Biblical advertisting: Proverbs 11:1 in Bunbeg
In Bunbeg, Co. Donegal (officially the smallest fishing harbour in Ireland), one sees the following written in old Gaelic script (note the “overdot” or ponc séimhithe used to indicate a…
Poca favilla gran fiamma seconda
In Bunbeg, Co. Donegal (officially the smallest fishing harbour in Ireland), one sees the following written in old Gaelic script (note the “overdot” or ponc séimhithe used to indicate a…
I have previously blogged about Anthony Powell. I’m well aware that he had little time for Ireland and the Irish – not something especially hard to discern from a quote likethis…
Interestingly, “A Mhuire Mhathair” is not a traditional Irish hymn, but the result in the 1970s of setting an Irish text to the Maori tune Pokarekare Ana :
Joe Heaney was a sean-nos singer born just over one hundred years ago near Carna in Connemara. He sang in both Irish and English, and would contribute to John Cage’s…
Going through old emails, I came across this. It was written for History Ireland magazine who accepted it… but I don’t think it ever appeared. One for the 310th anniversary…
A while back I posted a link to Non-Binary Review’s call for submissions for pieces inspired directly by Dante’s Inferno. Unfortunately (or not) my own efforts in this line were…
So here’s George Ezra’s megahit Shotgun in an as gaeilge version: zzx] Literal translation of chorus: “Jump Into the Car / We’re in no hurry / Take it easy,…
Often it is said that “Eskimos” have fifty, or a hundred, or hundreds, of words for snow. I had vaguely picked up that this was discredited … although it turns out…