Winner of Gradam Ui Shúilleabháin 2007.In the archives of the French town of Chartres some printed pages from the 18th Century were discovered, and a reference to the mysterious author of these printers' proofs, Captain Seán Ó Raghallaigh. Set in and around the battle of Fontenoy 1745,...
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This first novel won the Oireachtas Prize 2007, and the Gradam Uí Shúilleabháin award 2008.Set in mid-17th century Ireland and Continental Europe, the narrative in An Cléireach is triggered by a single event that takes place during the Cromwellian invasion of Ireland, when a small...
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GEARRLIOSTA 'LEABHAR NA BLIANA 2015' LACÁISTE SPEISIALTA €15Combining the taut action-pacing of a thriller and the reflective depth of the literary novel, Darach Ó Scolaí has written a book to follow in the heels of his prize?winning best?seller An Cléireach. In this heady paranoic thriller...
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A collection of traditional stories collected in Seanadh Farracháin in the Joyce’s Country, County Galway and edited by Ailbhe Nic Giolla Chomhaill, along with a fine account of the rich folkloric storytelling tradition of the area. The stories were collected in Seannadh Farracháin as...
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The innovative analysis and proposals in this book set out a positive and optimistic agenda for the Gaelic community. This collection of four essays examines the circumstances of the Gaeltacht and the Irish language in the 20th century. Given the current crisis in the Gaeltacht, the...
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Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson is one of the best known adventure novels ever written. This is the exciting story of David Balfour, a young man whose uncle Ebeneazer wishes to kill and to steal his inheritance. Through his friendship with Jacobite swordsman Alan Breck Steward he escapes the...
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A graphic novel in the series 'Corto Maltese'. Corto and his friend, the Danakil warrior Cuis are travelling in Abbysinia in the Horn of Africa. They visit Cuis's village and hear that Cuis's brother, Rhomah, has been captured by the Christians. He is accused of abducting Fala Mariam, the daughter...
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A graphic novel in the series 'Corto Maltese'. East Africa, 1918, in the Rufiji Delta Lieutenant Tenton and Captain Mac Griogair of the British Army, welcome Corto on board the Königsberg, a German battle cruiser put out of action by the English. Here, Corto comes across a band of the...
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A graphic novel in the series 'Corto Maltese'. 1916, Corto aids the bedouin El Oxford rescue the young prince Saoud from a prison in the middle of the desert in Yemen, where he is held captive by his uncle Abdul and the Turkish garrison. They are assisted by Cuis, a young Danikil warrior from...
Price: €7.50 | Reference: 9781909907768
A graphic novel in the series 'Corto Maltese'. 1918, The 'Horn of Africa' is under British rule. When Captain Bradt, from the King's African Rifles, shares a terrible secret with Corto, the fort he is garrisoning comes under attack by the 'Mad Mullah', the Somalian leader Mahmad Abdullah Hassan....
Price: €7.50 | Reference: 9781909907775
