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| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5075 days ago 2237 posts - 6731 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 1 of 5 12 January 2015 at 12:48pm | IP Logged |
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Saw this today and thought I'd share it with the community. Dr. Ranke de Vries, Professor in the Department of Celtic Studies at St Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, has written a book "A Student's Companion to Old Irish Grammar". There's a nine minute interview with the author talking about the language, the book and the Department of Celtic Studies at St Francis Xavier University here. I know this is esoteric, but it's not often you get a chance to listen to an interview with an author of a book about an ancient language plus, she's Dutch with a PHD in Celtic languages and teaches at a Canadian university. The love of language has no bounds. Edited by iguanamon on 12 January 2015 at 5:55pm 5 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4657 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 2 of 5 12 January 2015 at 1:37pm | IP Logged |
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This is very interesting! Thanks for sharing it with us, Iguanamon!
I've been interested in Old Irish for some time now, but unfortunately there aren't many resources out there. So, this book might be interesting. The interview itself is very interesting as well! It's a pleasure to hear some body talk about Old Irish in a radio show. You don't get that every day! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5369 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 3 of 5 13 January 2015 at 4:38am | IP Logged |
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Thanks for sharing the link, iguanamon, I find Old Irish fascinating! I look forward to listening to the interview later with a cup of tea when I get home from work. :)
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| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4657 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 4 of 5 13 January 2015 at 5:56pm | IP Logged |
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Okay, I just ordered the book from Amazon. It was so low-priced that I thought "why not?". So I got it as a belated Christmas present to myself. I'll probably receive it on Thursday and tell you more about it then.
Thanks again for posting this, iguanamon! Otherwise, I would probably never have heard of this great resource. Edited by Josquin on 13 January 2015 at 5:57pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Potted Plant Newbie Ireland Joined 3463 days ago 27 posts - 32 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, French | Message 5 of 5 19 January 2015 at 7:51am | IP Logged |
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Its always a pleasure to hear that people from other (and far more exciting) countries are taking an interest in Gaelic, never mind Old Gaelic!
I am not too sure of the development of Gaelic and its varieties used over the centuries, so I won't be able to advise exactly which texts would be of use or not. However I do know from my own studies that there is a large amount of historical sources written in Gaelic from the early medieval age to the end of early modern period. Annals, Lifes, religious texts, Law, Genealogy, can all be found online. I am aware that these texts may be a bit dry to read, so do have a look for some tales, legends and myths (such as Cú Chulainn, Tain Bo, the Red Branch Knights, etc). I would be very surprised that the most famous of these are not online, or any other tales. Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_annals http://www.ucc.ie/celt/ (University College Cork) The above are just off the top of my head. If anyone is interested I will have a look through my notes to see if I know of more. Checking the Irish universities' websites (NUI Galway, NUI Maynooth, University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, etc) would be a good idea as these may be another source of reading material for Old Gaelic. Good luck in your studies! Edited by Potted Plant on 19 January 2015 at 7:52am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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