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Thread #23796 Message #3605006
Posted By: GUEST
26-Feb-14 - 08:36 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Amhrán Pheadar Breathnach & Pheter Báille
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Amhrán Pheadar Breathnach & Pheter Báille
It is good to see Irish song lyrics treated as just another European language by Mudcat regulars and guests, albeit a minority one. Not loaded with political undercurrents about the necessity to retain the language or nasty diatribes against it from some who imagine that knowledge of one language somehow damages or limits one's knowledge of any other tongue; this despite the evidence of bilingualism all across the world If I may suggest the opening line of the Amhrán' could be more accurately translated as '500 farewells to my little boat laid up in Rossaveal'. The word 'fánach' here suggests ' astray' or going unused - Baille was an emigrant in London recalling the good times in his boat.
Chris Mooney