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‘Literature is the soul of the language'' wrote Seosamh Mac Grianna, and in this book are twelve of the most lively and spirited short stories that have been written in the Irish Language. The big writers are there - Liam Ó Flaithearta, Pádraic Ó Conaire, Pádraig Mac Piarais - as well as, perhaps, authors who are less well known - Peigí Rose, Fionntán de Brún, Annraoi Ó Liatháin. It is the blend of the old and the new, of tradition and innovation, of talent, creativity and ability that will surprise readers of this collection, that will inspire discussion, and perhaps also debate. There are also comprehensive notes compiled by the editor for those wishing to sharpen their critical perspective.

Short Stories included in the book:

An Beo - Liam Ó Flaithearta

Dúil - Liam Ó Flaithearta

An Cumann - Peigí Rose

Ná hInis Brionglóidí na hAoine don tSatharn Choíche - Peigí Rose

Nóra Mharcais Bhig - Pádraic Ó Conaire

Anam an Easpaig - Pádraic Ó Conaire

An Gadaí - Páraig Mac Piarais

Athair - Micheál Ó Conghaile

Codladh an Mháistir - Seosamh Mac Grianna

Mánus Ó Súileachán - Séamus Ó Grianna

Na Déithe Bréige - Fiontán de Brún

An Rud nach mBíonn Agam - Annraoi Ó Liatháin

Seán Mac Labhraí edited.

The first prize in the Cló Iar-Chonnacht Literature Award was awarded to Jackie Mac Donncha for his short story collection, Bróga Johnny Thomáis, that deals with: love and heartache, ageing, the labours of life - universal themes written in a lyrical, discerning, sensitive manner and presented to us in the distinctive dialect of rich Connemara Irish.

Breandán Ó Madagáin has long been a noted scholar in the field of the Irish language and the song and poetic traditions associated with it. He was Professor of Irish in NUI, Galway and used often sing the poems to his students during lectures, illustrating the integral function of music in Irish poetry. In this book he brings together the many strands of his knowledge to uncover the fascinating historical musical traditions of Ireland. Included in this analysis are keens, work songs, macaronic songs, religious songs, elegies and political songs. Uniquely, this work examines not only the texts but also the music associated with them, examples of which can be heard on the accompanying CD.

The book explores the contexts in which these various poetic and musical traditions were performed, their social function, and examines the traditions of the ordinary people and those of the learned poets. The book also contains the texts of many historically-documented instances of these: a mother keening her daughter who is going to America, excerpts from the famed Caoineadh Art Uí Laoghaire and elegies for historic figures.

Joe Steve Ó Neachtain''s first collection of short stories. His flowing style and natural skill as a storyteller make this collection a wonderful read.

A book about emigration and the strong ties that have been created between Connemara and Boston, America down through the years. Special attention is paid to Tomás Ó Conaire and his family from Ros Muc and the life they led on both sides of the Atlantic from the 1980s right up to the present day.

Amy and Jack are brother and sister and they love to visit their great-grandmother Mammy Nan. She''s a great storyteller full of stories about times gone by and she always gives them ice-cream. Their favourite story is about Coranna, the racehourse that won the Chester Cup in 1846 and how the prizemoney was spent on helping the poor tenants who were dying during the Great Irish Famine in Mayo, Ireland.

Could this be the first campus novel in Irish? Written by an author who spent 40 years working as a lecturer in a third level college it gives a wry and comic insight into college life.

A young woman from Poland, Magda, is looking for a new life and moves to Ireland. She meets a wealthy Irish man, Matt, and after a whirlwind romance finds herself married and living in a beautiful big house on the outskirts of the city. But all isn''t as it first appeared with her new husband and it isn''t long before Magda starts to realise that instead of finding a fairytale she''s found a nightmare.

Light-hearted collection of funny and easy-to-read stories in Irish which will be enjoyed by children and all the family.

This volume contains a series of lectures from the conference to commemorate the poet, Seán Ó Ríordáin, on the thirtieth anniversary of his death, which was organised by the staff in the department of Modern Irish in the School of Irish, Celtic, Folklore and Linguistics in University College Dublin.

Edited by Liam Mac Amhlaigh and Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith, Fill Arís, contains a number of substantial essays which undertake a comprehensive analysis of the works of one of the greatest poets of the last century.

The third volume of the series contains a selection of the best short plays in Irish written in the last century edited by Gearrdhrámaí an Chéid illustrates how Irish drama developed in its diverse forms from 1901 to 2000.

WINNER: Children''s Books Ireland Awards, Special Judges Award 2013. When life is a dangerous game...A novel in Irish full of mystery and adventure. For readers aged 10-14 years. I''m sorry. I''m afraid. Help me... Hóng is a computer game Evan loves to play on the internet. But then he gets a strange message from another player, Yin, begging for help - not inside the game, but out in the wide world. Who is Yin and what is she afraid of? Can Evan, his friend Rio and his sister Síofra put a stop to some dirty business, not only in Ireland but on the far side of the world? HÓNG will keep young readers turning the pages to the very end.

Winner of the Irish-language book of the Year award, 2013. This is a book for anyone who would like to gain a wider understanding of traditional Irish singing. It contains over 400 traditional Irish sean-nós songs gathered from all over the country. Each song is accompanied by comprehensive background notes on the origins of the songs, the composers, the myriad ways that the songs radiated into the tradition and notes on the people who sing the songs today.Leabhar Mór na nAmhrán contains both well-known songs and less well-known songs. There are big songs and small songs, long and short songs, fast and short songs and new and old songs.''These are the songs that, at times, kept the people alive. Songs that gave comfort, solace, courage, pleasure and hope when times were hard. They were songs to raise the spirit and the people held them to their hearts. These songs are as compelling today as they were in times gone by.''-Micheál Ó Conghaile

Máire Mhic Ghiolla Íosa: Beathaisnéis charts the fascinating journey of an inspirational woman, on her pilgrimage from Ardoyne to the Phoenix Park. Authorised by the President, it includes excerpts from private diaries and papers from before her Presidency, and interviews with members of her family, colleagues and acquaintances. It tells the real success story of a determined, spirited woman, the first Northerner to hold the office of the President of Ireland. Mary McAleese is a woman who has never been afraid to speak her mind, and has often courted controversy, and her biography is certainly a page-turner. It includes interviews with Fr. Alex Reid, Annie Maguire and Monsignor Denis Faul, among others, as well as extensive interviews with the President. It paints a picture of a woman who has worked incessantly for peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland, and who stands by her convictions. A riveting read, and a tremendous insight into the life of Mary McAleese up until her inauguration.

Collected poems of Gabriel Rosenstock from various collections featuring English translations of the original Irish poems by the poet and by the poet Paddy Bushe.

Growing up in an area studded with standing stones and ogham stones, is it any wonder she is high on history, ar bís le hársaíocht, stoned on antiquities. Rousseau''s ‘noble savage'' may never have meant very much ... until now. Gabriel Rosenstock This is the second collection from Ní Chinnéide and follows An Trodaí/The Warrior, which was published to great acclaim in 2006. This new, more substantial, collection touches on some of the same themes - a love of her homeplace in Corca Dhuibhne in the Kerry Gaeltacht, poems inspired by her young son and the character of An Trodaí/The Warrior, as well as exploring new territory inspired in particular by the poet''s work with the European Parliament.

Mícheál Breathnach was a writer from Cois Fharraige in Connemara who dies in 1908 at the young age of twenty seven. To commemorate his life and his work his friends put together a collection of his writing which was then published in 1913. This is a reprint of that work, the only reprint in almost one hundred years. It includes travel writing, journalism, political and literary commentary, memoir, composition and poetry, as well as his life story. A fitting tribute to one of the great pioneers of modern Irish writing.

his book provides a fascinating insight into the life and work of piper and music collector Séamus Ennis during his period as full-time collector with the Irish Folklore Commission when he worked in counties Galway, Clare, Mayo, Donegal, Limerick and Cavan.Séamus Ennis was born in north County Dublin, and at the age of twenty-three was appointed by the Irish Folklore Commission as a collector. His work involved travelling to different parts of Ireland to document traditional music and song in oral tradition. The diary he kept of his time in the field working for the Commission is part of the National Folklore Collection at UCD, and has now been published by Ríonach uí Ógáin.

Is eagrán de dhánta Mhuiris Uí Ghormáin atá sa leabhar seo mar aon le cuntas ar a bheatha. File agus scríobhaí a bhí in Ó Gormáin a mhair ó c.1705–c.1794. In oirdheisceart Uladh a rugadh agus a tógadh é, agus chaith sé tréimhsí dá shaol sa cheantar sin agus i mBaile Átha Cliath. Tá breis agus trí cinn déag dá chuid dánta curtha ar fáil anseo maille le haistriúcháin Bheárla chomhthreomhara agus nótaí téacsúla. Chomh maith leis sin, tá réamhrá ann a thugann beathaisnéis Uí Ghormáin agus a phléann le tréithe a chuid filíochta.In Iúr Cinn Trá, Contae an Dúin a rugadh an t-údar, áit a bhfuair sé scolaíocht dara leibhéal i gColáiste Cholmáin. Tá bunchéim agus dochtúireacht sa Ghaeilge aige ó Ollscoil Uladh, agus tá tamall caite aige mar léachtóir cuairte Fulbright sa Cheiltis in Ollscoil California, Berkeley. Is léachtóir le Gaeilge é in Ollscoil Uladh.

Liam and Siobhán Ó Maoilmhín are a young married couple recently returned to Ireland after spending a few years working in the United States. They both manage to get good jobs and they buy a house in a nice estate. All is well until Learaí and Deborah Ó Dúill move in next door and then, little by little, the Ó Maoilmhín''s lives are turned upside down by their new neighbours.This novel for adult learners is written inrelatively simple Irishand includes a glossary of difficult words. It won the first prize in the fiction for learners category in the Oireachtas Literary Competitions 2007.

The plays in this book are rough. They are bawdy, gruff, and harsh too. At one time or another, most of them were produced professionally for the stage or radio. Each play features Alan Titley''s trademark playfulness with words, his interest in literary allusion, and, of course, his black humour, which has won him both plaudits and criticism in equal measure. A common theme is that the Irish rural life is not the idyll that is often proposed, but the opposite. Written in an effort to finish off the Stage Oirishman, once and for all, these dramas present an alternative vision of country life on stage - and it''s no walk in the park.

This is a new collection of short stories aimed at Leaving Certificate students. After winning the lotto, Tomás Ó Sé finds himself living life amongst the rich and famous and quickly forgets his old friends. Now as the money runs out, does he have anyone left to turn to? Or what about Pádraigín? With the mounting pressure of the Leaving Cert., without any space or time to herself and all the housework to do, it''s no wonder she struggles. Will she get fair play or will things get even worse? And then there''s the young boy who excitedly awaits his presents every Christmas only, this year, to uncover not a present but a truth - a cold, horrible truth that means Christmas will never be the same again ...Heartbreak, loneliness, hope, forgiveness, revenge, happiness and more .. as well as twenty-four interesting and enjoyable stories, this book gives useful tips and guidelines on planning and writing stories.

Rósmáire Ní Ghrifín is an ordinary young girl, or so she thinks. She has to contend with the usual difficulties: a mean older brother, a cross school teacher and the difficulties of getting onto the school football team. Things don''t always go smoothly for her, and her 10th birthday proves no different when everyone except her horrid brother forgets it, her mother goes into hospital and her teacher punishes her. Then, to top it all off, she is visited in the night by a host of magical beings. They have come to tell her that she is not, in fact, a mortal, but is a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann, just like them, and endowed with magical powers. Well, Rósmáire can think of nothing worse! She is not one bit fairy-like and detests pink and all other girly-fairy-type things. Why has she been picked to be a fairy? And what can she do about it?This exciting and funny novel is the first in the Cailitín series by Caitríona Ní Mhurchú, and is suitable for children aged 8 – 12 years.

An absorbing study of an eighteenth century Protestant antiquarian, his contacts with other antiquarians, both Protestant and Catholic, his cultivation of various Gaelic scribes with a view to safeguarding Irish manuscripts and producing new ones, and his efforts to come to an understanding of a shared Irish past, culminating in his Historical Memoirs of the Irish Bards (1786), a study of the poets of the old Gaelic order and their music.

In this autobiography Tony chronicles his political life, his home life and his involvement in education over the last forty years. Tony Bromell was born in Thomondgate, Limerick in 1932 and has seen the city undergo tremendous changes in his lifetime, to become the bustling centre of commerce it is today. A committed member of Fianna Fáil all his life, he spent seventeen years as a member of Limerick City Council, and was Mayor from 1982-3. He also spent time as a member of Seanad Éireann. His autobiography describes the highs and lows of his political career, and also his many achievements in the field of education. Tony Bromell has been to the forefront of developments in education in this country for the past forty years. He was a founding member of the pressure group established in 1958 to campaign for a university for Limerick, resulting in the establishment of the NIHE in 1970, and was proud to be a member of the Seanad in 1989 when the bill granting university status to the NIHE (now University of Limerick) was finally passed. He was registrar in Mary Immaculate College for almost thirty years, and in that time saw the student population grow from 200 in 1967 to 1,700 in 1998, when he retired. He was also heavily involved in the establishment of the College of Art, Commerce and Technology (now Limerick IT) while Chairperson of the VEC in 1973. He was a member of the Higher Education Authority from 1968 to 1982 and was President of the ASTI from 1966-8. The book also describes Tony''s home life. In 1961 he married Áine Ní Thuathaigh, a well-known singer and dancer. The book describes their first meeting and their marriage and family life, as well as giving a touching account of her untimely death at the age of fifty one.

Gael Linn celebrates its sixtieth birthday in 2013. To mark the occasion, this book describes one of the most imaginative and innovative organisations in Irish social, cultural and business life. Beginning with Linnte Ghael Linn, pools based on Gaelic games, Gael-Linn later encompassed such activities as bingo, various forms of industry, publishing, the music business, education and film making to name but a few

Aistriúchán ar an leabhar ''Tales from the Poorhouse'' le Eugene McCabe agus é aistrithe go Gaeilge ag Liam Mac Con Iomaire. Caitheann McCabe súil ghéar ar thorthaí an Ghorta Mhóir ó dhearcaí chearthrar éagsúla. Ceithre mhonalóg atá sa leabhar. Cuireadh ar stáitse an leagan i nGaeilge i dTaibhdhearc na Gaillimhe.

In this book Frank Reidy follows the journey of the Ark from Jerusalem to Ethiopia. He goes through the history and the folklore surrounding the Ark in legend and comes to a new understanding of the Ark of the Covenant, its status and its importance to Ethiopia. The reader joins Frank on his journey and gains new insights into a country that we rarely hear about except in the context of famine and strife. In sharp contrast to this we find a country and a people full of laughter and joy, nobility, faith and friendship. The story goes that God gave Moses the Ten Commandments on the top of Mount Sinai. The Israelites made a golden vessel to hold the stone tables on which the Ten Commandments were written. This Ark of the Covenant was brought to Jerusalem where it was kept in the Temple at Shiloh for hundreds of years. But where did it go after that? The Ark seems to have disappeared into thin air. But rumours survived that the Ark was brought to Ethiopia.

To read Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill''s poetry is to summon a rich and verdant world of the imagination. A triumph of contemporary Irish-language literature, Ní Dhomhnaill is celebrated internationally for the unique vision, and melody, which resonate from her work. Sound files of these poems, as read by the author, are available for download in the Spoken Word section of this website.