Mac Duach (I)

Once again, today’s selection comes from Annála Beaga ó Iorrus Aithneach by Seán Mac Giollarnáth. I’ll be transcribing the next little tale and giving notes about any dialectal features that appear. All spelling is in the original, as it was in the original text itself; nothing has been moved into Read more…

Colmcille (I)

Like the previous story, and several others before that, this story comes from Seán Mac Giollarnáth’s collection Annála Beaga ó Iorrus Aithneach. Once again, I will include a transcription from the book (sadly long out of print, making it difficult to find a copy; in fact, I only know of Read more…

Brighid

Sorry for the delay between this post and the previous one; the past few weeks have been hectic. For this one, I return to Seán Mac Giollarnáth’s wonderful Annála Beaga ó Iorrus Aithneach. It’s the third story. I will once again transcribe it and give notes on some of the Read more…