Colourful Irish Phrases (English and Irish Edition) - Hardcover

Ó Conghaile, Micheál

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1781175551 ISBN 13: 9781781175552

Publisher: Dufour Editions In, 2018

Synopsis

The Irish language has made a huge contribution to the English language as it’s spoken in Ireland and beyond. Micheál Ó Conghaile's 'Colourful Irish Phrases' is a small compendium of characteristic phrases that will alert the reader to the unmistakable difference between our native language and English. Even the most basic words are expressed so differently. Please in Irish is más é do thoil é (if it is your will), and thanks becomes go raibh maith agat (may you receive good).

There are many phrases that when translated, word for word, they sound different, unusual and sometimes funny. But above all, they are rich and deeply rooted. Visitors to Ireland who want to get some notion of our native identity will find these phrases both instructive and revealing.

Topics covered range across subjects as diverse as insults and put-downs, being human and the gift of the gab.

About this title

About the Author

Micheal O Conghaile is a writer and publisher from Connemara. He established the publishing company Clo Iar-Chonnacht (CIC) in 1985. He has written many books in Irish and won the Hennessy Literary Award in 1997, and the Hennessy Young Irish Writer of the Year Award. In 1998 he was elected to Aosdana. His works have been translated into various languages, including Romanian, Croatian, Slovenian, German, Polish, Macedonian and Arabic, and, three of his books are available in English: 'The Connemara Five' (Arlen Press)' The Colours of Man' (CIC) and 'Rambling Jack' (Dalkey Archive Press). He was writer in residence at Queen's University, Belfast and at the University of Ulster Coleraine between 1999 and 2002.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dufour Editions In
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1781175551
• ISBN 13: 9781781175552
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128