Risteárd Ó Glaisne

**Risteárd Ó Glaisne** (an haife shi **Richard Ernest Giles**; 2 ga Satumba 1927 - 6 ga Nuwamba 2003) ya kasance mai gwagwarmayar harshen Methodist Irish, malami kuma marubuci.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Richard Ernest Giles a gonar Woodfort kusa da Bandon, County Cork a ranar 2 ga Satumba 1927 a matsayin ɗan ƙarami na biyu na George William Giles da Sara Jane Vickery, dangin Methodist sun fito ne daga manoma waɗanda suka zauna a yankin sama da ƙarni uku. Giles ya kamu da tarin fuka a lokacin da yake yaro, wanda ya lalata cinyarsa kuma zai haifar da shi yana tafiya tare da gurguwa har tsawon rayuwarsa.

Tun yana da shekaru tara, Giles ya halarci makarantar firamare da sakandare a makarantar Bandon Grammar School . A can, sha'awarsa ga harshen Irish ta fara ne lokacin da shugaban makarantarsa ya ba shi kwafin Liam Ó Rinn's Peann agus Pár da littafin waƙoƙi na Ivan Turgenev wanda aka fassara zuwa Irish. Ya kafa mujallar dalibai ta farko ta makarantar, The Rooster, a ƙarƙashin fassarar Irish na sunan haihuwarsa kuma ya haɓaka abota da za ta tabbatar da rayuwarsa tare da Ivan McCutcheon, ɗaya daga cikin shugabannin makarantar.

## Jami'a da aikin koyarwa
Bayan makarantar sakandare Giles ya halarci Kwalejin Triniti, yana yin karatun girmamawa a cikin Irish da Ingilishi. A lokacin da yake jami'a ya shiga ƙungiyar Moral Re-Armament ban da zama sakatare na ƙungiyar yaren Irish ta Kwalejin Trinity, kuma ya yi abota da takwarorinsa da yawa kamar Desmond Fennell da Margaret Mac Curtain . Bayan kammala karatunsa na Bachelor of Arts, Giles ya zama malami kuma ya sami difloma mafi girma a ilimi a 1950 da kuma digiri na biyu a 1959. Ya koyar da Irish a Makarantar Avoca daga 1949 zuwa 1964, St Andrew's daga 1968 zuwa 1972 da St. Patrick's Cathedral School daga 1973 zuwa 1989 kafin ya yi ritaya.

## Addini
Ó Glaisne ya kasance mai tsayin daka na Methodist kuma mai wa'azi wanda ya yi imanin cewa Furotesta na Irish na iya zama kamar yadda Katolika suke kuma ya yi kira ga 'yan uwansa Furotesta su gane su da al'ummar Irish. Ya shiga Cumann Gaeilge na hEaglaise kuma yana da sha'awar jawo hankali ga alaƙar tarihi da ke haɗa Furotesta da harshen Irish kamar tarihin masu bisharar Furotesta a Ireland da ke yin amfani da Irish. Donald Caird, Ikilisiyar Ireland Archbishop na Dublin wanda ya raba sha'awar Ó Glaisne a cikin harshen Irish, ya bayyana shi a matsayin "mai zurfin ruhaniya".

A shekara ta 1957, Ó Glaisne da abokinsa Wally Gray sun kafa mujallar Focus ta kowane wata, wacce da farko ta yi niyyar inganta harshen Irish da al'adun Gaelic ga Furotesta na Irish, kodayake a ka'idar interdenominational ce. Ó Glaisne zai yi aiki a matsayin editan mujallar daga 1958 zuwa 1966. A cikin shekaru masu zuwa Ó Glaisne ya zama wakilin Methodist a Kwamitin Ilimi na Sakandare na Makarantun Furotesta, ƙungiyar da aka kafa don wakiltar makarantun Furotestanta a cikin dangantakarsu da gwamnatin Irish. 

## Rubuce-rubuce da kuma fafutukar harshe
Daga watan Yulin 1947 har zuwa lokacin da aka kwashe shi a shekara ta 1953 Giles ya yi hutu a Tsibirin Blasket don inganta umurninsa na Irish ta hanyar nutsewa cikin al'adun yankin, a wani lokaci ya sadu da Éamon de Valera da kansa yayin ziyarar da ya kai tsibirin a 1947. Ya yi abota da mazauna tsibirin da yawa kuma ya kasance yana hulɗa da su bayan an sake su a Dunquin bayan matsanancin hunturu na Nuwamba 1953.  A ranar 5 ga Afrilu 1950 Richard ya canza sunansa ta hanyar aiki zuwa fassarar Gaelicised, Risteárd Ó Glaisne.

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