Imeachtai
10 Márta – Ceatharlach
Mícheál Ó Ruairc
Byrne's Bookstore Fairgreen, Ionad Siopadóireachta Fairgreen, Ceatharlach
Ar Dé Céadaoin 10 Márta, ag 11:00am, beidh Mícheál Ó Ruairc chun cuairt a thabhairt ar na páistí ó Ghaelscoil Eoghain Uí Thuairisc i Siopa Leabhar Byrne's, Fairgreen Shopping Centre, chun píosaí a léamh óna leabhar, Róisín i dTír na Sean.
Sa sísceal nua-aimseac seo níl Róisín sásta lena saol mar pháiste. Teastaíonn uaithi a bheith fásta suas. Níl meas madra aici ar na paistí eile atá ar an aois cheanna léi féin. Is beag meas atá aici ar a leathchúpla, Tomás, fiú. Ceapann sí go bhfuil sé amaideach agus leanbaí. Ansin faigheann sí an deis éalú ó aois na hóige agus an chuid eile dá saol a chaitheamh i dTír na Sean.
Is Ciarraíoch Mícheál Ó Ruairc, agus mar file, údar gearrscéalta agus scríbhneoir do scéalta pháistí, tá roinnt leabhair a foilsithe aige, agus roinnt duaiseanna Oireachtais buaite aige.
Tá Róisín i dTír na Sean foilsithe ag Coiscéim, chun tuilleadh eolais a téigh chuig www.coisceim.ie
Is féidir Róisín i dTír na Sean a ordú ó www.coisceim.ie
11 Márta – Baile Atha Cliath
Lára Nic Oireachtaigh
Siopa Eason, 40-42 Sráid Uí Chonaill, Baile Atha Cliath 1
Ar Déardaoin 11 Márta, ag 11:30am, thug Gabriel Rosenstock cuairt ar na páistí ó Ghaelscoil Inse Chóir i Eason’s, 40 Lower O’Connell Street, Dublin 1, chun píosaí a léamh ón leabhar, The Rhino's Specs/Spéaclaí an tSrónbheannaigh.
Cad a tharla do spéaclaí an tsrónbheannaigh? Cad a thabharfá do spás fhirín le hithe? Tá freagraí ar an ceisteanna seo agus ar chinn eile nach iad sa chnuasach dánta leis an bhfile Gabriel Rosenstock.
Is ó Luimneach Gabriel Rosenstock, agus is i nGaeilge is mó a scríobhann sé ach tá ós coinn cead leabhar scríofa nó aistrithe aige.Tá sé mar bhall de sochaí agus léir mór eagraíochtaí liteartha, bíonn sé foilsithe go forleathan thar lear. Cónaíonn sé i mBaile Átha Cliath.
13 Márta - Corcaigh
Laoise Ní Chomhraí
Liam Ruiséal, 49 Sráid Oilibhéar Pluincéad, Corcaigh
Ar Dé hAoine 12 Márta, ag 11:00am, beidh Laoise Ní Chomhraí chun cuairt a thabhairt ar na páistí ó Ghaelscoil An Ghoirt Alainn i Siopa Liam Ruiseal, 49 Oliver Plunkett Street, Corcaigh, chun píosaí a léamh ón leabhar atá scríofa aici, Ag Taisteal le Tarlach sa Pholainn. Ar a shlí chun na Polainne atá Tarlach an uair seo in éineacht lena chara, Adas. As anbPolainn d’Adas agus bhí San Nioclás an-chineálta i mbliana. Tá sé i gceist ag an mbeirt acu an Nollaig a chaitheamh sa Pholainn, dul ag sciáil agus roinnt
spaisteoireachta a dhéanamh. Caithfidh Tarlach dul i ngleic leis an bPolainnis freisin ar ndóigh agus le bia na Polainne, agus feiceann sé go bhfuil neart cosúlachtaí agus
éagsúlachtaí idir Éire agus an Pholainn.
Is múinteoir bunscoile í Laoise Ní Chomhraí atá anois ag múineadh ar an gCeathrú Rua i gContae na Gaillimhe. Chaith sí cúig bliana ag taisteal agus ag obair i dtíortha éagsúla, ina measc an t-Seapáin, an Pholainn, an Astráil agus an Nua-Shéalainn. Tá sí ag iarraidh cuid de chultúr na dtíortha sin a roinnt le gasúir na hÉireann.
Le haghaidh tuile eolas téigh chuig www.agtaistealletarlach.com
Tá Ag Taisteal le Tarlach foilsithe ag An Gúm, chun tuilleadh eolais a téigh chuig irish.ie
15 Márta – Béal Feirste
Caitríona Hastings & Andrew Whitson
An Ceathrú Póilí, 216 Bóthar na bhFál, Béal Feirste
Ar Dé Luain 15 Márta, ag 11:00am, beidh Caitríona Hastings & Andrew Whitson chun cuairt a thabhairt ar na páistí ó Ghaelscoil na bhFál san Ceathrú Póilí chun píosaí a léamh ón leabhar atá scríofa acu, An Gréasaí Bróg agus na Sióga.
Scéal faoin greasí nach raibh an saol ag éirí go ró mhaith leis. Ni raibh na daoine ag ceannach a chuid bróg. Oíche amháin, ní raibh fágtha ag an ghréasaí ach go leor leathair le haghaidh péire amháin bróg…
Leagan é seo de shíscéal na nDeartháireacha Grimm, ‘An Gréasaí bróg agus na Sióga’ arna choiriú ag Caitríona Hastings. Scéal gleoite é seo, idir insint agus ealaín! Scéal a gcuirfidh paistí dúil I gcónaí ann!
Sé bliana ó shin tháinig an lanúin Andrew Whitson agus Caitríona Nic Sheáin ar scéalta iontacha ón Bhéaloideas. Las siad splanc iontu leis an saibhreas fileata teanga agus na híomhanna beoga a bhí iontu. Chun tuilleadh eolais a fháil téigh chuig www.antsnathaidmhor.com
Tá An Gréasaí Bróg agus na Sióga foilsithe ag An tSnathaid Mhór, chun tuilleadh eolais a téigh chuig www.antsnathaidmhor.com
15 Márta – An Gaillimhe
Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin
Siopa Leabhar Charlie Byrne
Ar Dé Luain 15 Márta, ag 11:00am, tá Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin chun cuairt a thabhairt ar na páistí ó Iognáid i Siopa Leabhart Charlie Byrne's, chun píosaí a léamh óna leabhar Gruaig Fhinn. Bhí cáil ar Fhionn Mac Cumhaill riamh mar gheall ar a fholt breá órga ach sa scéal seo insítear mar a tháinig dath liath ar a chuid gruaige. Mar is dual do na scéalta Fiannaíochta agus don insint nua bhríomhar atá déanta ag Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin orthu sa tsraith seo, tá idir eachtraíocht, draíocht agus daonnacht i gceartlár gach aon cheann acu.
Is as Maigh Eo ó dhúchas Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin, agus is é an clár ceannródaíoch Cúrsaí, a craoladh ar RTÉ, a tharraing aird an phobail ar dtús ar Thadhg Mac Dhonnagáin agus chaith sé trí bliana déag leis an tsraith. Chaith sé seal ina eagarthóir scripte ar an sobalchlár Ros na Rún agus is é a scríobh scripteanna na sraithe teilifíse d’fhoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge, Turas Teanga. Ba é comhchruthaitheoir agus príomhscríbhneoir an tsraithchláir do dhéagóirí, Aifric. Chomh maith le scéalta na Fianna, foilsíonn sé leabhair trína foilsitheoir fhéin, Fúta Fata.
Téigh chuig www.futafata.com le haghaidh tuile eolas.
Tá Gruaig Fhinn foilsithe ag An Gúm, chun tuilleadh eolais a téigh chuig www.irish.ie
agus ó Cló Iar-Chonnachta:
Agus Rud Eile De / And Another Thing
Louis de Paor & Ronán de Brún
Camchuairt Náisiúnta: 7 – 14 Márta 2010
Cuirfidh an file Louis de Paor sráith léamh ar bun i gcomhar leis an gceoltóir Ronan Browne bunaithe ar an leabhar nua dátheangach agus an dlúthdhiosca Agus Rud Eile De / And Another Thing.
Beidh Louis agus Ronán ag postáil tuairiscí, físeáin agus pictiúirí ón gcamchuairt ar an suíomh www.louisnronan.com
Domhnach 7 Márta
Uachtar Ard, Conamara
The Boat Inn @ 8.00 i.n.
Luan 8 Márta
An tAonach, Co. Thiobraid Árainn
Óstán an Abbeycourt @ 8.00 i.n.
Máirt 9 Márta
Luimneach
Halla Íde, Sráid Thomáis @ 8.00 i.n.
Céadaoin 10 Márta
Baile Átha Cliath
An Téatar Poiblí, Coláiste na Tríonóide @ 6.30 i.n.
Beidh an ceoltóir agus amhránaí Albanach Griogair Labhruidh i dteannta Louis agus Ronán ag an ócáid seo.
Déardaoin 11 Márta
Lárleabharlann Chorcaí, Sráid an Chapaill Bhuí, Corcaigh @ 7.00 i.n.
Seolfaidh Tom McCarthy an cnuasach nua agus léifidh Louis de Paor míreanna uaidh.
Satharn 13 Márta
Ionad Ealaíon na Gaillimhe, Sráid Dhoiminic, Gaillimh @ 2.00 i.n.
Seolfaidh Pat McMahon an cnuasach agus cuirfidh Louis de Paor agus Ronan Browne míreanna i láthair ón saothar.
Domhnach 14 Márta
Cluainín Uí Ruairc, Co. Liatroma
The Glens Centre @ 8.30 i.n.
Beidh Louis de Paor i láthair mar aoí speisialta ag léiriú de chuid an West Ocean String Quartet agus Maighréad Ní Dhomhnaill. Ticéidí €18/€15. Tuilleadh eolais www.theglenscentre.com
Is feachtas bolscaireachta é Leabhar Power atá á eagrú ag Foilsiú Éireann agus a fhaigheann tacaíocht ó Fhoras na Gaeilge, ó ÁIS agus ón gComhairle Ealaíon.
Events
March 10 – Carlow
Mícheál Ó Ruairc
Byrne's Bookstore Fairgreen, Fairgreen Shopping Centre, Carlow
On Wednesday March 10, at 11:00am, Mícheál Ó Ruairc will be paying a visit to the children of Gaelscoil Eoghain Uí Thuairisc in Byrne’s Bookstore, Fairgreen Shopping Centre, to read pieces from his book, Róisín i dTír na Sean.
In this modern fairy-take, Róisín is not happy with her life as a child. She wants to be grown up. She despises the other children of her own age, even her twin brother, Tomas. So when she gets the opportunity to escape from youth and spend the rest of her life in the grownups’ world, she leaps at it.
Mícheál Ó Ruairc is a Kerry born novelist, poet, short story and children’s story writer. He has several books published, along with numerous Oireachtas prizes.
Róisín i dTír na Sean is published by Coiscéim, for more information see www.coisceim.ie
Róisín i dTír na Sean can be ordered from www.coisceim.ie
March 11 – Dublin
Lára Nic Oireachtaigh
Eason's, 40 Lower O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
On Thursday March 11th, at 11:30am, Gabriel Rosenstock paid a visit to the children of Gaelscoil Inse Chor in Eason's, 40 Lower O’Connell Street, Dublin 1, to read pieces from his book, The Rhino's Specs/Spéaclaí an tSrónbheannaigh.
What happened to the rhino’s specs? What should you feed an alien? When is a stone not a stone? These questions and more are answered in Gabriel Rosenstock’s magical poems for children.
Born in Limerick, Gabriel Rosenstock, writes primarily in Irish and is the author or translator of over one hundred books. A member of many literary societies and organisations, he has been widely published abroad. He lives in Dublin and is a member of Aosdána.
Laoise Ní Chomhraí
Liam Russell, 49 Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork
On Friday March 12th, at 11:00am, Laoise Ní Chomhraí will be paying a visit to the children of Gaelscoil An Ghoirt Alainn in Siopa Leabhar Liam Russell, 49 Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork to read from her book, Ag Taisteal le Tarlach sa Pholainn. In this second book in the series we join Tarlach on his way to Poland with his friend, Adas. The two friends intend spending Christmas here and want to go skiing and travelling around the country. Tarlach has to get to grips with both the language and the food, which proves source of amusement to his Polish friends!
Laoise Ní Chomhraí is a primary school teacher who is teaching in Co. Galway. She travelled for five years and worked in different countries including Japan, Poland, Australia and New Zealand. She decided to use the knowledge and experience she gained to write books for children so that they could learn about foreign countries.
Visit her website at www.agtaistealletarlach.com
Ag Taisteal le Tarlach sa Pholainn is published by An Gúm, for more information see irish.ie
March 15 – Belfast
Caitríona Hastings & Andrew Whitson
An Ceathrú Póilí, 216 Fall's Road, Belfast
On Monday March 15th, at 11:00am, Caitríona Hastings & Andrew Whitson will be paying a visit to the children of Gaelscoil na bhFálin in An Ceathrú Póilí to read from their book An Gréasaí Bróg agus na Sióga.
In this story of the shoemaker whose life was not going too well for him. People were not buying his shoes. One night the shoemaker had only enough leather left to make one pair of shoes…
This is an Irish version of the Elves and the Shoemaker from the Brothers Grimm as arranged by Catríona Hastings.
Six years ago, husband and wife team Andrew Whitson and Caitríona Nic Sheáin happened upon some wonderful folk stories. These stories inspired them with their rich, poetic language and their vivid imagery. Visit their website at www.antsnathaidmhor.com
An Gréasaí Bróg agus na Sióga is published by An tSnathaid Mhór.
March 15 – Galway
Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin
Charlie Byrne’s, Cornstore Mall, Galway
On Monday March 15th, at 11:00am, Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin will be paying a visit to the children of Scoil Iognáid in Charlie Byrne's Bookshop to read from his book Gruaig Fhinn.
Fionn Mac Cumhaill had always been known for his flowing golden locks but this story tells of how his hair turned grey. Another classic tale from the Fenian cycle retold with wit and style and illustrated to the same high standards as the other books in the series.
A native of Mayo, Mr Mac Dhonnagáin entered the public arena as presenter of the innovative Irish-medium magazine series Cúrsaí on RTÉ. He went on to become script editor for the popular TG4 soap, Ros na Rún, and he scripted the multimedia Irish Language Course Turas Teanga. He is co-creator of the new TG4 teenage drama series, Aifric. Along with the Fenian series with An Gúm, he publishes books through his own publishing house Fúta Fata.
Visit his website at www.futafata.com
Gruaig Fhinn is published by An Gúm, for more information see www.irish.ie
agus ó Cló Iar-Chonnachta:
Agus Rud Eile De / And Another Thing
Louis de Paor & Ronán de Brún
National Tour: 7 – 14 Márta 2010
The poet Louis de Paor will perform a series of readings in association with the musician Ronan Browne based on the new bilingual collection Agus Rud Eile De / And Another Thing.
Louis and Ronan will be keeping us all up to date on the tour with reports from the road, videos and photos on the website www.louisnronan.com
Sunday 7 March
Oughterard, Connemara
The Boat Inn @ 8.00 p.m.
Monday 8 March
Nenagh, Co. Tipperary
The Abbeycourt Hotel @ 8.00 p.m.
Tuesday 9 March
Halla Íde, Thomas St., Limerick @ 8.00 p.m.
Wednesday 10 March
The Public Theatre, Trinity College, Dublin @ 6.30 p.m.
Louis de Paor and Ronan Browne will be joined by the Scottish musician and singer Griogair Labhruidh
Thursday 11 March
The Central Library, The Grand Parade, Cork @ 7.00 p.m.
Tom McCarthy will launch the new collection and Louis de Paor will read excerpts.
Saturday 13 March
The Galway Arts Centre, Dominick Street, Galway @ 2.00 p.m.
Pat McMahon will launch the new collection and Louis de Paor and Ronan Browne will present excerpts.
Sunday 14 March
Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim
The Glens Centre @ 8.30 p.m.
Louis de Paor will appear as a special guest at a performance by the West Ocean String Quartet and Maighréad Ní Dhomhnaill. Tickets €18/15. Further information www.theglenscentre.com
Leabhar Power is a promotional initiative organised by Publishing Ireland with support from Foras na Gaeilge, ÁIS and the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon.