That's wonderful, thanks so much. I have actually read bits of ASTB - completely went out of my head. But I need to re-read it properly. And no, my Gaelic's not so hot, as it goes - myth or language :-)
Pleasure, anything to encourage FlannO'ers. Yeah the language thing is tricky (something he goes on about in the column, to great comic effect), and At Swim is so structured around legends of old sweeney and the pookha and stuff that it can be a bit hard to penetrate. Still, worth pursuing.
Pleasure, anything to encourage FlannO'ers. Yeah the language thing is tricky (something he goes on about in the column, to great comic effect), and At Swim is so structured around legends of old sweeney and the pookha and stuff that it can be a bit hard to penetrate. Still, worth pursuing.