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Dr. Aidan Doyle: Translates work from Irish and Polish. Picture: UCC

Aidan Doyle is a lecturer in the Irish Department at UCC and has translated work from Irish and Polish. Along with Ken Ó Donnchú, he has translated the recent publication Dánfhocail: Irish Epigrams in Verse, illustrated by Ellie Farr. Originally collected and edited by the scholar TF O’Rahilly in 1921, this new edition, published by Cork University Press, contains a fresh introduction alongside translations of the epigrams, giving new audiences access to a hidden gem of Irish literature.

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