Duan na Nollag

Duan na Nollag; 120 pp; hardback: 978-1-911363-38-5

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, is one of the world’s best-known books. First published in 1843, A Christmas Carol tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an old miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.

After their visits Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man. Duan na Nollag was translated by the famous lexicographer Patrick Dineen, and edited and adapted for young readers by Maitiú Ó Coimín, and this beautifil new hardback edition is beautifully illustrated by Arthur Rackham.

Ebenezer Scroodge and the Ghost of Christmas Past

Duan na Nollag or A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, is one of the world’s best-known books. First published in 1843, A Christmas Carol tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an old miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.

“An chuid is fearr den leabhar ná a dheireadh ar ndóigh. An t-athrú iomlán a thagann ar Scrúg. É lán anois le haoibhneas na Nollag. An chearc is mó sa siopa á ceannach aige, toirt Thaidhgín Chaoil inti. É ag guí Nollaig shúgach ar bhoic mhóra agus ar bhochtáin araon. Nuair a phléascann an gliondar agus an t-aoibhneas seo ar fad as lár Scrúig amach is deacair gan iad a bhrath tú féin. Is sa chuid seo a thuigtear an fáth a meallann Duan na Nollag daoine in 2017 féin, gona leaganacha iomadúla.” — tuairisc.ie

Read an excerpt from Duan na Nollag