This made me wonder when in Irish it would be appropriate to say “my writing”, “my doing”, “my going”, etc. I should point out that many of these sentences are colloquially “me writing” or “me doing” in British English: “do you mind ME being here?”, although “my being” is much more elegant.

Let us look at this sentence from chapter 14 of Séadna:

cad déarfá lem’ dhul chun cainte le Séadna féin ar dtúis?

This means:

what would you say to my going to speak with Séadna first? [how about my going to speak with Séadna first?]

Why was lem dhul used here? In Sinéadw’s sentence, I don’t think using a possessive with the verbal noun would be good. So why was lem dhul used in Séadna? My only conclusion is that the whole clause needed to be governed by le. Cad déarfá le + mé ag dul. Clearly, it is awkward to go straight from le to mé ag dul, and so the solution is to say “my going”, mo dhul, which can then be directly governed by le: lem dhul.

What would you say to my writing to him?
Cad déarfá lem’ sgrí’ chuige?

Is anyone here acquainted with the pre-1946 form of Irish orthography? I
have been approached for help in determining the final form of the
inscription of the heasdstone of a native speaker of Irish who never really
accepted the reform. The trouble is, he didn’t write down what he wanted and
his family are familiar only with the new.

This is what we have so far –

I ndíl chuimhne ar Sheamas MacRuaidhrí S. [a patronymic] – Baile Thiar – a
fuair bás x-xx-xxxx – in aois 93 bliadhna – agus a dhearthair – Ruaidhrí
MacRuaidhrí – a fuair bás xx-x-xxxx

Solas na bhflaitheas dá n-anamacha

The h-seimhiú will go in the printed out version to be replaced by the
traditional superscripted dot. If I may beg the indulgence of any willing
helpers, please, check the fadas, too. I am particularly unsure of the last
one over ‘dá’.

Incidentally, there isn’t a hope of me passing off any help offered as my
own work; no one would believe that for a second!

In a subsequent post, it was explained that the man in question was the best Irish speaker on Tory Island in the Donegal Gaeltacht (Gaedhealtacht).

Let’s put aside the uneducated morphology and address the meaning. This phrase means “broken Irish is better than clever English”. It is an expression of utter stupidity on the part of anyone who utters this phrase. Nothing of inferior quality is just as good as something done well. If Irish is not going to be taken seriously, it would be better to focus on English instead. If on the other hand, Irish is going to be taken seriously as a subject for study and a vehicle for Irish heritage, “broken Irish” simply will not do.

The rationale behind the “official standard” Irish is that any old thing will do – who cares if it is really traditional Irish or not? It can be endlessly simplified at will by government committees. But the result of that procedure is a type of Irish that is just not traditional Irish. It is “Gaedhilg bhriste” that is being devised and taught nowadays, and Irish people sell themselves and their culture too cheaply when they accede to the notion that broken Irish is somehow a good thing.

“Cúis mhór áthais dom an togra stairiúil seo a fhógairt ag tús Sheachtain na Gaeilge. Tá teangacha orgánach agus athraíonn said thar na glúinte. Tá sé tábhachtach go bhféadfadh an Caighdeán Oifigiúil freastal ar riachtanais na haoise seo. É sin ráite, tá a fhios agam go ndéanfaidh iad siúd a bhfuil cúram an athbhreithnithe seo orthu cinnte de go mbeidh a gcuid cinntí ciallmhar agus réadúil agus go mbeidh siad dílis do stair is d’oidhreacht shaibhir na Gaeilge mar an teanga liteartha is sine san Eoraip ar an taobh ó thuaidh de na hAlpa.”

For readers who do not know what that means, it was handily translated by Gaelport:

“I am delighted to announce this historic initiative at the beginning of Seachtain na Gaeilge. Languages are organic and change over the generations. It is important that our Official Standard still relates to the needs of the modern age. That said, I know that those charged with this review will ensure that their decisions are sensible and pragmatic and true to the rich history and heritage of Irish as the oldest living literary language in Europe north of the Alps.

One does not know where to begin. If languages are organic, then what is the decidely non-organic “Official Standard” doing in the first place? It was drawn up by committee, and was not the result of any organic development of the Irish language. There is no recognition in this paragraph that the Official Standard was created purely for the Dáil’s translation staff, and was not, at least formally, a standard for the whole of Ireland to use. Is the minister really going to bring the Standard closer to real Irish, or is he sponsoring yet another Caighdeán 2.0 that will not be a living dialect of Irish?

I have no idea what the answer to that will be–I have no plans to use his Caighdeán, whether 1.0 or 2.0 or any other, on this website. But what worried me was the low-grade Irish used by the Minister in his statement.

Feagal Ó Béarra, of the National University of Ireland, Galway, has argued that the Irish language has been going through non-organic change, and that there is now a sharp divergence between traditional Irish and Irish that is heavily influenced by English. What he called “Late Modern Irish” is not traditional Irish at all. I need to be a little bit circumspect, as Feargal later objected to the way his article had been used by others on the Internet–but his long article speaks for itself; it seems he was simply embarrassed his original article had been propagated so widely. He said:

Each generation creates its own version of the language it acquires from the previous generation. People frequently complain that the younger generation does not speak the language as proficiently as their parents’ or grandparents’ generation did. Thus, certain words, phrases, lingo, etc. will be used by one generation, but not by the other. The examples from contemporary Modern Irish are numerous. Everyone has his or her own favourites. I could mention the ubiquitous é sin ráite (based on the English that said, having said that) which has ousted the more traditional and perfectly adequate ina dhiaidh sin féin, mar sin féin, má tá féin, etc.

As he said é sin ráite is ubiquitous, I am sure the Minister would breathlessly rush to claim that this proves the phrase is the product of organic development in Irish. Not so fast–as Feargal says, it is a literal translation from English. That the Minister himself used the phrase in his announcement speaks volumes about the type of modernising and updating that is going to take place in the Caighdeán 2.0. What is the point of it? Beyond a certain point, if you are not going to do it properly, why bother with Irish at all?

What information is available in Peadar Ua Laoghaire’s Mo Sgéal Féin can be seen in a PDF I have drawn up. I will probably eventually redraft this, but you can see that PUL–my abbreviation for Peadar Ua Laoghaire–is descended from Diarmuid and Conchobhar Ua Laoghaire, who abandoned Carrignacurra in the 17th century. He is descended in the male line from Diarmuid and through his mother from Conchobhar. But the name of their father is not given.

However a passage in the book Máire Bhuí Ní Laoire: a poet of her people by Brian Brennan shows exactly the same history: two brothers Diarmuid and Conchobhar forced to leave Carrignacurra–and their father was Conchobhar Meirgeach Ua Laoghaire, who died in 1699. There was a Conchobhar Meirgeach Ua Laoghaire who is stated to have been the second cousin of the Ua Laoghaire chieftain Dómhnall Mac Airt, and combining other genealogical information–and assuming it is all accurate–the relationship becomes clearer, if not totally clear.

Conchobhar Meirgeach Ua Laoghaire must be a descendant of Tadhg Meirgeach Ua Laoghaire, who was the son of Diarmuid Óg Ua Laoghaire, who flourished in Carrignacurra in 1565. A report in 1584 showed Tadhg had a son called Conchobhar who was the second cousin of Dómhnall Mac Airt – but it can’t be the same Conchobhar, as it is unlikely someone alive in 1584 died in 1699. There was probably one or two additional generations between our Conchobhar Meirgeach and Tadhg Meirgeach himself. Alternatively, the 1699 date for the death of Conchobhar could be wrong.

Anyhow, Diarmuid Óg Ua Laoghaire was son of Diarmuid Mór Ua Laoghaire, also called Diarmuid ny Countie. He is the common ancestor of Peadar Ua Laoghaire and Art Ua Laoghaire. Diarmuid Mór’s older son was Conchobhar Ua Laoghaire of Manneen, who died in 1575. His sons Art, Amhlaoibh Ruadh and Donnchadh were successively Ua Laoghaire chieftains 1572-1597, 1597-1601 and 1601-1638, with the chieftainship then passing to Art’s son Dómhnaill. A fourth son of Conchobhar Ua Laoghaire of Manneen was Conchobhar Óg, father of the Art Ua Laoghaire of Tirgea who was outlawed in 1641, who was in turn father of Art Óg Ua Laoghaire, who leased Tirgea in 1677. His son was Lisagh Ua Laoghaire of the Gearagh, who died in 1683. His son was Céadach Ua Laoghaire, “Old Cady of Tirgeah” who died in 1747, and his son and grandson were Conchobhar (“Cornelius”) Ua Laoghaire of Rathleigh and Art Ua Laoghaire, who was born in 1746 and murdered in 1773.

The two men are probably eighth cousins, although the exact nature of the Meirgeach link remains unclear to me.

Unknown:
Aibidil Gaoidheilge & Caiticiosma (1571) the first printed book in Irish in Ireland HARD COPY

Other literature categorized according to the origin/place of birth of the writer, where known. Note, eg in the case of Seathrún Céitinn, this is not to imply that the writer necessarily wrote in the local dialect.

ULSTER

Donegal
Ciothruadh Mac Fionnghail
Leabhar Chloinne Suibhne (1514) PDF

Maghnus Ó Domhnaill, Lord of Tír Chonaill (c1500-1563)
Beatha Cholmcille (1532)  PDF

Micheál Ó Cléirigh (1575-1643) born Kilbarron
Annalacha Ríoghachta Éireann (1632–6), edited in 7 volumes by John O’Donovan PDFs:vol 1 vol 2 vol 3 vol 4 vol 5 vol 6 vol 7

Lughaidh Ó Cléirigh (c1580-c1640) cousin of Mícheál
Beatha Aodha Ruaidh Uí Dhomhnaill (c1615)  PDF

Micí Mac Gabhann (1865-1948) from Cloughaneely
Rotha Mór an tSaoíl (1959)

Séamus Ó Grianna/Jimí Fheilimí/Máire (1889-1969) from Ranafast
Nuair a bhí mé óg (1942)

Seosamh Mac Grianna (1900-1990) from Ranafast
Mo Bhealach Féin (1940)
Dá mBíodh Ruball ar an Éan (1942)

Armagh
Tadhg Ó Cianáin (c1575-c1625)
Imtheacht na n-Iarlaí (1609) HARD COPY

Éadhmonn Ó Donnghaile (fl 1680)
Tóraidheacht Gruaidhe Ghrian-sholuis (1679)  PDF
Comhairle Mhic Clamha ó Achadh na Muileann (1680)

Fermanagh
Bonaventura Hussey/Maol Brighde Ó hEodhasa (?-1614) born Diocese of Clogher
An tegasg Críosdaidhe (1611)
Graiméir Ghaeilge na mBráthar Mionúr HARD COPY

Down

Aodh Mac Cathmhaoil/Aodh Mac Aingil (1571-1626) born Saul Co Down
Scathan Shacramuinte na hAithridhe (1618)

unknown
Eachtra cloinne righ na h-Ioruaidhe, edited by Douglas Hyde (1714 manuscript from Co Down) PDF & HARD COPY

Séamas Mac Póilín
Toruidheacht ar Lorg Chríosta  (1762)

Tyrone
Tarlach Ó Mealláin (fl. 1641-1650)
Cinn-Lae Uí Mhealláin (1646)

Cavan
Séamus Ó Gallchobhair (1681-1751) (born Cavan or Leitrim)
Seanmóirí Uí Ghallchobhair, leis an Easbag Séamus Ó Gallchobhair (1735) PDF

Louth (Leinster, but considered part of Ulster dialect area)
Mathew Kennedy
The Spiritual Rose, le Mathew Kennedy agus Brian Callan (1800)

unidentified Ulster:

Ó Luinnín
Mag Uidhir Fhear Manach, c1630, by Ó Luinnín, edited by Patrick Dinneen (story of the Maguire family of Fermanagh)

Maghnus Ó Domhnaill
Corpus Astronomiae (1694) PDF& HARD COPY

Niall Mac Mhuireadhaigh
Leabhar Chloinne Raghnaill, le Niall Mac Mhuireadhaigh (c1700)

Éamonn Óg Mhac Aonghusa (?) (1707–1727)
Eachtra Aodh Mhic Goireachtaigh

MUNSTER

Tipperary
Seathrún Céitinn (1570?-1644?) born near Cahir
Trí bior-ghaoithe an bháis (1631) PDF
Foras feasa ar Éirinn (ca 1634) (history of Ireland) edited by David Comyn

Clare

Mícheál Coimín (1676-1760) Kilfarboy
Torolbh MacStairn (1749) PDF

Brian Merriman/Brian Mac Giolla Meidhre (ca 1749-1805) from Ennistymon
Cúirt An Mheán Oíche (ca 1780) (comic poem)

Riobeárd Ó Catháin (fl. 1858) from Carrigaholt
Updated Dómhaill’s New Testament into Clare Irish (1858) PDF

Kerry

unknown
Giolla an fhiugha, edited by Douglas Hyde (SW Munster manuscript) PDF

Pierce Ferriter (d1653) Norman-Irish lord of Baile an Fheirtéaraigh in Corca Dhuibhne
Dánta Phiarais Feiritéir (1999) HARD COPY OF ALL EXTANT POEMS

Geoffrey, O’Donoghue (1620-ca. 1685) of Glenfesk
Dánta shéafraidh Uí Dhonnchadha an ghleanna, edited by Patrick Dinneen

Aodhagán Ó Rathaille (ca 1670-ca 1727) from Screathan an Mhil in the Sliabh Luachra region
Dánta Aodhagáin Uí Rathaille, edited by Patrick Dinneen PDF

Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill (ca 1743-1800) from Derrynane
Caoineadh Áirt Uí Laoghaire (1773) HARD COPY

Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin (1748?-1784) from Sliabh Luachra
Amhráin Eoghain Ruaidh Uí Shúilleabháin, edited by Patrick Dinneen

Amhlaoibh Ó Súilleabháin (1780-1838) from Killarney:
Cín-lae Amhlaoibh Uí Shúilleabháin (1827-1835) HARD COPY

Pádraig Ó Séaghdha; Conán Maol (1855-1928) from Gort Breac between Kenmare and Killarney
Aodh Ó Néill (1902) (play) PDF

Séamus Ó Dubhghaill (1855-1929):
Beir fhear ó’n dtuaith (1906) (reader put out by the Gaelic League, translation of work by J J Doyle) [was he from Kerry?]

Tomás Ó Criomhthain (1856-1937) from Great Blasket Island
Allagar na hInise (1928) HARD COPY
Dinnsheanchas na mBlascaodaí (1928) HARD COPY OF 1999 EDITION
An tOileánach (1929) PDF & HARD COPY
Allagar II (1999) HARD COPY

Pádraig Ó Shéaghdha (1855-1928) from Gort Breac, known as Conán Maol

Stiana (1930) HARD COPY

Pádraig Ó Duinnín (1860-1934) from near Rathmore
Cormac Ua Conaill (1901) (the first ever novel in Irish) PDF & HARD COPY
Beatha Eoghain Ruaidh Uí Shúilleabháin (1902) PDF & HARD COPY
Muinntear Chiarraidhe roimh an droch-shaoghal (1905) PDF
Faoistin Naomh-Phádraig (1906) (the Confessio of St. Patrick in three languages) PDF & HARD COPY
Irish prose; an essay in Irish, 1902 (prize essay) PDF and HARD COPY
Saoghal in Éirinn (1903) PDF
Comhairle Fithil (1909) (play) PDF
Duan na Nodlag (1903) PDF (translation of Charles’ Dickens’ Christmas Carol)

Seán Ó Dálaigh; “Common Noun” (1861-1940):
Timcheall chinn sléibhe (1933)

Muiris Ó Catháin (1870?-1961) from the Great Blasket
Iarann an Tuaiscirt [translation of the Northern Iron by George Birmingham] (1933)
Annálacha fíora ríoghachta na sidheog le linn Rí Cól (1933)
Lann Fada [translation of Long Lance, autobiography of a Canadian Indian chief] (1941) HARD COPY
Eachtraí Gael [translation of original by P J Dillon] (1955)
Ar muir is ar tír: caibidlí do bheatha Mhuiris Uí Chatháin ón Oileán Tiar d’eachtraigh sé do Risteard Breatnach (1991)

Peig Sayers (1873-1958) from Dún Chaoin

Peig (1936) HARD COPY OF MODERN AND SEAN-CHLÓ EDITIONS
Machnamh Seanamhná (1939) HARD COPY OF MODERN AND SEAN-CHLÓ EDITIONS
Beatha Pheig Sayers (1970)
Labharfad le Cách (2010) HARD COPY

Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (1883- 1964) An Seabhac

An Baile Seo Gainne (1913) HARD COPY
Eachtra Thaidhg Mhic Céin (1914) HARD COPY
Jimín Mháire Thaidhg (1919) HARD COPY
Caibidlí as Leabhar Mhóirín (1934) HARD COPY
Beatha Theobald Wolfe Tone (1937) translation HARD COPY

Seán Ó Criomhthain (1898-1975) from the Great Blasket Island

Lár Dár Saol (1969) HARD COPY

Mícheál Ó Siochfhradha (1900-1986)

Stair-sheanchas Éireann. Cuid 1, Ó thús aimsire go A.D. 1609 (1965)
Stair-sheanchas Éireann : cuid II, ó 1609 go 1933 A.D.

Eibhlín Ní Shúilleabháin (1900-1949) from the Great Blasket Island

Cín Lae Eibhlín Ní Shúilleabháin (2000) HARD COPY

Muiris O Súilleabháin (1904-1950) from the Great Blasket Island, brother of Eibhlín

Fiche Blian ag Fás (1933) HARD COPY OF MODERN AND SEANCHLÓ EDITIONS

Pádraig Ó Maoileoin (1913-) (grandson of Tomás Ó Criomhthain) born Dún Chaoin

Na hAird Ó Thuaidh (1960) (autobiography) HARD COPY
Bríde Bhán (1967) HARD COPY
De Réir Uimhreacha (1969) (detective novel based on his experience in the Garda) HARD COPY
Ó Thuaidh (1983) HARD COPY
An Stát versus Dugdale (2001) HARD COPY

Mícheál Ó Guithín (son of Peig Sayers) (1904-1974) from the Great Blasket Island

Is truagh na fanann an óige (1953)

Máire Ní Ghuithín (1909-1988)

Bean an Oileáin (1986)
An tOileán a Bhí (1978) HARD COPY

Seán Sheáin Í Chearnaigh (1912-) another Blasket islander

An tOileán a tréigeadh (1974) HARD COPY
Iarbhlascaodach ina dheoraí (1978)

Seán Pheats Tom Ó Cearnaigh (1913-) another Blasket islander

Fiolar an eireabaill bháin (1992)

Seán Feailí Ó Catháin, another Blasket islander

Seal (1989)

Cáit Ní Ghuithín (1916-2005), from Dunquin, known as Bab Feiritéar

Ó Bhéal an Bhab (2002) (collection of stories and audio recordings) HARD COPY

Nóra Ní Shéaghdha (I think she was a schoolteacher in the Blaskets from nearby on the mainland)

Thar bealach isteach (1940)

Oisín Ó Siochfhradha
Leathbhliain san Eilbhéis (1952) HARD COPY

Limerick natives

Seán Ó Tuama (1706-1775) born near Kilmallock
Filidhe na Máighe nó amhráin Sheain Uí Thuama agus Aindriais Mhic Craith, edited by Patrick Dinneeen

Aindrias Mac Craith (1708?-1795) from Kilmallock

Filidhe na Máighe nó amhráin Sheain Uí Thuama agus Aindriais Mhic Craith, edited by Patrick Dinneen

Tadgh “Gaedhealach” Ó Súilliobháin (1715-1795):
Amhráin Thaidhg Ghaedhealaigh Uí Shúilleabháin, edited by Patrick Dinneen
Pious miscellancy PDF

Cork natives

unknown
Parliament Chloinne Thomáis (is this a Cork work?)

Dáibhí Ua Bruadair (1625-1698) from Barrymore
Duanaire Dháibhidh Uí Bhruadair Vol 2 PDF

Domhnall Ó Colmáin
Párliament na mBan (1670s) HARD COPY

Seán Clárach Mac Dómhnaill (1691-1754) from Churchtown
Amhráin Sheagháin Chláraigh Mhic Dhomhnaill, edited by Patrick Dinneen PDF

Máire Bhuí Ní Laoghaire (1774-1849) from Iveleary
Filíocht Mháire Bhuí Ní Laoghaire (1931)

Dómhnaill Ó Súilliobháin (1790-1858) from Kilbarry
Searc-leanmhan Chríost (1822) (translation of Thomas à Kempis’ Imitatio Christi) PDF & HARD COPY

Peadar Ua Laoghaire (1839-1920) from Clondrohid
Ar nDóithin Arán (1894) PDF
Mion-chaint: an easy Irish phrase book, compiled for the Gaelic League (1899) PDF
Eólas ar áireamh, arithmetical tables in Irish (1902) PDF
An Soísgéal as Leabar an aifrinn, 1902
Irish prose composition: a series of articles, including several upon the Irish autonomous verb, 1902
Aesop a Tháinig go hÉirinn, 1903
Sgothbhualadh, a series of articles in Irish reprinted from the “Leader” (1904) PDF
Séadna, 1904 (originally serialized in 1898) HARD COPY
An Craos-Deamhan (1905) PDF & HARD COPY
An Bealach Buidhe, a drama (1906) PDF
Tóruigheacht Dhiarmuda agus Ghráinne, 1906
Niamh (1907) PDF & HARD COPY
Eisirt (1909) PDF & HARD COPY
Seanmóin agus trí fichid, sermons for every Sunday and holy day of the year, 1909-10 HARD COPY
An sprid: Bas Dalláin: Tadhg Saor, three short plays (1911) In PDFs
An Cleasaidhe, 1913
Caitilina (1913) PDF
Aithris ar Chríost, 1914 (a translation into Irish of Thomas à Kempis’ ‘Imitatio Christi’) HARD COPY
Sliabh na mban bhFionn agus Cúan Fithise, 1914
Lughaidh Mac Con (1914) PDF
Bricriu (1915) PDF
Na Cheithre Soisgéil as an dTiomna Nua, 1915 (a translation into Irish of the Four Gospels) HARD COPY
Mo Sgéal Féin, 1915 PDF & HARD COPY
Guaire (1915) Vol1 and Vol2 PDFs
Cainnt na nDaoine, 1917 (a phrasebook of conversational Irish) HARD COPY
Ag Séideadh agus ag ithe (1918) PDF
An teagasg críosdaidhe, edited by Ua Laoghaire, 1920
Don Cíchóté, 1922 (A partial translation of Cervantes’ novel Don Quixote) HARD COPY
Gníomhartha na nAspol, 1922 (a translation into Irish of the Acts of the Apostles)
Lúcián (1924) PDF
Sgéalaidheachta as an mBíobla naomhtha, 1924 (stories from the Bible)
Críost Mac Dé, 1925 HARD COPY
Sgealaidheacht na Macabéach, 1926 (the stories of the Maccabees from the Apocrypha)
Aodh Ruadh, an adaptation of the life of Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill originally by Lughaidh O’Clery in the 17th century, 1929
Notes on Irish words and usages
Papers on Irish idiom : together with a translation into Irish of part of the first book of Euclid, by the late canon Peter O’Leary ; edited by Thomas F. O’Rahilly. HARD COPY
Cómhairle ár leasa, articles published in the “Leader” PDF
Mo shlighe chun Dé : leabhar urnaighthe
Cath Ruis na Ri for Boinn PDF

Tadhg Ó Murchadha (1843-1919), “Seandún”, non-native speaker from Macroom, learned Irish as a country tailor
Eachtra Robinson Crúsó (ca 1905) HARD COPY [assisted in the translation by Osborn Bergin] [vol. 1 only - unclear if there ever was a vol. 2]
Naomh Éigneachán agus a Chlann Mhac i gCríostin Éirinn 1940
Mícheál Óg Ó Longáin 1940
An cliathan clé 1932

Pádraig Ó Laoghaire (1853-1932
Cainnt na nDaoine, 1917 (a phrasebook of conversational Irish) HARD COPY

Diarmuid Ó hÉigeartaigh (1856-1934) of Caheragh, Co Cork
Tadhg Ciallmhar (1934) (work eulogising the Gaeltacht native)
Is uasal céird (1968) (autobiography)

Pádraig Ua Cruadhlaoich (1861-1949)
Filidheacht Phádraig Uí Chruadhlaoich (1936)
Cuimhne sean-leinbh (1946)
Seanchas Phádraig Í Chrualaoi (1982) HARD COPY

Máiréad Ní Mhionacháin (1861-1957) of the Bearra Peninsula
Béarrach Mná ag Caint (seanchas) (1999)

Tadhg Ó Buachalla (1863-1945):
Seanchas an Táilliúra

Diarmuid Ó Muimhneacháin (1866-1934) from Ballyvourney
Dhá Chích Danann (1946) [poetry]

Conchobhar Ó Síothcháin (1866-1941) from Cape Clear
Seanchas Chléire (1940) HARD COPY

Conchubhar Ó Muimhneacháin (1870-1945) from Ballingeary
Béaloideas Bhéal Átha an Ghaorthaidh (1934)
Aindréas ar Saoire (translation of Andy takes an outing and The
Captive, short stories by J. Bernard MacCarthy) (1947)
Scéalta o Thiobraid Árainn (translation) (1953)
Sealgaire Sagairt (translation of work “priest hunters” by James Murphy) (1952)
An t-ollamh Tadhg : dráma trí ngníomh (drama by George Shiels,
translation) (1944)
Clisiam Charman (translation of Thunder ’n Turf, short stories by Mark
O’Byrne) (1954)

Pádraig Ó Laoghaire (1871-1896) from Inches, Eyeries, Bearra Peninsula
Cainnt na nDaoine (1917) (see under Peadar Ua Laoghaire above – this book was really a edition of a work by Pádraig Ó Laoghaire)
The following 7 volumes of Munster stories:
Na trí préacháin 1908
Rí na Bréag 1908
Páidín Ó Dálaigh 1904
An chroch gheal 1905
An fiolar fealltach 1906
Máire Ní Rógáin 1906
Oileán na gcúig mbeann 1906

Domhnall Bán Ua Céileachair (1872-1950) of Coolea
Sgéal Mo Bheatha (1940) HARD COPY OF MODERN EDITION
Aodh de Róiste, translation of Hugh Roach the ribbonman, by James Murphy 1933 HARD COPY

Amhlaoibh Ua Loinsigh (1872-1947) of Ballyvourney
Scéalaíocht Amhlaoibh í Luínse (1971)
Seanchas Amhlaoibh Í Luínse (1980) HARD COPY

Risteárd Ó Foghludha of Youghal “Fiachra Eilgeach” (1873-1957)
Maria Chapdelaine (1933) [a translation of a Québécois novel by Louis Hémon]
An sárúchán (1935) [a translation of The Lifting by John Brandane]

John Michael O’Keefe/Shán Ó Cuív of Macroom (1875-1940) [son of native speakers]
Cúirt na dála agus sgéál eile
Deora athais agus dreachta eile HARD COPY
Niamh chinn oir : comedi aon ghnimh ; (san ”Irish Weekly Independent” a cead-foill sigheadh an drama so) / Shan O Cuiv do sgriobh.
Prós na h-aoise seo / Shán Ó Cuív do sgríbh.
Troid : agus an bhean on dtuaith / Shan O Cuiv do shaothruigh.

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (1877-1944) of Doire an Chuilinn, Cúil Aodha
Eachtraí an Ghiolla Mhóir (1936) (translation of Gulliver’s Travels)
1939 Lios na Sidhe
1939 Eachtra an Impire
1936 Eachtraí an ghiolla mhóir
1939 An fainne draoidheachta
1952 An pearla dubh
1940? Eachtra an mhadraidh mhaoil

Pádraig Ua Buachalla (1879-1954), Ballyvourney
Eachtra Phinocchio (1933) HARD COPY OF MODERN EDITION
An Baile (1936) [translation of La Maison by Henri Bordeux]
Idir Croí is Anam (1957) [translation of De Toute son Ame, by René Bazin)
Grádh na hÓige (1948) [El sí de las niñas, by Leandro Fernández de Moratín]

Tadhg Ó Scanaill (1883-1967)
Thall is Abhus: eachtra ar oilithre go hÉirinn (1953)

Seán Ó Ríordáin 1917-1977, Muskerry
Eireaball Spideoige (A Robin’s Tail, book of poetry) (1952, 1986) HARD COPY
Brosna (Kindling) (1964)
Rí na nUile (1964) [from early Irish into modern Irish]
Línte Liombó (Limbo Lines) (1971)
Tar éis mo Bháis (After my Death)

Donnchadh Ó Céileachair (1918-1960) of Cúil Aodha, son of Domhnall Bán
[it is unclear if any of these books is in Cork Irish; Bullaí Mhártain may be the most hopeful]
Dialann Oilithrigh (1953) (diary of his pilgrimages) HARD COPY
Bullaí Mhártain (1955) (short stories written with his sister, Síle Ní Chéilleachair [1924-1985]) HARD COPY
An Duinníneach (1958) (biography written with Prionsias Ó Conluain) HARD COPY
Nótaí de Scéal mo Bheatha [notes on his father's autobiography]
Nuachursa Frainicse
Leabhar Lourdes
Iognáid Loyola

Annraoi Breathnach
Comhacht Uisge in Éirinn (1919) (pamphlet calling for hydroelectricity in Ireland) PDF (Cork? It was written in Guagán Barra)

Waterford natives

Riobárd Bheldon (1838-1915)
File an Chomaraigh (1903) PDF

Risteard de Hindeberg (1863-1916) born Mount Bolton near Portlaw
Eachtra an Ghobbáin Saoir so PDF

Michael Sheehan (1870-1945)
Cnó coilleadh craobhaighe PDF

Seán Ó Ciarghusa (1873-1961) from Kilthomas, known as Marbhan

Onncail Seárlaí (1930) HARD COPY

Pádraig Ó Cadhla (1875-1948)
Eachtradh Eibhlís i dtír na niongantas (1922) (translation of Alice in Wonderland)

Seáan Ó Cadhla (1884-1918)
Eachtra na mBróg (1917) (a play) PDF

Nioclás Tóibín (1890-1966) born Ring
Roísin Bán an tSléibhe (1922) HARD COPY
An Rábaire Bán (1928) HARD COPY
Deoraidhe Gaedhil ag eachtradh ar bhliain a 1798 (1937) (translation of a work by Myles Byrne) HARD COPY
Domhnaillín (1949) HARD COPY

Seán Tóibín (1882-1971)
Iain Áluinn (1936) [translation of Neil Munro's John Splendid, a Highland novel] HARD COPY
Blátha an Bhóithrín (1955) (illustrated book about plants) HARD COPY

Eibhlín, Bean Uí Churraoin (1895-1983)
Smaointe fáin an tsuarthamáin (1938) (translation of work by Jerome K Jerome)
Fir mhóra an tSean-Phobail (1941) HARD COPY

CONNAUGHT

Mayo

Antoine Ó Reachtabhra/Raifteiri (1784-1835) of Kiltimagh
Abhráin agus dánta an Reachtabhraigh, edited by Douglas Hyde PDF

John McHale, Abp of Tuam, 1790-1881, of Tubbernavine
translation of Genesis to Deuteronomy (1859)
translation of Joshua (1861)

Sligo

Tadhg Dall Ó hUiginn (1550-1591)
The Bardic Poems of TDOH Vol 1 and Vol 2 PDFs

Andrew Donlevy (1694-ca 1761), went to schooll near Ballymote
An Teagasg Críoduidhe (1742) (Catechism) PDF

Owen Connellan (1800-1869)
Gospel according to St John, with interlined English translation (1830) PDF and PRINT ON DEMAND COPY
A grammatical praxis of the Gospel according to St Matthew in Irish (1830) PDF and PRINT ON DEMAND COPY

Thaddeus Connellan/Tadhg Ó Coindealbhán (d1854)
The first two books of the Pentateuch in Irish (1819)
The Proverbs of Solomon in Hebrew Irish and English (1823)
The Psalms of David in the Irish Language (1836) (commissioned by Ulster Presbyterians of the Scot, Norman McLeod, a speaker of Scottish Gaelic, who enlisted Connellan’s help) PDF
Gramadach Dhá-Theangthach PDF

Galway
Colm de Bhailís (1796-1906) from Lettermullen, Connemara
Amhrán Chuilm de Bhailís (1904) edited by J H Lloyd and Douglas Hyde PDF

Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906-1970) born Cois Fhairrge
Cré na Cille (1949) HARD COPY
Athnuachán (1995)
Barbed Wire (published 2002)

Breandán Ó hEithir (1930-1990) born Galway City, grew up Inishmore

Lig Sinn i gCathú, 1976 (bawdy novel)

Pádraic Ó Conaire (1882-1928)

Deoraidheacht (1910)

Roscommon
Seán Ó’Neachtain (1655-1728) born Roscommon, died Meath
Staire Éamuinn Uí Chléire (1715) a work ridiculing the English language PDF

LEINSTER

Offaly
Muircheartach Ó Cionga (d1639)
Irish translation of the Old Testament PDF & HARD COPY (a joint work)

Kilkenny

Uilliam Ó Dómhnaill (1570-1628)
Irish translation of the New Testament (1602) PDF & HARD COPY (a joint work with several others)
Irish translation of the Book of Common Prayer (1608) PDF

Dublin

Seosamh Laoide (1865-1939) born in Dublin
Measgán Músgraidhe (1907) PDF

Non-native speakers
I want to keep my reading of Irish by non-Gaeltacht natives to a minimum, but would like to read these. Myles na gCopaleen, despite being a “neo-native” raised in Irish in Strabane, Co. Tyrone, is classed as a non-native speaker here–as I don’t recognize neo-native status as being a genuine equivalent of being a Gaeltacht native. Similarly, those who learned Irish from children in the neighbourhood are classed here as non-native speakers.

Gearóid Ó Nualláin (1874-1942) born in Omagh Co Tyrone
Dia Diabhail agus Daoine (1922) (translations from Russian) PDF
Beatha dhuine a thoil, 1950 (his autobiography)

Brian Ó Nualláin/Myles na gCopaleen (1911-1966) born Strabane, Co Tyrone, nephew of Gearóid
An Béal Bocht, 1941 (a send-up of Gaeltacht literature)

Douglas Hyde/An Craoibhín Aoibhinn (1860-1949) born Castlerea Co Roscommon

Cois na teineadh, 1892 (stories) PDF
Abhráin grádh chúige Connacht (1893) PDF
Abhráin diadha chúige Connacht
Irish poetry : an essay in Irish, 1902 (prize essay in Irish on Irish poetry) PDF
Righ Sheamus, 1904 (a play about James II)
Mise agus an Connradh, 1931 (autobiographical)
Mo thurus go hAmerice, 1937 (autobiographical)
Casadh an tSúgáin (play) PDF

Maoghnas Ó Dómnnaill, editor of An Claidheamh Soluis, from Annascaul, Co Kerry
Tosach Laidne (Latin textbook) PDF

Cormac Ó Cadhlaigh (1884-1960), non-native speaker from Kinsale who became professor of Irish
Gnás na Gaedhilge (1940) HARD COPY

Tadhg Ó Murchadha (1843-1919), “Seandún”, non-native speaker from Macroom, learned Irish as a country tailor
Eachtra Robinson Crúsó (ca 1905) HARD COPY [assisted in the translation by Osborn Bergin] [vol. 1 only - unclear if there ever was a vol. 2]
Naomh Éigneachán agus a Chlann Mhac i gCríostin Éirinn 1940
Mícheál Óg Ó Longáin 1940
An cliathan clé 1932

Micheál Ó Gríobhtha (1869-1946), Co Clare, not a full native speaker, known as Cos Obann

Go mbeannuighthear dhuit (1925) HARD COPY