Cosslett O Cuinn by Histeard O Glaisne (Coisceim, £6)

A copious biography of that excellent church organ and Irish scholar, Cosslett O Cuinn from County Antrim, who died two years…

A copious biography of that excellent church organ and Irish scholar, Cosslett O Cuinn from County Antrim, who died two years ago.

Translator to Irish of among other items, The New Testament, one of the first Irish phrases he learned was "Go hEireann leis an Phapa"! Unfortunately the richness, humour, and individuality of this determined Ulster Anglican, as well as his generous and learned Christianity, tend to become submerged under the minute details of his career and work which O Glaisne gives us chronologically and unstintingly. Nevertheless, the book is full of treasures, and at times extremely interesting, giving us. along the way, a remarkable insight into the great Irish language tradition of the Church of Ireland.