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The Irish Words You Should Know: and how to start using them again
Hector Ó Heochagáin
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Description for The Irish Words You Should Know: and how to start using them again
hardcover. When you speak in Irish every word is a tiny poem. Take loinnir – a word that describes the sunlight sparkling on the waves. Loinnir is also used to capture that merriness you feel after early pints of stout in the morning. Suddenly that sunlight isn’t just a thing, it’s a feeling. Here, Hector tells the stories about Irish words in a way that will give you a new perspective on the land, the weather, relationships, feelings, and even the body. Even rain is wetter in Irish! The Irish language lives underneath us in the soil, it blows through the leaves on trees, it’s in the wind and the rain, the water and the waves, our sun and our sky. Irish was part of this island before English. It tells us about our ancestors and explains to us in so many ways who we are. Whether you’re a gaeilgeoir or, like Hector, you were no swot in school and couldn’t write a word of Irish, this is the book for you. The Irish Words You Should Know will have you speaking the cúpla focail with confidence, while reminding you of the fun and magic in the language that is our inheritance.
‘The best book on the Irish language I have ever read – so funny, so soulful’ Tommy Tiernan
Loinnir: The sunlight sparkling on the waves, or the merriness you feel after early pints of stout in the morning.
When you speak in Irish, every word is a tiny poem that reveals a new perspective. The Irish language is our inheritance. It lives underneath us in the soil, it blows through the leaves on trees and rises from the roots. Hector Ó hEochagáin is on a mission to help us reclaim that inheritance.
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Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Gill Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9780717199860
SKU
9780717199860
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-103
About Hector Ó Heochagáin
Hector Ó hEochagáin is a TV and radio presenter. He co-hosted Ireland’s most popular podcast with Tommy Tiernan and Laurita Blewitt. He has spent the past 23 years travelling to some of the most incredible places on earth for his long-running and much-loved popular travel show on TG4. He lives in Galway..
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