cover of the book
Tuesday, 25 April 2023

Drs Aengus Ó Fionnagáin and Gordon Ó Riain recently published a co-edited volume of essays entitled Léann na Sionainne. The volume covers various topics on Irish language and literature from the early modern period to the present day. Among the subjects discussed are folklore, gender, medicine, bardic poetry, the Fenian cycle, 18th- and 19th-century poetry, textual editing, the song tradition, the poems of Seán Ó Ríordáin, and language acquisition in Ireland and Scotland. The book was awarded funding of €8250 by Foras na Gaeilge and is published by the imprint Cló Léann na Gaeilge (https://clo.ie/ga/leabhair/leann-na-sionainne).