Note: This work is in the Irish language only - there is no English language translation in the publication. These essays were first published between 1989 agus 2003 in Liam Ó Muirthile’s column for The Irish Times, ‘An Peann Coitianta’, and have become minor classics. This is the second edition of a selection from this column revised by the author.

Note: This work is in the Irish language only - there is no English language translation in the publication. These essays were first published between 1989 agus 2003 in Liam Ó Muirthile’s column for The Irish Times, ‘An Peann Coitianta’, and have become minor classics. This is the second edition of a selection from this column revised by the author.