Stair na Gaeilge and other Maynooth Publications

[Andrew Carnie]

------- Forwarded From: "Kim R. McCone" <krmccone at maynooth.win-uk.net>

                          Dept. of Old Irish
                         St. Patrick's College
                               Maynooth
                            County Kildare
                                Ireland


                                                    An tOll. Kim R. McCone

                                                     Tel.: +353 1 - 6285222
                                                      FAX: +353 1 - 6289373
                                       E-mail: krmccone at maynooth.win-uk.net



This is to announce the recent publication of the first
comprehensive history of the Irish language *Stair na Gaeilge*
(written in Irish; ed. Kim McCone, Damian Mcmanus, Cathal O/
Ha/inle, Nicholas Williams, Liam Breatnach): 930 pp., price IR#20
(plus IR#15 postage from Europe or America; IR#8 from UK, IR#4
within Ireland). In addition to extensive bibliography, word and
subject indices, it contains the following chapters on Irish
orthography, Old Irish and its prehistory, Middle Irish, Classical
Modern Irish, the modern dialects (including manx and Scots Gaelic)
and literary language: I Litriu/ na Gaeilge (Anders Ahlqvist; pp.
23-59), II An tSean-Ghaeilge agus a Re/amhstair (pp.  61- 219; Kim
McCone), III An Mhea/n-Ghaeilge (pp.  221-333; Liam Breatnach), IV
An Nua-Ghaeilge Chlasaiceach (pp. 335-445; Damian McManus), V Na
Canu/inti/ a Theacht chun Solais (Nicholas Williams; pp. 447-478),
VI Gaeilge na Mumhan (Sea/n Ua Su/illeabha/in; pp.  479-538), VII
Gaeilge Chonnacht (Ruairi/ O/ hUiginn; pp. 539-609), VIII Gaeilge
Uladh (Art Hughes; pp.  611-660), IX Gaeilge na hAlban (Seosamh
Watson; pp. 661-702), X An Mhanainnis (Nicholas Williams; pp.
703-744), XI O/ Chaint na nDaoine go dti/ an Caighdea/n Oifigiu/il
(Cathal O/ Ha/inle; pp.  745-793). The volume should be of some use
even to non-readers of Irish owing to numerous tables etc.  The
following titles (in English) are also available from the above
address: Kim McCone, The Early Irish Verb (1987; hardback, IR#24
post free),. Kim McCone, Pagan Past and Christian Present in Early
Irish Literature (1990; hardback IR#24, paperback IR#12 post free),
Damian McManus, A Guide to Ogam (1991; hardback IR#24, paperback
#12 post free).


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