Craic Baby: Dispatches from a Rising Language

By Darach Ó Séaghdha

Book Overview

From the author of the bestselling Motherfocl ir, Non-fiction Irish Book of the Year.
A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR.

What do we talk about when we talk about Irish? When we talk about saving or supporting a language do we mean the musical combination of syllables, or something more profound? How do new words enter a language, and what is the relationship between that strange dialect called Hiberno-English and its parent language?

Craic Baby picks up exactly where Motherfocl ir left off and explores the very new and very old parts of the Irish language from a personal perspective. While Motherfocl ir was steeped in memory and a father-son relationship, Craic Baby hinges on the beginnings of a father-daughter relationship, and how watching a child learn to communicate changes how you think about language.

Craic Baby will share more Irish words and issues connected to the language, in the same style as Motherfocl ir, but treated with greater confidence and more depth.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1788545265
• ISBN13: 9781788545266
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Apollo Publishing International
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.7"