The complete collection of the humorous stories and antics of Pádraic Ó Conaire's beloved Fearfeasa Mac Feasa.
"Leabhar daoithe féin Fearfeasa Mac Feasa. Fear dó féin Fearfeasa; agus dar leat gurb é Pádraic é féin é. Fear siúlach scabthach, intleachtach, magúil, cleasach, lách. Is fiú an leabhar a léamh ar mhaithe leis an méid de nadúir Phádraic atá inti. Dar leat gurb é a bheatha féin a scríobh sé agus giota beag léi." — Seosamh Mac Grianna
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.
Paul Lodabo returns to Africa after spending some years studying in Europe. A stunning, multi-layered novel in a rich, pungent style all of is own.
Rebekka Vogelzang, a young Dutchwoman, is fighting to save the Irish language, which she has learnt on the job in an Irish-speaking café in Galway. She puts her heart and soul into every scone she bakes and every cup of espresso she makes because she knows the very salvation of the language depends upon it. But who will save Rebekka? A novel about idealism, loyalty, love and ... coffee.
Bailiúchán nua aistí ar an bpleanáil teanga, agus diagnóis bhríomhar agus prognóis dhearfach ar cheist na nGael atá sa leabhar seo. Cuirtear beartais úra, thacúla agus phraiticiúla chun cinn do phobal na féiniúlachta Gaeilge.
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.
A tough and poetic thriller set under the Mediterranean sun. This is the story of three comrades who grew up together on the streets of Marseilles — Ugo, Manu and Fabio — and the gypsy beauty, Lole. Close friends in their youth, they become separated by life, and are brought together again by death.
Shortlisted for the IRISH BOOK AWARDS
This is the story of a young man and the fateful summer he spent in the Gate House in Mín na Móna in the Donegal Gaeltacht as he tries to make sense of his complicated life and find his own way. You won't easily forget this summer in Mín na Móna. In this novel brim-full of uplifting humour, of compassion with one's fellow man and with nature, of flashes of insight and inspiring ruminations. A witty style, a thought-provoking story.
It is a long time since we’ve had a novel from the Donegal Gaeltacht, and there is no doubt that this book announces the arrival of a new novelist in a direct line from the Mac Grianna brothers.
Driſters in search of work, George and his childlike friend Lennie, have nothing in the world except the clothes on their back — and a dream that one day they will have some land of their own. Eventually they find work on a ranch in California’s Salinas Valley, but their hopes are dashed as Lennie — struggling against extreme cruelty, misunderstanding and feelings of jealousy — becomes a victim of his own strength.
