Aitheasc - Seán Ó Conaglaigh

Thu, 10/11/2012 - 14:07 | by Eoghan

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Transcript

An chanúint a bhí in am amháin 'na canúint iomlán ag ár gcuid chéadaithreachaí, a bhí solasta le oideas, eolais agus teaghasc[1] a thabhairt d'achan nduine thiocfadh fhad leothu. Ba mhór an truaighe cúl a theacht ar an Ghaeilic ná ligeant daoithe fuarú.

Translation

The language that was at one time the language of all our forefathers who were keen to provide everyone who came to them with instruction, knowledge and teaching. It would be a great tragedy for the Irish language to decline or to let it die out.

Footnotes

= teagasc. Cf. Alf Sommerfelt, The dialect of Torr, co. Donegal (Christiania, 1922), § 201. (Back)

Commentary

This appears to be a simple statement lamenting the decline of the Irish language; it does not appear to be of any deeper folkloric significance.

Title in English: An exhortation
Digital version published by: Doegen Records Web Project, Royal Irish Academy

Description of the Recording:

Speaker: Seán Ó Conaglaigh from Co. Donegal
Person who made the recording: Karl Tempel
Organizer and administrator of the recording scheme: The Royal Irish Academy
In collaboration with: Lautabteilung, Preußische Staatsbibliothek (now Lautarchiv, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Recorded on 29-09-1931 at 12:00:00 in Courthouse, Letterkenny. Recorded on 29-09-1931 at 12:00:00 in Courthouse, Letterkenny.
Archive recording (ID LA_1228d1, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 00:34 minutes long. Archive recording (ID LA_1228d1, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 00:34 minutes long.
Second archive recording (ID LA_1228b1, from a shellac disc stored in Belfast) is 00:34 minutes long. Second archive recording (ID LA_1228b1, from a shellac disc stored in Belfast) is 00:34 minutes long.
User recording (ID LA_1228d1, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 00:30 minutes long. User recording (ID LA_1228d1, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 00:30 minutes long.

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