{"id":60,"date":"2009-08-01T00:24:48","date_gmt":"2009-08-01T04:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=60"},"modified":"2017-11-27T10:41:12","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T10:41:12","slug":"saol-aeronwy-bryn-thomas-ellis-1943-2009-mionchroineolaiocht","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/saol-aeronwy-bryn-thomas-ellis-1943-2009-mionchroineolaiocht\/","title":{"rendered":"Saol Aeronwy Bryn Thomas-Ellis (1943-2009): Mionchroineola\u00edocht"},"content":{"rendered":"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Barely recovered from the news of b\u00e1sanna<\/strong> Frank McCourt and Michael Jackson, there is now another sad tale to tell, the death of Dylan Thomas\u2019s daughter, Aeronwy. She might not have been as well known in the U.S. as McCourt or Jackson, but leaves a strong legacy and an Irish connection on her mother\u2019s side. In 2008, she initiated the Dylan Thomas Walking Tour in Manhattan, where her father died, and participated in a 5-week tribute tour, which I was lucky enough to attend. Her mother, Caitl\u00edn MacNa\u00admara, was from a landed Irish family in County Clare, variously described as \u201cbohe\u00admian,\u201d \u201cwild\u201d and \u201ccolorful.\u201d For more on Caitl\u00edn, see her own Leftover Life to Kill <\/em>(1957) and a beathaisn\u00e9is<\/strong> (not \u201ccaps\u00fal<\/strong>,\u201d this time!) Caitlin: The Life of Caitl\u00edn Thomas<\/em> (1987).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Do you recognize some of the words th\u00edos<\/strong> from the previous caps\u00falbheathaisn\u00e9is\u00ed<\/strong>?<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Rugadh Aeronwy ar an 3\u00fa [tr\u00ed\u00fa]<\/em> l\u00e1 de Mh\u00e1rta, 1943 [naoi d\u00e9ag daichead a tr\u00ed]<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ba \u00e9 Dylan Thomas a hathair agus Caitl\u00edn MacNamara a m\u00e1thair.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rugadh a hathair, an file Breatnach Dylan Thomas, i 1914 [naoi d\u00e9ag ceathair d\u00e9ag<\/em>]. Fuair s\u00e9 b\u00e1s i1953 in <\/span><\/strong>Greenwich Village<\/span>, Nua-Eabhrac. T\u00e1 cl\u00fa m\u00f3r aige mar \u00fadar <\/span><\/strong>\u201cFern Hill\u201d<\/span> agus<\/span><\/strong> Under Milk Wood<\/em>.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Bh\u00ed Aeronwy deich mbliana d\u2019aois nuair a fuair a hathair b\u00e1s.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rugadh a\u00a0m\u00e1thair, Caitl\u00edn MacNamara, i Londain i 1913 [naoi d\u00e9ag tr\u00ed d\u00e9ag]<\/em>. Ba iad Francis agus Yvonne ainmneacha tuismitheoir\u00ed Chaitlin. B\u2019\u00c9ireannach \u00e9 Francis agus ba Chaecair Fhrancacha muintir Yvonne. Bh\u00ed teach ag muintir Francis in Inis D\u00edom\u00e1in <\/span><\/strong>(Ennistymon),<\/span> Co. an Chl\u00e1ir. Bh\u00ed c\u00f3na\u00ed ar Chaitl\u00edn ansin agus i bP\u00e1ras sular ph\u00f3s s\u00ed Dylan.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ph\u00f3s Caitlin Dylan i bPenzance, An Corn, i 1937 [naoi d\u00e9ag tr\u00edocha a seacht]<\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bh\u00ed beirt ph\u00e1ist\u00ed eile ag Dylan agus Caitl\u00edn, beirt mhac, Colm agus Llewelyn.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

T\u00f3gadh Aeronwy i dTalacharn <\/span><\/strong>(Laugharne)<\/span>, sa Bhreatain Bheag, \u00e1it a raibh teach b\u00e1d ag an teaghlach mar theach. T\u00e1 an teach b\u00e1d ina mh\u00fasaem anois.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bh\u00ed Aeronwy agus an file Peter Thabit Jones i Meirice\u00e1 ar turas c\u00faig seachtain\u00ed i 2008 [dh\u00e1 mh\u00edle is a hocht]<\/em>. Chuala mise \u00ed ag caint ar an turas sin agus bh\u00ed an cl\u00e1r go hiontach. N\u00edor sh\u00edl m\u00e9 ag an am go bhfaigheadh Aeronwy b\u00e1s chomh luath ina dhiaidh sin. T\u00e1 an sc\u00e9al seo an-bhr\u00f3nach.<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

B\u2019\u00fadar cuimhn\u00ed cinn, file, agus aistritheoir fil\u00edocht Iod\u00e1ilise \u00ed Aeronwy. T\u00e1 a cuimhn\u00ed cinn, <\/span><\/span><\/strong>My Father\u2019s Places<\/em><\/span><\/span> (Constable & Robinson, 2009)<\/span><\/span> le teacht amach i m\u00ed L\u00fanasa. Is d\u00f3cha go lainse\u00e1lfar an leabhar d\u2019ainneoin bh\u00e1s an \u00fadair ach is milis-searbh a bheidh an \u00f3c\u00e1id.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Fuair Aeronwy b\u00e1s ar an 27\u00fa l\u00e1 [seacht\u00fa l\u00e1 is fiche]<\/em> d\u2019I\u00fail, 2009 [dh\u00e1 mh\u00edle is a naoi]. <\/em>Requiescat in pace<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And no, I won’t try to gaelicize the Welsh name, Aeronwy<\/em> [ai-RRON-wee, with a full trilled “r,” not a “flapped r” like Irish has], but it is either from Aeron<\/em>, a war-god, from Afon Aeron<\/em>, the River Aeron, or from \u201c<\/span>aeron<\/em>,\u201d Welsh for \u201cberries\u201d or \u201cdrupes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

It seems that <\/span>I\u00fail<\/strong> was full of <\/span>sc\u00e9ala b\u00e1is<\/strong> (obituaries). Here’s hoping <\/span>an mh\u00ed seo chugainn, L\u00fanasa, <\/strong>will be more cheerful.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gluais\u00edn & fuaimni\u00fa: rugadh<\/strong> [rug-uh], cl\u00fa<\/strong>, reputation; d\u2019aois<\/strong> [deesh]; B\u2019\u00c9ireannach X<\/strong>, X was an Irishman; sular<\/strong>, before; t\u00f3gadh<\/strong> [TOHG-uh], was raised; teach b\u00e1d<\/strong>, boathouse; teaghlach<\/strong>, family; ina mh\u00fasaem<\/strong> [IN-uh WOOSS-ay-em]; turas<\/strong>, tour; chuala<\/strong>, heard; cl\u00e1r<\/strong>, program; bhfaigheadh<\/strong> [WAI-ukh, the \u2018ai\u201d sound as in \u201cmy\u201d\/\u201cpie,\u201d note silent f, g, d] would get; luath<\/strong> [LOO-uh, silent “t”] soon; cuimhn\u00ed cinn<\/strong> [KIV-nee kin] memoir; aistritheoir<\/strong>, translator; lainse\u00e1lfar<\/strong>, will be launched; milis-searbh<\/strong>, sweet-bitter.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Barely recovered from the news of b\u00e1sanna Frank McCourt and Michael Jackson, there is now another sad tale to tell, the death of Dylan Thomas\u2019s daughter, Aeronwy. She might not have been as well known in the U.S. as McCourt or Jackson, but leaves a strong legacy and an Irish connection on her…<\/p>\n

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