Le Cathal Ó Searcaigh,
ISBN 9781739353711,
In Errigal: Sacred Mountain, téann Cathal O’Searcaigh (duine de na filí is clúití in Éirinn) ar chosán oilithrigh thart ar Earagail agus (i machnamh gníomhach ar an tsiúlóid) toghairmeann sé spiorad an tsléibhe urramaigh seo, an sliabh is mó in Éirinn. Ina “Passages of Light” mar a thugann sé orthu, faigheann muid turas focal beoga agus léargasach timpeall sléibhe a mhúnlaigh smaoineamh duine de na filí is iomráití sa Ghaeilge. Agus é scríofa go deaslámh, is meascán cinnte de chuimhní cinn, géarbhreathnaithe, greann ghealtachta agus eagna é an leabhar seo.
Cuimsíonn sé Réamhfhocal tarraingteach leis an scríbhneoir Éireannach Meiriceánach, Patrick Breslin; Iarfhocal léannta leis an staraí agus seandálaí clúiteach Brian Lacey; agus aistriúcháin ar dhánta Uí Searcaigh le cuid de na filí is suntasaí in Éirinn (Seamus Heaney, Paddy Bushe, Thomas McCarthy agus Gabriel Rosenstock).
In Errigal: Sacred Mountain, Cathal O’Searcaigh (one of Ireland’s most celebrated poets) goes on a pilgrim path around Errigal and (in the active meditation of walking) summons up the spirit of this revered mountain, the largest in Ireland. In his “Passages of Light” as he calls them, we get a vivid and an insightful word-journey around a mountain that has shaped the thinking of one of the most eminent poets in the Irish language. Eloquently written, this book is a sure-footed mix of memoir, acute observation, wry humour and wisdom.
It includes an engaging Preface by Irish American writer, Patrick Breslin; a scholarly Afterword by renowned historian and archaeologist Brian Lacey; and translations of O Searcaigh’s poems by some of Ireland’s most outstanding poets (Seamus Heaney, Paddy Bushe, Thomas McCarthy and Gabriel Rosenstock).
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