When a customer asks him to photograph his wife en flagrant délire in a hotel room, security adviser Seán Ó Maoilriain expects to be able to pay the month's rent, but little does he expect to be enmeshed in a tale of corruption, prostitution, and murder, nor is prepared for a pair of shapely legs that send his head and his life into a spin.
On Easter Monday 2016 an ex-priest is on the road to Dublin, on a personal pilgrimage to the GPO. He's carrying his own cross, and a couple of grudges. This is the second novel by the author of Súil le Breith and An tAinmhí, and one of the most widely-read writers in the Irish language.
A collection of essays on Pádraic Ó Conaire based on a series of lectures on the same subject broadcast by Raidió na Gaeltachta on his centenary in 1982. Amongst the writers are Sr Eibhlín Ní Chionnaith, Aisling Ní Dhonnchadha, Pádraigín Riggs. Geraróid Denvir, Declan Kiberd and Seán Ó Conghaile. Appended to the essays is an invaluable bibliography of Pádaric Ó Conaire's works compiled by Sr Eibhlín Ní Chionnaith.
Tá rian na drámaíochta ar phlota cliste an leabhair seo, rud a mbeifeá ag súil leis ó fhear a bhfuil cáil go forleathan air mar aisteoir i sobaldráma TG4, Ros na Rún. Is thar thrí ghlúin a thiteann an scéal eachtrach seo amach, a bhfuil an grá, an naimhdeas, an feall agus an dúnmhárú fite fuaite ann. Tá oiliúint le fáil sa leabhar chomh maith ar stair shóisialta Chonamara - ar lámh láidir na hEaglaise, ar an scoilt idir an uasaicme le Béarla agus gnáthmhuintir na Gaeltachta, agus ar bhád bán na himirce.
Bronnadh Gradam Litríochta Chló Iar-Chonnachta, i gcomhar le hÚdarás na Gaeltachta, ar Lámh Láidir, agus bronnadh duais Oireachtais sa chomórtas Úrscéal don Phobal 2002 ar an saothar seo chomh maith.
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This novel has a dramatic plot that spans 3 generations. It tells a story that is sometimes tragic, sometimes funny, and features love, friendship, betrayal and murder. As well as being entertaining, the book is a lesson in the social history of Connemara. It explores the daunting authority of the Church, the chasm that divided the English-speaking elite from the Irish-speaking working-class and the painful reality of emigration.
Lámh Láidir was awarded the Cló Iar-Chonnachta Literary Prize, in conjunction with Údarás na Gaeltachta. It was also awarded the top prize in the Oireachtas Literary competition 2002.
The first collection of short stories by one of the most inventive short story writers in the country. Dark strong stories that dig beneath the skin of life to set the reader on edge. He has had work published in Lá, Comhar, Oghma, and in The Irish Times. "These stories have a selfconfident style... an ethereal, unwordly and enchanting quality... and a certain magic that swept me away." —An tOireachtas adjudicator, 1996. Seacht Lá na Díleann ar fáil mar ríomhleabhar don Khindle (amazon)
