#llyfrau-enfys

[crynwr-drwg]

💌 ! - this is my (llyfrenfys') main, I hope that's okay

mutuals send me a 💌 and ill tell u something i love about you

Absolutely!!

You're another mutual who does some GREAT fucking work. You really do so much in my eyes for the Welsh speaking queer community. To the point where I've known other queer Welsh speakers mention your stuff!! Honestly keep up the great work, you're amazing, mate.

[siarad-mewn-tafodau]

About:

About me: 23 yo trans man doing a postgraduate Mphil in Celtic Studies at Aberystwyth University - also writing an LGBTQ+ Welsh dictionary (see: @llyfrenfys sideblog)

Asks:

Asks welcome about my hobbies, interests and projects. Also in general (within reason).

Interests:

Linguistics, history, politics, Celtic Studies, language learning, watercolour painting, leathercraft, crochet, reenactment, sketching, steampunk, darksynth, retrowave, synth-goth, punk, prog rock, Muse, The Clash, dinosaurs, human prehistory gay and trans history.

Projects:

- Prosiect Llyfr Enfys (Welsh LGBTQ+ Dictionary) see: @llyfrenfys

- Postgraduate degree

Publications:

- Hanes LHDT+ Cymru blogs

- Celtic Students blog

Sideblogs:

- @llyfrau-enfys (main)

- @llyfrenfys (primary project blog)

- @siarad-mewn-tafodau (personal interests blog)

Other social media:

- Instagram: @llyfr_enfys

- Mastodon: @llyfraublaidd@toot.wales

[llyfrenfys]

interestingly ur orange to me!

Ah yes I should have clarified. My main @llyfrau-enfys has a black paw, but this blog appears to be orange!

Not sure about the rest of my sideblogs like @siarad-mewn-tafodau tbh!

[an-spideog]

@llyfrau-enfys Ulster Irish has probably the most accessible set of beginner resources, that being the Now You're Talking video/audio/worksheet series which you can find here. That also leads in to their intermediate course called "Céim Ar Aghaidh" Bláth na dTulach is a phenomenal site where you can read and listen to short stories in Ulster Irish for free. When you're looking to get more exposure to Ulster Irish in general, there's several radio shows/podcasts, like Barrscéalta, Bladhaire (which I think is ending soon, but you can still listen to the archive), and Beó Ar Éigean (probably the most craic of those 3 but only one of the hosts has ulster irish), Na Seansálaithe (also only one host with Ulster Irish and good craic). This'll be the most important thing long term for learning a specific dialect - hearing it a lot and getting an idea of what's more commonly said in that dialect. Past that, if you're looking to get technical into the ways that the ulster dialect is different from the others, An Teanga Bheo - Gaeilge Uladh is a very good book (in Irish) about the differences, a partial translation of it is available online here, unfortunately I'd say of the ATB books it's a little more dense than the others and sometimes sacrifices brevity and relevance for the sake of completeness. Things like fuaimeanna.ie are quite useful for comparing the sounds of the dialect to others, and getting an idea of how to pronounce all of the sounds. If you're looking to get extra technical, you can pull out the dialectal studies, stuff like "The Irish of Tory Island", though those can be quite intense, and probably not necessary unless you're particularly interested.

Maidin mhaith! Asking from my main (you probably know me from my sideblog llyfrenfys) but recently I've decided to relearn Irish and I was wondering if you knew of any resources for learning the Ulster dialect specifically?

I was taught very basic Irish at undergrad in the Connacht dialect- but I've forgotten most of it since I've been focusing on my Welsh more in the last few years. I've decided to try again with the Ulster dialect and so far I'm doing better than the first time round. The similarities with Scottish Gaelic really help, since I was able to pick up the basics of that a lot faster than when I first was taught Irish. In any case I'm finding the Ulster dialect a lot easier and I'm enjoying being able to say things as Gaelige again.

It's alright if not, but are there any resources out there for the Ulster dialect specifically? Grma in advance!

I’d love to help but unfortunately I have no idea. I definitely know a couple of people who are trying to learn Ulster Irish though and maybe they might have better advice - @trans-cuchulainn I think is one? And @kaityslangblr has quite a few posts that look educational.

[crynwr-drwg]

1 and 4 for the ask game?

1. Who is your favourite historical person?

Answered in another ask: "John Brown or Erks Mānts (I think his story is really interesting!)"

4. Favourite historical era?

This one is hard, for sure. A lot of interesting stuff happened in Late Antiquity in a lot of places, but I also really love reading more about oral traditions in ancient history, and how knowing/learning about them can impact how things are viewed today etc

ask game