Liam MacMathuna

Eigse: A Journal of Irish Studies. Volume 41 - A Journal of Irish Studies Liam MacMathuna

Éigse is devoted to the cultivation of a wide range of research on the Irish language and its literature, embracing both textual and contextual studies. Volume 41 contains articles ranging from an edition of a medieval Irish text to modern regional dialects. Other contributions in both Irish and English, from established and emerging scholars in Ireland and abroad, include the fields of place-names, keening, lexicography, the revival movement and the contents of a recently identified Gaelic manuscript in Massachusetts. This volume also contains substantial review articles on Amrae Coluimb Chille, the lives of the saints and the history of theatre in Irish, as well as a broad range of book reviews on many aspects of Irish studies.