• Léirmheas

    The Midnight Court

    Aistritheoir: Ciarán CarsonFoilsitheoir: Gallery Press Léirmheastóir: David WheatleyFoilsíodh an léirmheas seo cheana in The Guardian, an 10 Meán Fómhair 2005 Speaking a minority language can be like a form of inverted Tourette’s: you can be as obscene as you want and most people won’t even notice. In his poem “I’r Iaith A’i Chaneuon”, Ian Duhig is pestered by a Welsh pub bore to say something in Irish. He obliges with an “Irish prayer about a Welsh king”: “Beautiful, it sounds quite beautiful”, the Welshman coos as Duhig recites a malediction…