Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Cló Léann na Gaeilge is a new string in the bow of the Irish-language publishers COMHAR, who publish a range of works in different print and online fora, including IrisCOMHAR, LeabhairCOMHAR, and COMHARTaighde.Their new academic venture has already produced works of note, including An Óige agus an Athbheochan [trans.Youth and the Revival] 1 by Ríona Nic Congáil, Ó Chleamairí Go Ceamaraí: Drámaíocht agus Taibhealaíona na Gaeilge faoi chaibidil, [trans.From the Strawboys to the Cameras: Drama and Performance Arts examined] edited by Éadaoin Ní Mhuircheartaigh, Róisín Ní Ghairbhí, and Pádraig Ó Liatháin, and Léachtaí Uí Chadhain: Mórchnuasach in ómós do Mháirtín Ó Cadhain (1905Ó Cadhain ( -1970) ) [trans.The Ó Cadhain lectures: a critical collection in honour of Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1905-1970)] edited by Liam Mac Amhlaigh and Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith.The quality of the scholarship produced under the aegis of this publishing house is undoubted, but I also wish to draw attention to other points of note.Firstly, the cost of Cló Léann na Gaeilge's books to date do not exceed €30.00.This makes them more accessible for students and early-career researchers, especially when other hardback essay collections in Irish Studies can approach £200.00.Yet, the publishers have not skimped on making the books pleasurable to read and hold in one's hand.The design of these books -and of Léann na Sionainne [trans.Scholarship of the Shannon or Learning of the Shannon] -do not leave the aesthete wanting.The book jacket of Léann na Sionainne is eye-catchingcolourful but not overwhelming, and the image of Limerick City and 'The River Sinan', taken from a manuscript (TCD 1909/57), is fitting for an essay collection that encourages us to spend time in the Early Modern period of language and history, as is the image on the back, from RIA 23 I 40 (6).The front matter, chapters, appendices, and so forth, are laid out in a cohesive and tidy way, leading the reader from the fourteenth century up until the present day.The essays have been drawn from papers given at a conference in the University of Limerick in 2018.The brollach, or prologue to the book is an essay by one of the editors, Aengus Ó Fionnagáin, 'Stair Léann na Gaeilge in Ollscoil Luimnigh 1972-2022' [trans.A History of the Study of Irish in the University of Limerick 1972Limerick -2022]].Here, Ó Fionnagáin gives an overview of the breadth of the scholarship presented in the book, as well as tracing the beginnings and development of the Irish-
Source: Studia Celtica Fennica
DOI: 10.33353/scf.155390
Author: Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha
Language: English
Topic: Irish and British Studies
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405713067
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