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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Seamas OCathainPublisher: Phaeton Publishing Limited Imprint: Phaeton Publishing Limited Edition: 3rd New edition Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.275kg ISBN: 9781908420282ISBN 10: 1908420286 Pages: 206 Publication Date: 21 October 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Language: Irish Table of Contents"1. Gasur de Chuid na Leamhchoille; 2. De Leim thar Teorainn; 3. 'Felix Education'; 4. Na Cantar Bearla!; 5. 'Fainic thu ar an ""r"" caol!'; 6. Ar Thoir na Gaeilge; 7. Iarcheimi de chuid na hOllscoile; 8. Taobh o Thuaidh den Chiorcal Artach; 9. Ag Fanaiocht sa Laplainn; 10. Oiche Fhada; 11. Ag Triall Abhaile; 12. Iarscribhinn Phearsanta: Mo Mhuintir Fein, agus Ceap Sinsear o 1822."Reviews'A Gem...' - Tristan Rosenstock, RTE Radio 1; 'Leabhar an-bhrea Jumping the Border - bhaineas an-taitneamh as, agus taim cinnte go mbainfidh na leitheoiri sult as.' - Raidio na Gaeltachta; 'Is beag duine nach mbainfeadh taitneamh as an gcuntas beathaisneise seo ... is blaiseadh iontach e an leabhar seo de shaol eachtruil.' - Iris Comhar; 'A timely look at borders here and elsewhere, written in an engaging style. ...OCathain provides fascinating insights ...he got to do research among the Sami (Lapland people) of Norway and Finland. In this remote area, far from Ireland, he encountered many of the same issues he grew up with in Tyrone. Here, too, was a minority-language community struggling to maintain their identity and language in face of an officialdom determined to assimilate them.' - Books Ireland Magazine; 'The descriptions of the people and life of the shrinking Gaeltacht area Na Cruacha in Donegal ... and the Sami people high above the Arctic Circle, stand out for their insights into lives and living that few of us might get the chance to glimpse. ...This warm book - a memoir of insights and inspirations ...across many borders.' - Bealoideas, Journal of the Folklore of Ireland Society. Author InformationRugadh an Dr Seamas O Cathain i nDroim Caoin, Contae Thir Eoghain sa bhliain 1942 agus bhain se ceimeanna amach ag Ollscoil na Riona i mBeal Feirste, ait ar ceapadh ina Ollamh le Ceiltis e. Bhi se ina Ollamh le Bealoideas Eireann agus ina Stiurthoir ar Chnuasach Bhealoideas Eireann i gColaiste Ollscoile Bhaile Atha Cliath. Is e an tudar e ar Uair a Chloig Cois Teallaigh / An Hour by the Hearth (Comhairle Bhealoideas Eireann: 1985) agus The Bedside Book of Irish Folklore (Dufour Editions: 1988). Bhi se ina eagarthoir ar Northern Lights: Following Folklore in North-Western Europe (UCD Press: 2001) agus ina chomheagarthoir ar Treasures of the National Folklore Collection / Seoda as Cnuasach Bhealoideas Eireann (Four Courts Press: 2010). Bhi se rannphairteach i gclaracha faoin bhealoideas a craoladh ar RTE agus an BBC sna 1980di agus bhi se ina bhall de ghiuire Fheile Idirnaisiunta na Clairsi Orga agus ina eagarthoir ar Bealoideas, Iris an Chumainn le Bealoideas Eireann o 1996-2005. Airitear ar na gradaim agus duaiseanna idirnaisiunta ata gnoite aige - Ridireacht (Cead Grad) d'Ord Leon na Fionlainne (1986), Buaiteoir Dhuais Dag Stroembaeck, Acadamh Rioga Gustavus Adolphus, Uppsala, An tSualainn (1994) agus Duais Ruth Michaela-Jena Ratcliff, Dun Eideann (1985). Ball Oinigh e de Chumann Kalevala na Fionlainne, o 1981 agus o 1990 i leith ta se ina bhall de Folklore Fellows Acadamh Eolaiochta na Fionlainne; iarbhall e de Choiste Comhairleach Institiuid Thaighde Leann na hEireann agus na hAlban ag Ollscoil Obar Dheathain. Ta conai air i mBaile Atha Cliath o 1973 lena bhean Maj Magnusson, a casadh air sna 1960di agus e ina Leachtoir le Focleolaiochta agus Bealoideas in Ollscoil Uppsala sa tSualainn. Ta beirt clainne acu - Padraig agus Sorcha. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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