Craic Baby
Dispatches from a Rising Language
$19.98
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2019
Summary
From the author of the bestselling Motherfoclóir, Non-fiction Irish Book of the Year.
What do we talk about when we talk about Irish? When we talk about saving or supporting a language do we mean the musical combination of syllables, or something more profound? How do new words enter a language, and what is the relationship between that strange dialect called Hiberno-English and its parent language?
Craic Baby picks up exactly where Motherfoclóir lef…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781788545266 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1788545265 |
| Author: | Darach O'Séaghdha |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Apollo |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2019 |
| Weight: | 120g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 128mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
PRAISE FOR MOTHERFOCL
Darach Ó Séaghdha’s observations and reflections are intelligent and interesting * Irish Times *
Ó Séaghdha wasn’t keen on learning traditional Irish language when he was young. Inspired by his dad, he later made it his goal to help preserve it * The Big Issue *
A wonderful blend of rudeness and erudition * TLS Books of the Year *
I’d stray away from my beloved fiction for [Craic Baby] Darach O’Seaghdha’s follow up to the brilliant Motherfoclóir * Irish Times Books of the Year *
Darach Ó Séaghdha has a gift for bringing Irish to life, through humour and through fascinating stories of why it is the way it is * Irish Daily Mirror *
In Craic Baby, Ó Séaghdha wants to address fundamental points about language in Ireland on a longish agenda. And he does it brilliantly * Irish Examiner *
Darach O'Séaghdha
Darach O’Séaghdha is the author of popular twitter account @theirishfor. He lives just outside Dublin, where he works as a civil servant during the day and explores language at night and in the early morning.
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