BREATHTAKING PHOTOS CAPTURING MEMORABLE MOMENTS IN HURLING Considered by many to be the fastest field sport in the world, hurling is skilful, exhilarating and has been part of Irish life for...
‘HE WAS, AND STILL IS, AN ORNAMENT TO THE HURLING AND WIDER SPORTING WORLD, HAVING PROVIDED A LIFETIME OF MOMENTS AND MEMORIES THAT WILL LAST FOR AN ETERNITY’ – CHRISTY...
With a Fenian fiddle in one ear and an Orange drum in the other, Sands was reared in the foothills of Mourne Mountains. His family was immersed in folk music...
An Saol Bocht examines and explores what has been written about renowned writer Brian Ó Nualláin anew, and adds to that new information that has come to light since the...
As told by Ibrahima Balde, written by Amets Arzallus Antia, translated to Irish by Séamus Mac Conmidhe. Ibrahima grew up in Guinea in grinding poverty. He never intended to go...
You could say that Frank McNally is a travel writer – he writes while the world travels by! For almost twenty years, Frank’s name has occupied the byline of the...
Cage Eleven by Gerry Adams Gerry Adams' account of interment without trial in the 1970s in Long Kesh prison. Written while Adams was a prisoner, the pieces were originally smuggled...
(Winner – Gradam Uí Shúilleabháin 2015) The first cradle to grave biography of Antaine Ó Raiftearaí, or Raiftearaí an File has he is widely known, written for a general readership....
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...
An Dá Shaol: Ag Cur Rútaí i Ráth Chairn is a memoir by Pádraic Mac Donncha. Pádraic Sheáinín is a man who has experienced two different worlds. He was born into...
Bobby Sands was 27 years old when he died. He spent almost nine years of his life in prison because of his Irish republican activities. He died, in prison, on...
Seo scéal Néill Mhícheáil, scéal a d’fhéadfaí a inse faoi mhórán de phobal na Gaeltachta ag tús an chéid seo caite. Bhí orthu a dhul ar imirce go hAlbain agus...
Bye Bye Tommy Leddy Now! Autobiography. Tommy Leddy here. This book is about my family history, going back to my grandparents (O’Neills & Leddys) and the story of my life...
When Moire O'Sullivan's husband, Pete, took his own life, she was left with a stark choice: to weep forever over the glass of milk that had just spilt or get...
Autobiographical text (in English only) by Colm Ó Tórna Colm O'Tonra was the editor of SAOL, heavily invloved in Conradh na Gaelige and the Jesuits. Ó Tórna states that he...
Native Donegal writers made a considerable contribution to the emerging Revivalist Gaelic literature in the last century. In this book, the biography of Fionn Mac Cumhaill, a prolific and influential...
The Life and Death of Thomas Russell. Tomás Ruiséal, from Kilcooly near Ballydavid in West Kerry, was an idealistic young teacher and member of the Gaelic League. He joined the...
