On Leic Island off the Atlantic coast of Ireland, Caitriona's only worry is how she and her friends will spend the long school summer holidays ahead of her - and how to make an impression on the handsome Seamas, of course. A spooky night visit to the station brings up the subject of ghosta. It is all good fun, until something awful happens that puts the lives of Caitriona and her friends in dissarray. A great new novel for teenagers full of adventure, excitement and summer magic.
Doras is a boy. He meets a girl, Fuinneog. The two of them set off together, fleeing from the Orphanage, the Law, and the Guards. After a night in the dark and menacing streets of the city they head for the countryside, where they meet a dog, Scuab. Together, they embark on an odysey in search of what they haven't got: a home.
A young language activist from Co. Clare, Eoin Ó Síocháin, travels to Brazil to learn more about a violent conflict between a native tribe and landowners. As he comes to learn more about the local people he comes to an understanding that the story is not as straightforward as it first appeared to him - but by the time he realises this, it is too late. Despite his misgivings, Eoin finds himself in the eye of the storm as the conflict comes to a head.
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.
On Leic Island off the Atlantic coast of Ireland, Caitriona's only worry is how she and her friends will spend the long school summer holidays ahead of her - and how to make an impression on the handsome Seamas, of course. She is delighted to be offered a summer job woorking with Séamas in the diving school. But, in spite of her efforts, he doesn't show much interest in her. Hoping to make him jealous, she goes on a date with another man on the island, a young man who seems very interested in her, and with that begins an adventure that leaves Caitríona and her friends in grave danger.
