Saltair Saiochta, Sanasaiochta Agus Seanchais: A festschrift for Gearoid Mac Eoin

Dublin, Ireland: Four Courts Press Ltd,, 2013. Hardcover. As New/As New. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Scarce in the trade, there being currently only one additional copy available on-line. A fine and due homage for Gearoid Mae Eoin, with over two dozen contributors, including the editors, and Anders Ahlqvist, Bo Almqvist, Andrew Breeze Patrizia de Bernardo Stempel, Gearoid Denvir, Petra S. Hellmuth, Maire Herbert, Graham Isaac, Diarmuid Johnson, Patricia Kelly, Jean Le Du, Breandan S. Mac Aodha and many others. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. This collection of essays honors one of Ireland's foremost Celticists, Gearoid Mac Eoin, who was appointed to the Chair of Old and Middle Irish and Celtic Philology at University College, Galway in 1966, where he spent the rest of his academic life. He was elected Dean of the Faculty of Celtic Studies on several occasions and became a member of the Royal Irish Academy in 1975. The festschrift contains contributions from numerous scholars, many of them Professor Mac Eoin's former students or colleagues. The contributions reflect the wide range of his scholarly interests - literary and linguistic - including all phases of the Irish language, Scottish Gaelic and the other Celtic languages, as well as Indo-European. [Please note: This book contains forty-one essays, the majority of which are written in English, although they contain excerpts in a variety of languages including Greek, Latin, Irish, Welsh, Scots Gaelic, German, and other Indo-European languages. Sixteen of the essays are written completely in Irish and two in German.]Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xxv [1], 2-516 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.