Laudate_Dominum Posted March 25, 2004 Author Posted March 25, 2004 I thought it might be cool to post beautiful pictures which would make us think on Ireland dearly.
cmotherofpirl Posted March 25, 2004 Posted March 25, 2004 [quote name='Laudate_Dominum' date='Mar 25 2004, 03:19 AM'] Has anyone read this book and would like to talk about it? God bless. [/quote] I love this book. It is required reading in my house
Laudate_Dominum Posted March 26, 2004 Author Posted March 26, 2004 [quote name='cmotherofpirl' date='Mar 25 2004, 09:48 AM'] I love this book. It is required reading in my house [/quote] What's the story on it? I've been thinking about reading it for a while but I'm not sure what its all about.
Laudate_Dominum Posted March 26, 2004 Author Posted March 26, 2004 (edited) This is by far one of my favorite songs: (the translation isn't perfect cause the song is in kind of a funky dialect) [b]Coinleach Glas an Fhomhair[/b] I. Ar chonnlaigh ghlais an Fhoghmhair A stóirín gur dhearc mé uaim Ba deas do chos i mbróig 'Sba ró-dheas do leagan siubhail. Do ghruaidh ar dhath na rósaí 'Sdo chúirníní bhí fighte dlúith Monuar gan sinn 'ár bpósadh Nó'r bórd luinge 'triall 'un siubhail. II. Tá buachaillí na h-áite seo A' gartha 'gus ag éirghe teann Is lucht na gcochán árd A' deánamh fáruis do mo chailín donn Dá ngluaiseadh Rí na Spáinne Thar sáile 's a shlóighte cruinn Bhrúighfinn féar is fásach 'S bhéinn ar láimh le mo chailín donn. III. Ceannacht buaibh ar aontaigh' Dá mbínn agus mo chailín donn Gluais is tar a chéad-searc Nó go dtéidh muid thar Ghaoth-Bearra 'nonn Go sgartar ó n-a chéile Bárr na gcraobh 's an eala ón tuinn Ní sgarfar sin ó chéile 'S níl ach baois díbh á chur 'n mur gcionn. IV. Chuir mé leitir scríobhtha Annsoir mo sweetheart agus casaoid ghéar Chuir sí chugam arís í Go rabh a croidhe istuigh i lár mo chléibh. Cum na h-eala is míne Ná'n síoda 's ná cluimh na n-éan Nach trom an osna ghním-se Nuair a smaoitighim ar a bheith 'sgaradh léi. V. 'Sé chuala m/e Dé Domhnaigh Mar chómhrádh 'gabháil eadar mhnáibh Go rabh sí 'gabháil 'a pósadh Ar óigfhear dá bhfuil san áit. A stóirín glac mo chomhairle 'S a' foghmhar seo fan mar tá 'S cha leigim le 'bhfuil beo thú A stór nó 's tú mo ghrádh. [b]Translation[/b] On the green stubble-fields of Autumn I saw you, my sweetheart. Nice were your feet in shoes And wonderful your nimble gait. Your hair the color of roses And your ringlets tightly plaited Alas that we're not married Or on board ship sailing away The boys around here are Laughing and getting bold And the people of the high straw? Are making ?? of my brown girl If the King of Spain would Go abroad with his assembled men I would flatten grass and rank grass And I would be with my brown girl Buying cows at the fair If I were ? and my brown girl Go and come first love Until we go over to Gaoth-Bearra Until we separate from each other The tops of the branches and the swan from the waves ? That won't separate us And it's only folly for you to put it ?? I wrote a letter To my sweetheart and a sharp complaint She sent it back to me That her heart was inside me. Compose the artsswannoble person ? Finer than silk or bird feathers Heavy is my sigh When I think of being apart from her. What I heard on Sunday As conversation among the women That she was going to be married To a young man from the place. Sweetheart take my advice And this Autumn stay as you are And don't tell anyone, my love, That you are my love. Edited March 26, 2004 by Laudate_Dominum
Colleen Posted March 26, 2004 Posted March 26, 2004 i haven't read that book, L_D, but going back to a conversation you and I and Theologian in Training had a few weeks ago.... I got the Ignatius Press Catalog today and lo and behold! There was a new book by Joseph Pearce on Oscar Wilde! It's so cool! I think I'm going to have to get it. Anyway, back to Irishness: [img]http://www.screensaverjapan.com/nature/biland/biland.jpg[/img]
Laudate_Dominum Posted March 26, 2004 Author Posted March 26, 2004 Yay! If you get the book let us know how it is. Also, that's a great pic. Keep 'em coming if you feel like it.
cmotherofpirl Posted March 26, 2004 Posted March 26, 2004 [quote name='Laudate_Dominum' date='Mar 25 2004, 08:19 PM'] What's the story on it? I've been thinking about reading it for a while but I'm not sure what its all about. [/quote] Its about how the Irish saved civilization. While the barbarians overtook Europe, the Irish monks quitely copied all the ancient Greek books and kept scholarship alive in the monestaries and schools. Eventually the monks went off all over Europe and ignited education and learning: from Paris, Cologne, Milan, Vienna, Naples, Berne, all nothern England. It turn the English helped the Irish christianize Saxony, Bavaria and parts of Denmark. Charlesmagne, was tutored by Irish monks, one taught him astronomy, another geography, and still another statescraft. I just wish the book were longer.
WCC_Catholic Posted March 26, 2004 Posted March 26, 2004 L_D i thought i would share that i too love everythin Irish and i want to move there one day and teach or write my poems what ever there is nothing like the Irish Country side from what i have been told. i have loved Ireland so much that it has been a dream of mine to move there since i was about 5 Sarah Marie
Laudate_Dominum Posted March 27, 2004 Author Posted March 27, 2004 [quote name='WCC_Catholic' date='Mar 26 2004, 08:59 AM'] L_D i thought i would share that i too love everythin Irish and i want to move there one day and teach or write my poems what ever there is nothing like the Irish Country side from what i have been told. i have loved Ireland so much that it has been a dream of mine to move there since i was about 5 Sarah Marie [/quote] You certainly have good taste! I hope and pray that you make it to Ireland. I wonder if I'll ever end up there.. *sigh*
Laudate_Dominum Posted March 27, 2004 Author Posted March 27, 2004 [b]Sliabh Geal gCua Na Féile[/b] O, a shliabh geal gCua na féile Is fada uait i gcéin mé Im' shuí cois cuain im'aonar Go tréighlag faoi bhrón An tuile bhuí ar thaobh díom Idir mé 'gus tír mo chléibhe Mar a shliabh geal gCua na féile Nach géar é mo sceol Dá mbidhinnse imeasce mo gaolta I Sceithín ghlas na séimbhfear Nuair a scaipeann teas na gréine ann Ón spéir ghil gan small Nó dá mbidhinn ansiud faoin réaltain Nuair a thiteann drúcht ar fhéar ann O, a shliabh geal gCua, nar dhéirc sin Dá mb'fhéidir i d'fháil Mo léan, ná fuaireas tógaint Le léann is mórchuid eolais I ngeadhealuinn uasal cheolmhar Ba sheolta mo bhéal Da threabhainn cuairt thar sáile Is do bhearfainn bua thar barr chughat Mar a shliabh geal gCua, ba bhréa liom Thú ardach i réim Mo ghrása thall na Déise Idir bhanta, gleannta is shléibhte O snamhas anall thar tréanmhuir Táim treighlag gan bhrí Ach ó ba thoil le Dia mé a ghlaoich as Mo shlánsa siar go hEirinn Agus slán le sliabh na féile Le saor gheann óm' chroí [b]Translation[/b] Bright, bountiful mount So far, far away I sit by the sea Weak, lonely and sad The foam-tipped waves Divide me from my love Oh bright bountiful mount Cua How wretched my tale If I were there with my people On the green-clad hills Warmed by the heat of the sun In a bright, cloudless sky Or if I were there on a starry night As dew falls on the grass Oh radiant mount Cua That would be wealth beyond compare My sorrow, that I was not raised With learning and skill The noble strains of Gaelic As jewels on my lips I would travel far And come back with prizes to you My splendid mount Cua I would sing praise to your name The Déise is my love Its plains, valleys and hills Since I crossed the great ocean I am lifeless and low But God willed that I should leave So I send my blessings home And bid farewell to the bountiful mountain With all my soul
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