Ráth Chairn An Talamh Bán The Promised Land

Nóta ó Phádraic Mac Donncha ó réamhfhocal ‘Ráth Chairn: An Talamh Bán’

Tá stair Ráth Chairn lán de scéalta agus de charachtair iontacha agus mar sin tá mé thar a bheith sásta an leabhar seo a fheiceáil i gcló. Déanann pictiúir agus focail an leabhair cur síos ar an stair sin agus mar sin tugann siad blaiseadh de na scéalta agus na pearsantachtaí sin don léitheoir.

Nóta ón údar Matt Nolan, tógtha ó  réamhrá an leabhair… 

Níorbh í aidhm an leabhair seo stair chuimsitheach de Ghaeltachtaí na Mí a chur ar fáil, ná de dhaoine áirithe as Ráth Chairn nó as Baile Ghib ach oiread. Níl ann ach pictiúir de dhaoine, d’áiteanna agus d’ócáidí a thóg mé le mo cheamara pé áit a raibh mé.

Is leabhar dátheangach é seo agus é i mBéarla agus i nGaeilge.

Excerpt from the Foreword of ‘Ráth Chairn: The Promised Land’ by Matt Nolan

Foreword by Pádraic Mac Donncha

‘The history of Ráth Chairn is full of wonderful stories and characters and so I am really pleased to see this book being published. The pictures and text in the book describe some of that history and as such give the reader a taste of those stories and personalities.’

Excerpt from the introduction to the book by the author and photographer Matt Nolan

“This book does not set out to be a comprehensive history of Gaeltachtaí na Mí; neither is it a who’s who of Ráth Chairn or Baile Ghib. Rather the photographs are of people and places and events I happened to capture on film wherever I was.”

This book is bi-lingual and is in Irish and in English.