‘Death and Renewal’: Translating Old Irish Texts in Nineteenth-Century Ireland

This article investigates the conflicted cultural identity of those Irish-speaking antiquarians working on translations of Old Irish texts. Giving voice to the translators, this article will show how they were frustrated in attempts to turn their own knowledge into authority by being members of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ciaran McDonough
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2014-06-01
Series:Studi Irlandesi : a Journal of Irish Studies
Online Access:https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-sijis/article/view/7216