Irish Gaelic "Hobbit"

"Collectors hold the key to success of Irish 'Hobbit'"

http://www.independent.ie/national-ne ... irish-hobbit-3054205.html

- wellinghall

geordie at the LotR Plaza shared this link (an article published in anticipation of the Irish translation):

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/l ... 2/0317/1224313474042.html

Dr. Tom Hogan, son of Professor Jeremiah Hogan (who was a friend of Tolkien's in Ireland), discusses Tolkien's visits to his family and provides some quotes from formerly unknown letters.

I just read in the Companion and Guide that Tolkien didn't like Gaelic at all (but he loved Ireland and the Irish). In spite of that I hope this translation does well anyway :)

The publisher Michael Everson's interest in Toklien is not just a passing one. His Wikipedia entry states

"Among the scripts "encoded" in the CSUR, Shavian and Deseret were eventually formally adopted into Unicode; two other conscripts under consideration are Tolkien's scripts of Tengwar and Cirth."

My copy has just arrived and I am v impressed with the quality.

It has no dj but a glossy hard cover and has the five colour, 8 B&W illustrations plus the mirkwood one with the "parchment" colourised versions of both maps with the text on the maps translated into Irish.

I am adding some photos for those who may be interested.