Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire

by Seán Ó Tuama

Caoine Airt Uí Laoghaire an Caoine atá i gceist sa leabhar taighde seo leis an iar-Ollamh le Gaeilge in Ollscoil na hÉireann, Baile Átha Cliath, ina dtugann sé faoi athléamh ó bhonn a dhéanamh ar an gcaoine áirithe seo agus ar an meadaracht a ghabhann leis. Tá mion phlé agus anailís sa leabhar ar thuairimí scoláirí eile agus leabharliosta cuimsitheach dá réir ina chúl.

92 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1961

About the author

Seán Ó Tuama, poet, dramatist, and critic, grew up in Gurranebraher and studied at University College Cork. He later became Professor of Modern Irish Literature at UCC, as well as a visiting professor at Harvard, Oxford, and the University of Toronto. His poetry is collected in Faoileán na Beatha (1962, An Chlóchomar Tta.) and Death in the Land of Youth: New and Selected Poems of Seán Ó Tuama (1997, Cork University Press). He also wrote five plays, including Gunna Cam agus Slabhra Óir. Dráma Véarsaíochta Thrí Ghníomh (1978 Sáirséal agus Dill). His most notable academic works are An Grá in Amhráin na nDaoine (1960, An Chlóchomhar Tta., 1960), An Grá i bhFilíocht na nUaisle (1988) and An Duanaire - Poems of the Dispossessed, in collaboration with Thomas Kinsella (1981). He also published a book of literary essays and an anthology of 20th century Irish poetry.

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Reviews

[ليلى · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thuig mé é! Sin an chéad uair 😂 saothar álainn. Ba chóir dom níos mó a léamh i nGaeilge.

[Terence Gallagher · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent edition of the great lament. O Tuama gives the historical and personal background of the principals and a clear exposition of the chain of events surrounding O Laoghaire's death. He also presents the varied printed, manuscript, and oral sources that stand behind this 'critical' edition, giving an account of his editorial choices, and publishing an alternate version along with many orally collected fragments in an appendix.

This is a fitting companion to great poem. The "Lament for Art O'Leary" strikes me as one of those classic works -- like "Beowulf" and "The Song of Roland" -- whose providential survival, however improbable, allows a glimpse into a whole realm of culture that otherwise would have been lost entirely.

[Stiofán · Rating 5 out of 5]

Caoineadh ceannródaíoch ríthábhachtach lán cumha is fearg de bhean a chaill a fear. Seoid loinneartha luachmhar i dtraidisiún litríocht na Gaeilge. Gluais agus nótaí úsáideacha ar gcúl le cabhair le tuiscint an téacs.