An Chéad Chlosleabhar Gaeilge sa bhFearann Poiblí ar Fáil anois go hIdirnáisiúnta

 Tá ollamh le teangeolaíocht as Gaillimh, atá anois ag obair i gceantar Nua Eabhraic, tar éis an chéad chlosleabhar Gaeilge a chur ar fáil sa bhfearann poiblí. Bailiúchán béaloidis as 5 chontae in Iarthar na hÉireann atá sa leabhar, darb ainm An Sgéaluidhe Gaedhealach, a foilsíodh i 1901.

Thaifead an t-Ollamh Brian Ó Broin, a mhúineann teangeolaíocht ar William Paterson University, New Jersey, na 35 scéal thar thréimhse 18 mhí, ag tosú le fearas taifeadta simplí agus ag críochnú an tionscadail i stiúdeónna stáisiún raidió na hollscoile, WPSC-FM. B'éigean dó eagar a chur ar 40 uair a chloig de réamhthaifid, agus tá 13 uair a chloig sa táirge deireannach.

Is é Dubhghlas de hÍde, iar-uachtarán Éireann agus duine de bhunaitheoirí Conradh na Gaeilge, a chuir an bailiúchán le chéile sa bhliain 1901, tar éis dó na scealta a fhoilsiú i nGaeilge agus i bhFraincis in iris acadúil Bhriotáineach.

D'eascair An Sgéaluidhe Gaedhealach as tionscadal bailithe seanchais a thosaigh de hÍde agus é fós ina mhacléinn i gColáiste na Tríonóide sna 1880aí. Ba chuid lárnach é dá fheachtas leanúnach litríocht dúchasach na hÉireann a chur ar bhonn chomhionannais le litríocht ar bith eile san Eoraip. Bailíodh na 35 scéal ó sheanchaithe i gcúig chontae in Éirinn, agus is samplaí iontacha uad de scéalta traidisiúnta agus nua, ó eachtraithe fiannaíochta suas go dtí scéalta taibhsí, meirligh, draoithe, tiarnaí, agus seoid faoi thalamh.

Tá roinnt closleabhair Ghaeilge ar fáil cheana féin, ach is é seo an chéad chlosleabhar ariamh atá go hiomlán san fhearann poiblí, agus atá ar fáil saor in aisce le híoslódáil mar théacs agus mar thaifead. Tá teacht air ag www.librivox.org.

Tionscadal idirnáisiúnta is ea Librivox atá sé mar aidhm aige téacsanna atá san fhearann poiblí a chur ar fáil mar chlosleabhair. Bhunaigh an foilsitheoir agus gníomhaí Ceanádach Hugh McGuire é sa bhliain 2005, agus oibríonn an tionscadal lámh ar lámh leis an Internet Archive agus Project Gutenberg

Tá srian áirithe le closleabhair a bheith ar fáil as Gaeilge san fhearann poiblí mar gheall ar dhlí an chóipchirt. In Éirinn, ní théann téacsanna isteach san fhearann poiblí go ceann seachtó bliana i ndiaidh bhás an údair. Fágann sin nach mbeidh clasaicí mar Cré na Cille nó An Béal Bocht san fhearann poiblí go dtí na 2030aí nó na 2040aí, agus dá réir sin ní cheadaítear iad a chur ar fáil mar chlosleabhair saor in aisce.

Ní haon chúnamh é stair na foilsitheoireachta Gaeilge. Foilsíodh mórchuid na dtéacsanna atá san fhearann poiblí i gclófhoirne Gaelacha faoi chórais litrithe agus gramadaí atá tamall maith ó Ghaeilge chaighdeánaithe na linne seo, agus cothaíonn seo deacrachtaí móra do lucht an taifeadta agus léitheoirí araon. Ar ámharaí an tsaoil, foilsíodh an leabhar seo sa chló rómhánach, rud a chuir go mór lena inléiteacht.

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First Public Domain Audiobook in Irish Launched

 

A NewYork-based linguistics professor from Galway, Ireland has released the first Irish-language public-domain audiobook, a 1901 collection of folklore from four West of Ireland counties entitled An Sgéaluidhe Gaedhealach (the Gaelic Storyteller).

Professor Brian Ó Broin, a linguistics professor at William Paterson University, New Jersey, recorded the 35 stories over a sixteen month period, beginning with a makeshift arrangement of midrange recording equipment and software before completing the project in the studios of his university's radio station, WPSC-FM. Over that period forty hours of raw recordings were edited down to thirteen hours in the final product.

The book, An Sgéaluidhe Gaedhealach, was compiled by Douglas Hyde, an important Gaelic Revival figure of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries who went on to become president of Ireland in 1938.

An Sgéaluidhe Gaedhaelach was the result of a folklore-collection project that Hyde began while still a university student at Trinity College, Dublin in the 1880s and was part of his lifelong campaign to demonstrate that Gaelic Ireland had a folk literature that was every bit as vigorous as any modern literature in Europe. The 35 stories, collected orally from accomplished storytellers in five Irish counties, provide an amazing cross-section of ancient and modern narrative, ranging from adventure stories from the first millennium to nearly-contemporary stories of ghosts, bandits, witches, lords, ladies, and buried treasure.

While several books in Irish have been recorded professionally, this is the first completely public-domain audiobook ever recorded in Irish, and is now available for free download in printed and recorded formats at www.librivox.org.

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Brian Ó Broin Wins Major Oireachtas Literary Prize - Again! (2017)

Galwayman Wins Major Oireachtas Literary Prize Again

Galwayman Brian Ó Broin has been awarded first prize in the national literary competition An t-Oireachtas for his novel An Eachtra sa Chaisleán agus an Triuf ("The Incident in the Castle and the Trump Card").

Dr. Ó Broin, who lives in New Jersey with his wife Jo Schuster and daughters Ána and Fiona, is Professor of Linguistics and Medieval Literature at William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ. The prize was awarded in Killarney on the 1st of November, the first day of the Oireachtas's performance festival.

Dr. Ó Broin's novel is directed at teenage readers, and is set in the historic and picturesque "Tír idir Dhá Loch" between An Spidéal and Loch Corrib, where the obnoxious American Developer Dónall Triuf is trying to illegally buy up land for his luxury resort and golf course. The protagonists are New York-based teenagers on holiday in Ireland who uncover the plot.

An t-Oireachtas has been held annually since 1897. Dr. Ó Broin previously won Oireachtas prizes in 2001 for his full-length play Na hEorpaigh ("The Europeans") and in 2015 for his novel An Eachtra ar Oilean na Rún ("The Island of Secrets").

Dr. Ó Broin was educated in Galway (Scoil Fhursa, Coláiste Iognáid, and NUIG) and Dublin (Blackrock College) before going on to graduate studies in Cork, Germany, and the United States.

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