Scéal Ghearóid Iarla
Máire Mhac an tSaoi
2012 • Leabhar Breac
I think probably fewer and fewer people speak it [Irish] from the cradle. I think it is too important a part of what makes us different from other English-speaking people for it to be entirely lost. I would be heartbroken if it were to die but I don’t think I would be heartbroken if it survived as a literary language. As long as I’m alive, Irish is alive.
— Máire Mhac an tSaoi
Scéal Ghearóid Iarla
Máire Mhac an tSaoi
2012 • Leabhar Breac
I think probably fewer and fewer people speak it [Irish] from the cradle. I think it is too important a part of what makes us different from other English-speaking people for it to be entirely lost. I would be heartbroken if it were to die but I don’t think I would be heartbroken if it survived as a literary language. As long as I’m alive, Irish is alive.
— Máire Mhac an tSaoi
Description
Is úrscéal staire é Scéal Ghearóid Iarla atá bunaithe ar phearsa aitheanta, Gearóid Mac Gearailt, 3ú hIarla Dheasumhan (1335-1398), a dtugtaí ‘Gearóid Iarla’ air. Is file agus scoláire í Máire Mhac an tSaoi, ar foilsíodh cuid mhór filíochta agus scéalta Gaeilge léi, mar aon le haltanna acadúla ar scríbhneoireacht na Gaeilge. Foilsíodh a cuimhní cinn, The Same Age as the State, sa bhliain 2003.
[This is a historical novel about the third Earl of Desmond, Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald (1335–1398), also known as ‘Gearóid Iarla’ (Earl Gerald). Máire Mhac an tSaoi is a poet and scholar. She has published numerous Irish-language poems and stories, and academic articles on Irish-language writing; her memoir, The Same Age as the State, was published in 2003.]
Excerpts
Interviews
- Irish Independent: 'Máire Mhac an tSaoi - A Legend in her own Rhyme'
- Conversations with History: An Irish Voice of Poetry - Conversation with Máire MacEntee
- The Irish Times: 'Language of the Heart'
Prizes & Awards
Reviews
Audio
- RTÉ: Siúlach Scéalach - Máire Mhac an tSaoi
- RTÉ: Splancscéalta
- RTÉ: Iris Aniar - Máire Mhac an tSaoi
Video
- ClubLeabhar.com: Agallamh le Máire Mhac an tSaoi - Scéal Ghearóid Iarla
- ClubLeabhar.com: Máire Mhac an tSaoi ag Léamh Sleachta ó Scéal Ghearóid Iarla
- Listowel Writers' Week: Máire Mhac an tSaoi
- TG4: Soiscéal Pháraic - Máire Mhac an tSaoi
- Feenish Productions: Oíche Nollag le Máire Mhac an tSaoi
Resources For Readers
- Club Leabhar: Scéal Ghearóid Iarla - Leabhar mhí Eanáir 2012
- Irish Independent: 'Translation Once Again - A Tribute to Mighty Máire, Pioneer of Modern Irish Poetry'
- Breac: 'Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Transnational Irish-Language Writing' by Máirín Nic Eoin, Breac
- Ricorso: Critical Resources
- Google Scholar References
