Ar Bhád Chonraí go Meiriceá

Connemara’s Seán Cheoinín was renowned for his poetic ability. His songs illustrate aspects of life in his own remote area. The songs were recorded on cassette by Máirtín Tom Sheainín Mac Donnacha with Seán Cheoinín himself singing two of them.

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...

The history of one of Ireland's foremost publishing houses in the Irish language as told by the family of the founders. When Seán and Bríghid Ó hÉigeartaigh founded their publishing house their goal was to publish the best of Irish writing, to achieve excellence in layout, design and...

A new world is created here by Micheál Ó Conghaile, a world which didn't and will never exist – but a world which is, nevertheless, uncannily familiar . . . stress, worry, irrationality and wit abound. Self identity and man's raison d'être explored.Powerful, artistic, articulate writing, apt...

A meticulous examination of the strengths and weaknesses of our pioneering short story writers, Pearse, Bairéad, Ó Flaithearta, Ó Conaire, the Mac Griannas, Mac Liammóir, An Seabhac and others, 1898-1940.

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....

An illustrated account of the history of every Gaeltacht parish in Ireland. Contains edited versions of the lectures in the series Pobal na Gaeltachta, a scéal agus a dhán broadcast on Raidió na Gaeltachta in 2000.

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...

Diarmuid Breathnach, is well-renowned for his writing, his work with Cumann Merriman, his broadcasting work with RTÉ and, above all, for his work in bringing to fruition nine volumes of Beathaisnéis (Biography), over 1,700 accounts on the lives of the major Irish language personalities from 1560...

Best known for his fiction writing, Joe Steve Ó Neachtain is well-known and loved for his novels, short stories, poetry and plays as well as his long-running role in TG4’s soap Ros na Rún. In this collection, however, - lectures, speeches, and talks give over the past twenty years – Joe Steve...

Muiris Ó Gormáin (c.1705–c.1794) was a poet and scribe from southeast Ulster and spent his life moving between that area and Dublin. Thirteen of his poems are included here with facing English translations as well as a lengthy introduction featuring the poet's biography as well as comprehensive...