Tom Connor is the parish priest on a Gaeltacht island, where he is actively fighting to support a community devestated by emmigration and poverty. His housekeeper, Marion, who lives in the parochial house with him, tells him that she is pregnant with his child. Tom must decide between his duty to his parishoners, his love for Marion, and his belief in the priesthood. The resolution of his dilemma makes for dramatic and heartbreaking reading. Bob Quinn's award-winning film Budawanny (1987) is based on this novel. Pádraig Standún was born in Mayo in 1946. A well-known community activist, he is serving as parish priest in Carna, Co. Galway. He has written ten novels. Úrscéal neamhchoitianta agus thar a bheith macánta atá sa leabhar seo a thugann faoi cheisteanna a bhaineas le gairm na sagartóireachta agus le hionad an tsagairt sa phobal ar bhealach a théas go smior na ceiste go minic. Ó tharla gur sagart an t-údar agus nach dtéann sé ar chúla téarmaí lena scéal a chur i láthair, ní hiontas ar bith é go raibh an leabhar go mór i mbéal an phobail nuair a foilsíodh é. — Raidió na Gaeltachta Reveals illness of Gaeltacht -The Irish Press Gaeltacht's answer to the Thorn Birds -The Sunday Tribune Scéalaí ó dhúchas is ea an Standúnach -The Irish Times Trua gan tuilleadh dá shaghas sa teanga -Connacht Tribune Oh, Father, what a book! - Sunday Tribune Videos Mír as an scannán Budawanny Agallamh leis an údar ar clubleabhar.com

Combining the taut action-pacing of a thriller and the reflective depth of the literary novel, Darach Ó Scolaí has written a book to follow in the heels of his prize?winning best?seller An Cléireach. In this heady paranoic thriller set in a contemporary world of postmodernist conspiracies and cults, we meet Joe, a man trained in servility, as he sets off to serve 'better masters'. Following in his footsteps we set from Dublin to Paris to Istanbul as Joe rushes headlong towards his destiny.

Úrscéal a théann faoin gcraiceann, ó dhuine de na scríbhneoirí is cumasaí dár gcuid: ‘Chas Peadar Ó Luineacháin isteach i Sráid Dásoin. Chuir an róló seacláide deireanach ina bhéal is chaith an páipéar le casán....' Tá rud éigin cearr leis na príomhcharachtair san úrscéal seo. De réir mar a ghluaiseann an scéal ar aghaidh is ea a thuigimid gur scéal dorcha é seo. Úrscéal é seo atá i bhfad chun tosaigh (agus i bhfad níos fírinní) ná úrscéalta mórdhíola Richard Harris ar an ábhar céanna.