{"product_id":"iosagan-agus-sgealta-eile-by-padraic-mac-piarais-translated-by-peadar-macken","title":"Íosagán agus Sgéalta Eile: By Pádraic Mac Piarais Translated by Peadar Macken","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis collection of short stories by Patrick Pearse is in two parts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart One is in the Irish language, in the Old Irish (Gaelic) script, as it was first published in 1907.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart Two Is a translation into English, written in the Modern English script.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePearse was a prolific writer, producing numerous short stories, poetry, plays, and political essays,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eboth in Irish and English. He wrote, \"Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam,\" (A country without a language is a country\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewithout a soul.) He believed the revival of the Irish language was a key to restoring Ireland's\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003enational pride and identity and would eventually lead to its Independence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis literary style was simple, sometimes childlike, often romanticising life in rural Ireland, whilst being\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,oblivious to the dire poverty that surrounded him in the country at the time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis writing pioneered a new style of Irish literature, making it more appealing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand relevant to the young in a rapidly changing Irish society.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe was ahead of his time in his dreams and aspirations for a future, free Ireland. He opposed corporal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003epunishment, particularly in the classroom. He believed that bilingualism was the only way\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe Irish language could survive in a predominently English speaking global marketplace.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe was deeply religious, with deep Christian values and strong moral principles. This, however,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003edid not prevent him from confronting the Catholic Church over its total control of the educational system.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe advocated a greater appreciation of nature and the need to treat wildlife and farm animals\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehumanely and with kindness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePearse was one of Ireland's most influential figures in the independence movement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe did not consider his surrender to the English during the Easter Risingn 1916 as a defeat,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003erather, He saw both the surrender and his inevitable execution and politcal martyrdom as a first step towards a new Ireland,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ean Ireland, \"Not free merely, but Gaelic as well, not Gaelic merely, but free as well.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e( Pearse's graveside oration at the funeral of O'Donovan Rossa, 1915)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Inkbound Society™️","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":71938918613014,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":71938918645782,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/4323\/6886\/files\/71DqxnnrRdL._SL1500.jpg?v=1792490223","url":"https:\/\/www.theinkboundbookshop.com\/products\/iosagan-agus-sgealta-eile-by-padraic-mac-piarais-translated-by-peadar-macken","provider":"The Inkbound Society™️","version":"1.0","type":"link"}