This tale also comes from Éamonn a’ Búrc. It was recorded on the ediphone in January of 1933 by Liam Mac Coisdealbha. It can be found on Dúchas’s website here. I am also working on a new style of presenting these stories, as several readers have complained that the long Read more…
Once again, I have decided to transcribe a story from Éamonn a’ Búrc, as written down by Seán Mac Coisdeabhla. This one is called Domhnach na bhFear and can be found here. If you’ve read other stories on this blog, it’s likely you’ll recognize this one. Nuair a tháinic Naomh Read more…
This week I’ve decided to return to Éamonn a’ Búrc’s stories, as collected by Liam Mac Coisdealbha. This was because the selections from Annála Beaga ó Iorrus Aithneach were getting smaller, and there wasn’t as much to point out dialectally in them because of that. I’ll return to them eventually, Read more…
These two stories both come from Annála Beaga ó Iorrus Aithneach. As usual, I will write any dialectal notes that catch my eye below. Naomh a bhí i Mac Dara. As Condae an Dúin a tháinig sé – ceapann siad gubh as é. Bhí mórsheisear acab uiliug ann: Mac Dara, Read more…
This week’s post contains two stories from Annála Beaga ó Iorrus Aithneach. As usual, I will transcribe them with the original spelling, and note any pertinent dialectal features. An chré atá ar Oileán Cháillín i n-aice le Ceann Léime dá gcaithtí cuid di ar chruach arbhair ní bhcfadh na luchain Read more…
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…
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…
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…
I’ve decided this week to continue with another story from Éamonn a’ Búrc, about whom more info can be found in the previous post. It’s also collected by Liam Mac Coisdealbha, who transcribes fairly dialectaly, buíochas le Dia. The link to the original story can be found here. Notes in Read more…
Unlike the previous two stories, which were taken from Seán Mac Giollarnáth’s wonderful Annála Beaga ó Iorrus Aithneach, this one comes from one of Liam Mac Coisdealbha’s notebooks in the Main Manuscript Collection of the Folklore Department at UCD. These are the transcribed manuscripts collected by the IFC in the Read more…