Meditates on contemporary Ireland in three novellas that shadow one another. Touching on issues relating to language, religion, history and economics, Muir offers a poignant reflection on Ireland and its people as they buckle under the forces of globalisation.
Téann fealsamh Éireannach go dtí an Fhrainc le bheith ina mhúinteoir i scoil an impire. Eriugena is ainm dó, agus smaointe aige a thabharfaidh léargas úr ar an saol. Samhlaíonn an scéal seo tréimhse an- tábhachtach i saol Eriugena agus i stair na smaointeoireachta. Cuirtear a chuid fealsúnachta i láthair go beo, agus insítear scéal an fhealsaimh go bríomhar.
Nuair a bhíonn an uile thír faoina smacht ag Dáire Donn, Rí an Domhain, ach Éire amháin, cloiseann sé go bhfuil cúis ag Rí na Fraince ar Fhionn mac Cumhaill – i dtaobh gur thug a bhean agus a iníon grá d’Fhionn agus gur éalaíodar go hÉirinn leis – agus tapaíonn sé an deis chun cabhlach ollmhór a bhailiú le chéile chun ionradh a dhéanamh ar Éirinn.
A literary novel from the successful author of Ceard E English? Memories and imaginings surface in this sensitive and humorous portrayal of an old man as he draws together the complex strands of his life.
This is the first appearance in English of six-year-old Lewy and his unique, impressionistic account of a tumultuous few months in the early 1920s. A vivid, warm voice brought to us from the Irish by Mícheál Ó hAodha in this translation of Eoghan Ó Tuairisc’s novella, An Lomnochtán (1977).