Sweeney an Intertonguing: Rody Gorman

Thur 24 Oct

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A multilingual version of the Irish medieval story Buile Shuibhne (The Frenzy of Sweeney), in English, Irish, Scottish and Manx Gaelic, with lingua gadelica, phonemic pieces and round-trip translations: Suibhne mac Colmain, ruler of a kingdom in the north, is driven mad by a curse.

Utterly extraordinary … the variety, energy and invention is dazzling – Robert Macfarlane

A wonderful piece of writing … a pièce de résistance – Sara Maitland

… a work of exceptional originality based on the Gaelic tradition – Meg Bateman

A complete masterpiece – John Glenday

 Rody Gorman is an acclaimed Irish born poet who lives in Skye.