O Half-Tongue of Mine

Seán Ó Ríordáin's (1916–1977) poem reflects his difficult, intimate relationship with the Irish language — a language he feels belongs to him culturally and emotionally, but which he does not feel he possesses completely. John FitzGerald's interpretation playfully remains the struggle. Designed and letterpress printed by Jamie Murphy for the Codex Foundation's fifth fundraising Assembly / Exchange Portfolio 'The Art of Translation', Berkeley, USA. The type is Aldo Novarese's Magister in 24D. The paper is Munken and 1930s Batchelor’s Kelmscott. Seán Ó Ríordáin’s poem originally published by Sáirséal agus Dill in 1964. 75 copies.