u/cavedave

Manannán is a 1939 Irish language sci-fi book with the first spaceship using a gravity assist in literature. And the first Mecha robot outside of Japan. It was written by Máiréad Ní Ghráda who also wrote an Triall.

I just finished transcribing the text. OCR does not work well on old Irish letters. Next up is conversion to modern spelling. If you know a list of known changes (annso->anseo). There must be a list somewhere of spelling conversions for modern Irish, but I cant find it.

https://preview.redd.it/dksyq7s8kxvg1.png?width=700&format=png&auto=webp&s=98978ffbb67113339a8552f841077013959ba76a

The project is here and any help even just reading the text to fond more erorrs would be great. https://github.com/cavedave/Manannan/tree/main/caibidl%C3%AD/old-orthography

Another article on the tour https://historyireland.com/postscript/

""I never refused to play in Chile. I had reservations about going and I thought about it for a week before agreeing." https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/how-dunphy-landed-in-hot-water-over-chile-in-1974/26203578.html

There is an exhibition about this escape this weekend only in Collins barracks Dublin, which I think is cool https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Exhibitions/Catalpa-150 (I have no connection with the exhibit)