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…
The story below, which I’ll analyze for dialectal features, comes from Annála Beaga ó Iorrus Aithneach, first published by Seán Mac Giollarnáth in 1941. Mac Giollarnáth was a folklorist from Ballinasloe and was the editor of An Claidheamh Soluis for 7 years. He collected and published several other works of Read more…
One of my many other interests, apart from Irish, is ethnoastronomy/archaeoastronomy. These two similar subjects are the study of how current and previous cultures understood astronomical phenomenon and related to them. Part of understanding this connection with the sky, is to understand the words and terms associated with it. How Read more…