An Garda Cósta

An Garda Cósta: 126 pp; paperback; 978-0-898332-62-9

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An Garda Cósta (The Coast Guard): 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 Romance on Leic Island!

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.

Teenage Fiction Prize-Winner

An Garda Costa is the first novel in Máire Uí Dhufaigh’s ‘Leic Island’ collection, a romantic novel for teenagers full of adventure, excitement and summer magic.. In the same collection, Raic is now availble in our on-line book shop, and Rún na Leice is forthcoming.

An Garda Cósta is the winner of the 2011 Oireachtas Prize for teenage fiction.

An Garda Cósta: Read an excerpt from the book