100 Dan As Fhearr Leinn / 100 Favourite Gaelic Poems
A collection of 100 favourite Gaelic poems and songs – love poems and hymns, sea ditties and war poems, lullabies and elegies – many translated into English for the first time. Selected by Peter Mackay and Jo MacDonald, and including public nominations, these poems give a multi-layered taste of the full richness of Gaelic literature from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Cruinneachadh de 100 dàn agus òran Gàidhlig de dh’iomadh seòrsa agus o iomadh linn – nam measg bàrdachd gaoil agus laoidhean, òrain mara agus òrain cogaidh, tàlaidhean agus marbhrainn. Air an taghadh le Pàdraig MacAoidh agus Jo NicDhòmhnaill, le molaidhean an t-sluaigh, tha an cruinneachadh seo a’ toirt blasad de shàr-bheartas litreachas na Gàidhlig.
| Weight | 0.650000 |
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| ISBN13/Barcode | 9781910022078 |
| ISBN10 | 1910022071 |
| Author | Peter MacKay; Jo MacDonald |
| Binding | Paperback |
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| Date Published | 15th October 2020 |
| Report Date | 2026/03/31 |
| Pages | 480 |
| Publisher | Luath Press |
Awarded the Derrick Thomson Prize for Best Poetry Book by the Gaelic Books Council and The Scottish Poetry Library in 2021.
About the Book:
A collection of 100 favourite Gaelic poems and songs – love poems and hymns, sea ditties and war poems, lullabies and elegies – many translated into English for the first time. Selected by Peter Mackay and Jo MacDonald, and including public nominations, these poems give a multi-layered taste of the full richness of Gaelic literature from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Cruinneachadh de 100 dàn agus òran Gàidhlig de dh’iomadh seòrsa agus o iomadh linn – nam measg bàrdachd gaoil agus laoidhean, òrain mara agus òrain cogaidh, tàlaidhean agus marbhrainn. Air an taghadh le Pàdraig MacAoidh agus Jo NicDhòmhnaill, le molaidhean an t-sluaigh, tha an cruinneachadh seo a’ toirt blasad de shàr-bheartas litreachas na Gàidhlig.
Reviews:
100 favourite Gaelic Poems/Dàn As Fhèarr Leinn would appeal to any dispensation, to any disposition with a capacity for the passions and delicate senses of loss, resolution, festive release, tragic lament, healthy derisive laughter, the whole phantasmagorical cornucopia of poetic possibilities. ALAN RIACH, The National