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Month: September 2012

Old Irish update

I’ve got all the help I need right now with my pitiful Old Irish, thank you all so much. When I’ve finalised the passage I’ll repost it here.

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Can anyone help with some Old Irish vocabulary?

In terms of writing fiction, Irish has been the bane of my life. It’s my own fault; I’m lazy–or perhaps impatient is a better word–when in the grip of the work. Twenty years ago, when I was writing Ammonite, I created an isolated tribe based on the Mongols. I was hot on the trail of the […]

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