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NOTE: Please note that this book is in not in the English language; it is an Irish-language work only. 1926 was, in many ways, a turning point in Ireland for nationalistic symbols. Éamon de Valera decided to found a new political party, Fianna Fáil, which had its own interpretation of language and nation. Raidió Éireann came on air, and Coimisiún na Gaeltachta published a report which for the first time laid down the official Gaeltacht boundaries and provided a new insight into community life there. It is on the work of this Commission that this book is based; describing life and attitudes amongst Gaeltacht communities.

Contributions to Modern Irish linguistics dedicated to the late Prof. Breandan O Buachalla in 2006 by distinguished former students. Sadly Prof. O Buachalla passed away in 2010.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please note that all the contributions are written in the Irish language; there is no English language version of the texts. Contents are as follows:

BRIAN O CATHAIN Gaeilge Inis Oirr agus Gaeilge Chontae an Chlair; ROIBEARD O MAOLALAIGH Coibhneas idir consan (dh/gh) agus guta i stair na Gaeilge; MAIRTIN O MURCHU Tuilleadh beag faoin 2u iolra den Mhodh Ordaitheach; MAIRE NI CHIOSAIN Meath na Gaeilge i gCleire; CONCHUR O GIOLLAGAIN Gneithe de stair theorainn na Gaeltachta; JOHN WALSH On bhforbairt thionsclaioch go dti an phleanail teanga - eabhloidiu Udaras na Gaeltachta; AIDAN DOYLE An fhai cheasta leanunach sa Nua-Ghaeilge; JAMES MCCLOSKEY Deantus an chlasail i gcanuinti na Gaeilge; NANCY STENSON Ar scath a cheile - an Ghaeilge, an Bearla agus an briathar faigh; PEADAR MAC CUILLINN Gneithe de na focail suairc agus suairceas sa 18u haois.

An Irish pilgrim’s perspective on this ancient journey. A personal contemporary account of the physical and human landscape which he encounters along the way. NOTE: this eBook is in the Irish language only; there is no English-language material in this eBook.

NOTE: Please note that this book is in not in the English language; it is an Irish-language work only. In Cnoc na Lobhar, memories and imaginings surface in this sensitive and humorous portrayal of an old man as he draws together the complex strands of his life. One reviewer described the protagonist as ''difficult, bigoted, awkward, cantankerous ... He would appear to be the nightmare from which present-day language advocates are keen to awake. But Ó Treasaigh’s portrait of a man and of a vision in crisis is all the more compelling because there is no attempt to make his convictions more palatable or his rage more decorous.''

A collection of the most popular proverbs in the Irish language, selected by the editor and accompanied by translations or equivalents in English, Spanish (by Carmen Rodriguez Alonso) and Polish (by Anna Paluch). This collection, illustrated by Fintan Taite, has a universal relevance and makes the wealth of Irish lore accessible to a multilingual public worldwide of all ages and backgrounds.

NOTE: This book is in the Irish language only - there is no English language translation in the publication.

A boy comes to in a remote hillside hut, his hands covered in blood, his memory gone. He has no idea what has happened, or even who he is. Then he discovers he is accused not only of being a drug addict, but also of murdering his best friend Liam…

Haunted by terrifying flashbacks, he meets Sinéad - who claims to be a school friend, and who offers to help him put together the jigsaw puzzle of his life. With every newspaper in the country calling him a dangerous criminal, and killers on his trail, can he reveal the truth in time to clear his name?

A thrilling helter-skelter novel for young teenagers which won an Oireachtas na Gaeilge Literary Award in 2009 for Young Person’s Fiction.

For ages 13-15 years old.

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? Please note that this book is in the Irish language; the text is not in English.

In this novel in the Irish language Natasha and friends prepare for their Leaving Cert, but she finds herself facing even bigger challenges at home when her mother smashes the kitchenware and her father takes off in the middle of the night. Her brother, Craobh, has issues of his own. This fast-moving novel explores the many burdens of modern teenage life. NOTE: this book is written in the Irish language there is no English language text.

In this novel in the Irish language, Mara celebrates her thirteenth birthday. Her mother, however, gives her a present of Matrioshka dolls from Russia, more a gift for a younger girl - and even then, one of the dolls is missing. When Mara and her friend Dorota go in search of the missing doll they make some discoveries which Mara could not have imagined....

NOTE: this book is written in the Irish language; there is no English language text.

Note: This work is in the Irish language only - there is no English language translation in the publication. These essays were first published between 1989 agus 2003 in Liam Ó Muirthile’s column for The Irish Times, ‘An Peann Coitianta’, and have become minor classics. This is the second edition of a selection from this column revised by the author.

A novel in the Irish language (there is no English language translation in the text). A tale set at sea about coming of age.

Eachtra farraige é Aois Fir.

Tá garsún sna déaga luatha i mbun bád seoil leis féin ar an bhfarraige mhór. Tá a athair agus a uncail ina bpleisteana ag a gcuid ólacháin ar an mbád.

Ní haon chabhair iad.

Ní mór don ngarsún a bheith ina fhear anois, aghaidh a thabhairt ar a chuid eaglaí, teacht ar a mhianach, agus é i ngalar na gcás. Is gearr go mbeidh sé ina oíche. Ní mór dó an bád, é féin agus na fir a thabhairt slán.

Pé hiad féin, na fir.

Pé rud é, bheith i d’fhear.

Téann Eoin Ó Síocháin, gníomhaí óg cearta daonna as Co. an Chláir, go dtí an Bhrasaíl chun taighde a dhéanamh ar choimhlint fhuilteach idir treibh bhundúchasach agus úinéirí talún. De réir mar a chuireann sé aithne ar mhuintir na háite tagann sé ar an tuiscint nach bhfuil an scéal chomh simplí agus a shíl sé ar dtús – ach faoin am sin, tá sé rómhall. In aghaidh a thola, beidh ról lárnach le himirt ag Eoin sa choimhlint nuair a thagann sí chun buaice. (Note: there is no English language translation of the text in the book.) Eoin Ó Síocháin, a young human rights activist from Co. Clare, travels to Brazil to research the violent conflict between a native tribe and local landowners. As he gets to know the locals, he begins to understand that the story is not as simple as he thought – but by that time, it’s too late. Against his wishes, Eoin will have a key part to play when the conflict comes to a head.