Today, I’m continuing with a transcription of a story from Annála Beaga Ó Iorrus Aithneach, collected by the late Seán Mac Giollarnáth. This is because, as I have said before, the stories were recorded by Liam Mac Con Iomaire, ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam, for Raidió na Gaeltachta Read more…
Today, I’m continuing with a transcription of a story from Annála Beaga Ó Iorrus Aithneach, collected by the late Seán Mac Giollarnáth. This is because, as I have said before, the stories were recorded by Liam Mac Con Iomaire, ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam, for Raidió na Gaeltachta Read more…
Continuing on with the transcriptions of stories from Annála Beaga ó Iorrus Aithneach, collected by Seán Mac Giollarnáth. I am doing this because these stories have been recorded by the late Liam Mac Con Iomaire, ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam, for Raidió na Gaeltachta in the 1980s. While Read more…
I know I haven’t updated here recently, and I apologize for that. Things have been a bit busy, and I haven’t been transcribing as much as I would like. But, I have been buying books. All but one of them, of course, relate to Connemara. Here is a list of Read more…
In today’s post, we’ll discuss the various Irish dialects of Connacht that exists at the turn of the 20th century. This post is a follow-up to both AnLoingseach‘s amazing video about proper Irish pronunciation and dazpatreg’s follow-up to that video (AnLoingseach has an amazing knowledge of Irish and linguistics, in Read more…
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…
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…
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…