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Mac_léinn
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Posted on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 12:45 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

For those who might be interested, here's a link to CUNY's (City University of New York) website which contains downloadable versions of books on the Irish language:

www.irishamericanbooks.com

Here's an excerpt from the e-mail that I got on this subject:
The CUNY Institute for Irish-American Studies announces the latest addition to its Digital Library, P.W. Joyce's A Concise History of Ireland which was published in New York in 1903 by Longmans, Green and Co. The Digital Library preserves Irish-American books published between 1820 and 1924 and increases access to these volumes by placing them on the Internet free of charge. Visit www.irishamericanbooks.com to read any of the more than 70 books already preserved.

There's also an Irish-music reading room at the same web address.

Well, gotta run... to see if I can find any positive evidence on Tá fáilte romhat

(Message edited by mac_léinn on February 21, 2007)

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Mícheál
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Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 02:20 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

Dia dhuit, a Mhac,

Along with the excellent work accomplished by Thomas Ihde and his team, we at QU also have an Irish digitization project taking place. Our Arnold Bernhard Library Automation Librarian has been digitizing Irish material. Here is one example:

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/other/abl/etext/irish/pictures203/irelandpictures303.h tml

You can also access this and others through our An Górta Mór website at http://www.thegreathunger.org/html/main/indexa.htm
or through our http://www.quinnipiac.edu website.

We visited Tom and Elaine at CUNY to see their operation. I would highly recommend taking one of their language courses at Lehman. Last year I audited Elaine's intermediate level online course. I wish I could take one every semester if only I were a rich man.

Le meas,

Maidhc

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Mac_léinn
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Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 03:02 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

Maith sibh, a Mhaidc agus do chairde! Chonaic mé bhur bpeituir roimh agus tá siad go hálainn, go raibh maith agaibh! I had the good fortune of taking some individual, tutored classes with Elaine before my trip to Oideas Gael in 2005. Elaine is a great teacher and she helped me alot in preparation for Glencolmcille. I've always wanted to join her Irish-language Tae agus Comhra (Tea and Conversation) on Monday evenings at the Irish Arts Center in NYC, http://www.irishartscenter.org/ which is free and open to all.

You and I are about the same distance from the Irish Arts Center. Oibríonn m'iníon i Baile Nua Eabhrac (NYC) agus maybe we'll cross paths one day at Elaine's classes or for Tae agus Comhra. Tá pub Éireannach in aice láimhe agus cheannoidh mé pointa dhuit! Oh bhuel, lá eigin is docha.
Agus tá an ceart agat. I should look into a class at Lehman. I've been thinking of classes there or at NYU, my daughter's alma mater. (As long as I'll be paying student loans for the rest of my life, I might as well take a class there. )

(Message edited by mac_léinn on February 22, 2007)

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Mícheál
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Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 04:03 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

Tá an t-ádh leatsa! Chuaigh tú go Oideas Gael! I just showed their brochure to my wife and commented on how that is what I would like to do. Agus bhí ranganna agat le Elaine! One day our paths will cross. I too have wanted to join the Tae agus Comhra or one of the other get-togethers there. Besides being about the same distance from the IAC, we seem to be leading parallel lives. Oibríonn m'iníon i Baile Washington, DC. Our daughter has a graduate degree from American University in public relations/communications. Is í bainisteoir í de banna ceoil. Scythian is aimn dóibh. (www.scythiamusic.com). Seineann siad ceol tradisiúnta na hÉireann. Nuair a táimid, tusa agus mise, ag ól cúpan caifé nó tae, beimid ag caint faoi "student loans" agus what we are doing to cope. Oy vey, tá mé beo fós, sílim, buíochas le Dia.

Maidhc

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Mac_léinn
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Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 04:56 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

beimid ag caint faoi "student loans" agus what we are doing to cope.

oy gevalt mise freisin!

Taitneoidh go mor Oideas Gael leat agus le do bhean cheile! As you probably already know, there are other activities concurrent with the language courses, like hill walking for example - you and your wife will see some of the most breath-taking scenery in all of Ireland and many of the walks are quite easy indeed. I'm soooooo tempted to go this April!

I tried the link to scythiamusic above but no luck; maybe it'll be up later. Ca bhfuil a banna, i Warshington, nach bhfuil? An dtagann siad go dti BNE (Baile Nua Eabhrac) riamh?

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Mac_léinn
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Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 05:23 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

Feicim an fadhb a Mhaidc. Is é www.scythianmusic.com é leis an litir n. Looks like a happening band. Go n-éirí an t-adh le bhur n-iníon agus a banna!

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Mícheál
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Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 07:10 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

Tá brón orm faoi mo "typo" - my bad. I'm glad you found it. These four lads are terrific. My retirement plan is to become a member of their group!

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Mac_léinn
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Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 09:25 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

Tá brón orm faoi mo "typo" Ná bac leis - ní dhéarfaidh mé aon rud leis an banna!

Céard a sheinneann tú nó an gcanann tú? Seinnim an pianó - b'fhéidir gur féidir liom a cheangail freisin?

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Mac_léinn
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Posted on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 09:39 am:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

Looks like CUNY will be scanning another 40 books in the CUNY Institute for Irish-American Studies. Here's an excerpt for their e-mailer. There's also mention below of the American Conference for Irish Studies starting on April 18th. Whaddya say, a Mhaidc, sounds like Tea & Coffee Time - major league!


quote:

The CUNY Institute for Irish-American Studies is proud to host the 2007
American Conference for Irish Studies (ACIS) national meeting April 18th
through April 21st at the CUNY Graduate Center on 34th Street and 5th
Avenue in Manhattan. The conference's unifying theme will be "Ireland and
the Americas." Over 160 scholars from the Americas and Europe will present
at this gathering. Registration is currently underway. For more
information visit www.lehman.edu/cunyiias or call 718-960-6722.

The CUNY Institute for Irish-American Studies has begun scanning an
additional 40 books to add to its Digital Library thanks to a generous
grant from METRO (the New York Metropolitan Library Council). The Digital
Library preserves Irish-American books published between 1820 and 1924 and
increases access to these volumes by placing them on the Internet free of
charge. Visit www.irishamericanbooks.com to read any of the more than 70
books already preserved.


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Mícheál
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Posted on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 10:14 am:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

A Mhac,

Looks like we get the same flyers. I had written to Tom and Elaine in hoping that there would be a law angle to the conference. If not I was telling people here that I would be taking a vacation day to attend something. However, unfortunately, I will be at a conference in Boston on that Friday and Saturday is my (gulp) birthday, but I would love to hear Frank McCourt. His brother came here and I got to talk with him i nGaeilge. That was a real thrill even if it were just the basic bunrang conversation. For me it would be a great birthday event to be at the conference but my family would have other plans. I might be able to attend on the Thursday. I have spread the information about the conference to people at our university.

As to your other questions, Scythian plays once a month at Stout, which is not too far from Penn Station. The schedule is at http://www.scythianmusic.com/gigs.cfm (got the n in there this time) and their next appearance is March 31. My family has been there a couple of times to see them. I myself play a mean radio but nothing else. Do you still give piano lessons? I tried to learn it at one time. I have gone through phases that delved into creative pursuits of singing, drawing and writing. Early on my daughter always wanted to somehow be in the entertainment business and she succeeded. The closest I get is my scéal grinn time at Daltaí.

Also, I have a thick notebook filled with references to the saying "top of the morning to you" as you will recall from our earlier discussion awhile back. I have it traced back to Sir Walter Scott's Guy Mannering published in 1815. A month or so ago, I scored a copy of the book at The Strand i Nua-Eabhrac. One day I hope to do something with my material. But now I better get back to my Irish since I see I have posted quite a bit here i nBéarla. My latest effort is tackling TYI Grammar. Bím ag foghlaim gach lá agus tá tinneas cinn orm!

Le meas,

Maidhc

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Mac_léinn
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Posted on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 11:09 am:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

Uachtar na maidine, a Mhaidc. (We may be in different "Gaeltachts," but at least we're in the same time zone.

Scríobh tú: I have spread the information about the conference to people at our university. Yeah, as Fats Waller would say - Spreadin' the Rhythym Around!. That was my objective in posting above. I still adhere to the "Tipping Point" theory - sooner than later I hope, if we all make the effort to network a la Paul Revere the Irish language revival here and in Ireland will reach a point of exponential growth. Ní thugaim ceacthanna pianó mar sin is innealtóir mé anois ar ais.

Feicim go mbeidh an banna ag Stout Dé Sathairn seo chugainn. ach is é lá breithe m'iníon é Dé Domhnaigh seo chugainn agus beidh muid ag dul an ait eile. B'fheidir lá eigin eile.

Oh, so you're the one who tracked Top of the morning back to 1815? - fear maith agus go raibh maith agat! I didn't put your name and that important discovery together - gabh mo leithscéal. And you got Mannering's book at the Strand? Did you get it on the outside racks for 50 cents? . And yes, you'll have to publish your notes on your "top of the morning" research. I think it's important that folks understand that even though the phrase may not be in use anymore, except by a comedian here or there, it still is a valid part of Irish and Irish-American history. And who knows, maybe the phrase itself will see a revival.

One final note: as you probably know, we're studying "Teach Yourself Irish" at the Yahoo Group, and I had planned to include TYI Irish Grammar into our weekly studies. So, if you have any ideas and would like to contribute, please feel free to join in.

(Message edited by mac_léinn on February 23, 2007)

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Mícheál
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Posted on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 06:33 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

Top o' the evenin' to ya', a Mhac,

Dála an scéil, tá a fhios agam nach d'fhaigheann mé amach "Top of the morning back to 1815." Scríobh mé faoin na focail. Many quotation books attribute the poet John Locke with first writing the expression but Sir Walter Scott used it in his book in 1815. Since the character (a ship captain) that spoke the words traveled between the inhabitants of the Celtic ( isles at the time, I surmise that Scott was repeating what he had heard by people when he was growing up. Biographers talk about how when he was young he was fascinated by the tales of Jacobite soldiers. From time to time, I look at documents that Scott might have read in his lifetime. Although it is possible that he made it up, I believe that it was more likely based on something he had heard. As more material becomes available to us digitally and in full-text we can continue our search. In a similar vein, I look for the phrase "you are welcome" on your behalf. I will keep looking until I can look no more. Dá airde an sliabh, is cuma cé chomh hard leis an sliabh.

Tá a fhios agam, tá a fhios agam, it would do me a world of good to sign up for your Yahoo group, but I learn much by just stalking at the moment. Beidh mé ag saighnáil lá amháin.

Maidhc

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Mac_léinn
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Posted on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 06:48 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

Úachtar na oiche a thú féin a Mhaidc. We in the Top o and {Fáilte romhat} camp(s) couldn't have a better ally than you! Tá cara ag m'iníon agus foghlainn sí Library Science ag Rutgers U. She has a bachelor's degree in the same from Catholic University, and her boyfriend is currently finishing a Ph.D in Irish Studies at Catholic U. Maybe we'll form a Sasana Nua/Mid 'Lantic/Virginia coalition-type task force to further expand our efforts!

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Mícheál
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Posted on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 07:32 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

I wish you had been at the weekend immersion to have heard my rendition of mo scéal grinn. I spoke using several American and Irish dialects when I told my stories. One day I will put my material in a book to sell at these weekends so I can attempt to emerge from bankruptcy after spending all my money on Irish learning material. . Maith thú tu féin. Your posts helped me to frame my piece at the seisiún.

Tá mé ag éisteach le TG4 Online anois. Chuala mé "man"rang nuair a deirim "mawn"rang. Dúirt fear seo ag Daltaí. Ulster caint.

Eolaíocht leabharlainne abú!

Maidhc
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Mac_léinn
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Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 05:31 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

A Mhaidc, Uachtar na Tráthnónta! (top of the evening).

Is breá liomsa gach canúna freisin. I like your signoff above - Stáit Aontaithe Meánatlantach Maighdeania Sasana Nua Tá tú an ghreannmhar! We'll have to ask our friends down south what that area is called around Virginny - is it the "Southeast U.S." Maybe we'll wind up being known as the Eastern U.S. Canúint in contrast to the Western U.S. Canúint. Then we can have sub-dialects and sub-sub-dialects like Nua Bhaile, Nua Ghersí and the Outer Banks.

Oíche mhaith agus go n-éirí an bothar leat (May the road rise to meet you - another saying that I'm keenly interested in researching - hint, hint.)

Mac Léinn

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