Dìomhanas ri fhaighinn

Thathar eolach air Fionnlagh mar sgriobhadair dhealbhan-cluiche, no mar fhear-eachdraidh, eadar sgriobhadh is craoladh, is uidh aige an iomadh taobh dhen dualchas. Ach ged a chord An Cluaisean ri daoine anns na 60an, cha robh Fionnlagh cho aithnichte mar fhear sgeulachdan. Mura robh, bithidh tuilleadh. Nochd grunn ann an Gath, ach seo a-nis lan-chruinneachadh. Is abair cruinneachadh: ceithir sgeulachd thar fhichead ann an cainnt bhrioghmhor, sgaiteach, shiubhlach, a falbh o amannan o chian chun an la a-maireach, cuid druidhteach le bas no fulang, feadhainn eile aotrom no aoireil. Cha bhi Cuil Lodair no Mac an t-Sronaich a-chaoidh mar a bha as deidh seo. Dithis ann an Comhla a siubhal tro linntean mora a dhfhalbh; coigrich anns An Dachaigh air tighinn a sgire nach aithne dhaibh, is a thiamhaidheachd fhein an cois sin; is an te a ghluais a dhInbhir Nis riaraichte le beatha cho furasta. Creideamh: grunn thionndaidhean air a chuspair sin. Mothachadh air cor bhoireannach. Saoghal nan innealan a tha romhainn, is an Cluaisean fhein a nochdadh a-rithist. Ach gach te, os cionn gach rud, na deagh sgeulachd, cailear is tarraingeach. "A significant feature of this new book is the quality of the Gaelic in which it is written. The vocabulary is sometimes challenging, and you will not find all of the words in Dwelly, but it transports one back to the days when Gaelic speakers were more fluent and articulate than they are now. Reading these stories I encountered words and expressions that I heard and knew in my own younger days, and I felt ashamed that I had ignored and lost them so thoughtlessly. Dìomhanas is more than a book. Its a sparkling gem in the treasury of Gaelic literature. Although most of the stories had been previously published in magazines and other outlets, we had been waiting for a long time to see them in book form and our patience is now rewarded. Finlay has written more than the twenty-four stories that appear in this book. We hope that more of his remarkable writing will be published in a format as pleasing as this one." Seonaidh Ailig Mac a' Phearsain, Canada, 2008 Tha an leabhar ri fhaighinn an seo