleen, Ninth Earl of Clangiles, Twelfth Baron Magleenstown
Address: Cashelmagaleen House,Sleevecaccbow,  Ballymagaleen Peninsula, Hibernian Littoral
Email: giles@ballymagaleen.com (mail frequently misdirected to the wine cellar)

Education

B.A. (Hons) in Comparative Philology & Obscure Languages
University of Dublin & Peripatetic Colleges of Europe, 1987

  • Thesis: “Pre-Postmodern Hiberno-Indic Verb Systems in the Poetry of the Moderately Sober”
     
  • Joint tutorials in Old Irish, Latin, Proto-Indo-European, and Pub Conversation Studies.
     

M.Phil. in Applied Linguistics, Banking & Ritual
Muldoon Institute of Shrinking Numbers, Queens’ College, Kildare, 1993

  • Dissertation on the language games of offshore prospecti.
     
  • Fieldwork in private banks, wine auctions, and monastic archives.
     

Dr.Phil. (unsubmitted but frequently cited)
Pontifical Gaelic Academy / University of Tübingen-by-the-Sea

  • Research topic: “From Usury to Eucharist: The Semiotics of Interest”.
     
  • Thesis lodged in a safety deposit box for security reasons.
     

Diploma in International Asset Displacement & Trust Structures
Isle of Man Centre for Applied Discretion, 2001

  • Special focus on caves, Templars, and non-resident beneficial ownership.
     

Professional Experience

Independent Scholar, Philologist & Financial Flâneur
Self-employed, Ballymagaleen & Various Jurisdictions, 1987–present

  • Conducts original research into language, liturgy, and ledger-books
  • Advises discreet clients on the proper pronunciation of Latin mottos on share certificates.
  • Occasional lecturer on “The Poetry of Double-Entry Bookkeeping”.
     

Consultant (Cultural & Financial) – Unnameable Government Department
London / Vienna / Assorted Eastern European Railway Compartments, 1989–2008

  • Seconded from an organisation colloquially known as “The Panto”.
  • Responsibilities included:
     
    • Evaluating the security of Central European wine cellars.
       
    • Monitoring the semantic drift of words like “offshore”, “charitable”, and “plausible”.
       
    • Ensuring that sensitive conversations were held only in extremely noisy cafés.
       

Visiting Fellow in Oenology & Monetary Theology
St Pierian’s Well & Attached Research Institute, Ballymagaleen, 2005–present

  • Comparative study of sacramental wine, Tokay, and quantitative easing.
     
  • Supervises experiments in adding holy well water to whiskey for epistemological clarity.
     

Director (Honorary & Occasionally Alarmed)
Assorted trusts and vehicles linked to Paddy2021 LLC

  • Oversight of classic-car exports, import-export of ideas, and fiscal escapology.
     
  • Negotiates between accountants, vintners and mechanics, usually in Latin.
     

Selected Publications & Papers

  • “Towards a Grammar of Offshore Banking” – circulated privately in brown envelopes.
     
  • “The Semiotics of the Wine List: Notes from the Cellar” – in Transactions of the Ballymagaleen Philosophical Society.
     
  • “On the Metaphysics of Overdraft” – keynote lecture, Dooley’s Snug, after hours.
     

Languages

  • Irish (native, with dialectical embellishments)
     
  • English (Hiberno, Received, and Public School Under-Duress)
     
  • Latin and Church Latin (with correct vowel quantity after second glass of claret)
     
  • German, French, and serviceable Hungarian
     
  • Reading knowledge of Occitan, Basque, and Banking Swiss.
     

Interests

  • Historical and modern banking; trust law as a branch of speculative theology.
     
  • Wine (especially Tokay), fortified wines, and anything still drinkable from the Habsburg era.
     
  • Classic cars, especially those that depreciate slowly and appreciate in anecdote.
     
  • Monastic scriptoria, marginalia, and the footnotes of history.
     
  • The imaginative reconstruction of aristocracy as a community service.
     

Referees

Referees may be obtained, under seal, from:

  • The Reverend Dr Christopher Hitchens, sometime spiritual adviser.
     
  • Dr K. P. Nutterlee, psychiatrist and reluctant character witness.
     
  • Toby Festetics, late of “The Panto”, presently “somewhere on the continent”.