Gabriel Rosenstock – författare

The Irish language, also known as Irish Gaelic or Gaeilge, is spoken today by approximately a million people worldwide. It is also the basis of the Irish literary tradition, which is the oldest in Europe after Greek and Latin. Whether you want to connect to your Irish heritage or carry on a conversation when visiting the Gaeltachtai (small rural pockets in Ireland where Irish is the first language spoken), Beginner’s Irish with Online Audio is the perfect start!Ideal for those new to Irish, learning at home or in the classroom, this guide includes a brief history of the Irish language; 10 carefully-paced and practical lessons with dialogues, vocabulary, and expressions; a guide to the Irish alphabet and pronunciation; and online MP3 audio files for free download featuring pronunciation by native speakers. The author uses the medium of poetry to enrich the reader’s study of Irish. Numerous examples from Irish literature and poetry, as well as common proverbs and sayings, help teach vocabulary and grammar in an engaging way. A chapter on Irish names and their origins and another on Geography and Tourism round out this unique guide to learning Irish.

A legendary animal, the Sasquatch is hunted by many but seen by very few. These philosophical reflections about the disappearance of species, both real and imagined, can also be read as a dirge for a species, culture, or language in irreversible decline.

In Garsún / Boy, Gabriel Rosenstock offers poems of childhood and growing up in County Limerick in the 1950s. Full of both tragedy and joy, the poems recount the artistic journey of a young man.

American master photographer Ron Rosenstock has been coming to County Mayo for over half a century where the Westport region opened up its secret heart to him. Irish poet Gabriel Rosenstock has been responding to Ron’s work with bilingual haiku for much of that fruitful period.