Simplified Munster Irish Gaelic FICHE DUAN Scarce 1919

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Simplified Munster Irish Gaelic FICHE DUAN Scarce 1919 Description: 17th to 20th century poems and songs selected by the inventor of 'Simplified Irish'. Foreword in English. There are two side-by-side Gaelic texts, the first in Muskerry Munster dialect, Gaelic lettering with archaic Rs and Ss, two accents and pre-standard spelling, the second in Roman lettering with one accent. The simplified Irish never caught on but undoubtedly makes reading the language easier. Scarce and collectable. FICHE DUAN, a Selection of Gaelic Poems from Best Modern Authors, Shan � Cu�v do chuir a n'eagar, Browne & Nolan Ltd., 1919. Card covers (only front cover remains), 55 pages, 4 3/4" x 7 1/4" approx. This is fragile and in poor condition, lacking spine and rear cover, loose and with old adhesive tape (see scan); there are several stamps of an Irish Franciscan library as well as one from the Irish College in Louvain, Belgium, along with some penned library numbers to the cover; all pages browned with chipped edges. Fragile, poor but Scarce. Postage anywhere $4. Payment: The shipping cost to your location is stated in the item listing. Insurance is expensive and available for small sums only, but postal losses from Ireland are very rare. I refund if an item is misdescribed, but not for postage. I sell old, scarce, rare and interesting used books, read more

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