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The diverse selection in this anthology demonstrates the value of Irish-language literature as a unique source of information and insight into the various aspects of emigration in the post-famine period. The real value of the book, however, lies in the manner in which different stories are brought together to provide a rich Irish-language and Gaeltacht perspective on the subject.
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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...
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Seosamh Mac Grianna was born in Rann na Feirste in Co. Donegal and is considered the greatest Irish-language writer of Ulster. His life was a tragic one. The traits which made him a great writer - a fiercely independent, enquiring mind and an unwillingness to bow to convention or to compromise -...
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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....
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Winner of the Irish-language 'Book of the Year' award, Gradam Uí Shuilleabháin in 2010.In 1994 the army officer, Frank Reidy was sent to eastern Africa to assist the United Nations effort that was assembled to deal with the humanitarian crisis caused by genocide in Rwanda. In this book the...
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Five Connemara short stories by five men from Connemara. But this is not the Connemara of the John Hinde postcards, of lofty mountains, sandy beaches, deep-blue lakes, of red-haired children on bogs.This is a place of grinding poverty, of relentless hardship, of tragic personal loss, of dreams...
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The marginalisation of women in the Irish-language literary tradition and in the cultural life of the country is imaginatively explored from Old Irish sources to the present.
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