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
An award-winning collection of short stories from the celebrated noverlist and short story writer, Beairtle Ó Conaire. This collection was awarded the Oireachtas Prize in 2004."Beairtle Ó Conaire is a professional writer who, like the Kerry short story writer Seán Mac Mathúna, has the gift of being able to write about the great human questions with poetic simplicity. In this fashion, Lár an Domhain (The Centre of the World) gives both mental and spiritual satisfaction to the reader. This book should be compulsory reading for anyone who needs more proof that Irish language literature is able to hold its own against the best that is being written internationally."
After losing two young sisters in a house fire, in an accident caused by drink and cigarettes, Rós and her family leave their home to live in a new council house. In the local community school she befriends Cormac, a middleclass boy who is trying to come to terms with his own problems; and encounters bullies who are every bit as bad as the bullies she has left behind in her school.
