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Brendan P. Devlin (Irish: Breandán Ó Doibhlin) (29 May 1931 – 19 September 2023) was an Irish language scholar and priest of the Derry Diocese. He was one for five children born in Rousky, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland and was educated in St Columb's College, Derry, St Patrick's College, Maynooth, and the Pontifical Irish College in Rome. One of his brothers, Kieran, also served as a priest of the Diocese of Derry.

In 1958, he became professor of modern languages at St Patrick's College, Maynooth, a position he held until he retired in 1996. He additionally held the post of Vice-President from 1977 to 1980. On 2 September 2013 he was the principal celebrant at the funeral of the poet Seamus Heaney.