100 Dàn As Fhèarr Leinn / 100 Favourite Gaelic Poems

Peter MacKay has published widely on contemporary poetry, particularly Irish and Scottish poetry. He teaches in the School of English at the University of St Andrews. He is also a co-editor of The Light Blue Book.Jo MacDonald is a native Gaelic speaker from the island of Lewis. During her career – spent largely with the BBC – she worked mainly in factual and education programming. Jo now works as a freelance researcher, writer, broadcaster and translator.

A collection of 100 favourite Gaelic poems and songs – love poems and hymns, sea ditties and war poems, lullabies and elegies – many translated into English for the first time. Selected by Peter Mackay and Jo MacDonald, and including public nominations, these poems give a multi-layered taste of the full richness of Gaelic literature from the Middle Ages to the present day. Cruinneachadh de 100 dàn agus òran Gàidhlig de dh’iomadh seòrsa agus o iomadh linn – nam measg bàrdachd gaoil agus laoidhean, òrain mara agus òrain cogaidh, tàlaidhean agus marbhrainn. Air an taghadh le Pàdraig MacAoidh agus Jo NicDhòmhnaill, le molaidhean an t-sluaigh, tha an cruinneachadh seo a’ toirt blasad de shàr-bheartas litreachas na Gàidhlig.