{"product_id":"masal-beag-dubh-agus-mion-scealta-eile-o-laimh-phadhraic-ui-chonaire-translated-by-peadar-macken","title":"M'Asal Beag Dubh agus Mion Scéalta Eile: Ó Láimh Phádhraic UÍ Chonaire. Translated by Peadar Macken.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis translation of a collection of short stories by Pádhraic Ó Conaire will be of some benefit to those interested in the Irish language. The first part is in Irish, written in the Old Irish (Gaelic) script, as it was published in 1919. The translation is in the modern English script.\u003cbr\u003eGenerations will remember\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e M'Asal Beag Dubh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e from their childhood when it was on the school curriculum.\u003cbr\u003eIt conjures up happy memories of innocent childhood and the joy of playing freely in open spaces during school holidays.\u003cbr\u003eÓ Conaire wrote Irish as it was spoken. He paid scant attention to formal grammatical structures. He wrote about current issues like poverty, emigration, failed marriages and loneliness.\u003cbr\u003eHis writing gave a new direction and relevance to Irish literature by appealing to a broader and younger audience.\u003cbr\u003ePádhraic Ó Conaire was born in Galway in 1882 during a turbulent period in Irish history.\u003cbr\u003eHis work is considered to be amongst the earliest example of modern fiction in the Irish language.\u003cbr\u003eHe wrote over 400 short stories, 237 essays, 6 plays and 27 books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eM'Asal Beag Dubh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was first published in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Weekly Freeman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 1917.\u003cbr\u003eIt was also included in the short story collection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAn Crann Geagach\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, first published in 1919.\u003cbr\u003eÓ Conaire died in poverty in 1928.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Inkbound Society™️","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":71938930999318,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":71938931032086,"sku":null,"price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/4323\/6886\/files\/71OO46Z2OKL._SL1500.jpg?v=1792491311","url":"https:\/\/www.theinkboundbookshop.com\/products\/masal-beag-dubh-agus-mion-scealta-eile-o-laimh-phadhraic-ui-chonaire-translated-by-peadar-macken","provider":"The Inkbound Society™️","version":"1.0","type":"link"}