Irish Language

For a second I thought Bi i do chrann, the poem by Mairtin O Direain in the Seachtain na Gaeilge brochure translated as "Be in your tree" - as opposed to out of it. Severe de-anglicisation is required, and the week's Irish-language events which include seannos singing and dancing with Aine Ui Cheallaigh and others in Chief O'Neill's on Wednesday at 8.30 p.m. and a poetry reading by Cathal O Searcaigh on Thursday in the Sult Club, Castle Inn, at 7.30 p.m. could do the job. Phone 01-4910252 for details - and by the way, the poem's title translates, "Be a Tree". Picture (right) shows Maoliosa Ni Chleirigh and Colm de Bhaldraithe who will be participating in Street Frolics on Grafton St this afternoon.