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- Gearrliosta 'Leabhar Ficsin Gaeilge na Bliana' ag Gradaim An Post 2025

Foilsíodh leaganacha d’fhormhór na scéalta seo i gcolún an údair ‘Crobhingne’ san Irish Times aimsir na Nollag le fiche bliain anuas.

Is geall le fabhalscéalta nó athinsintí samhlaíocha iad ar a bhfuil sa Bhíobla, nó neachtar acu, eachtraí atá bunaithe ar thomhaltachas Nollaig na linne seo.

Scéal níos faide is ea ‘Lá Breithe’ ar óige Íosa nach bhfuil aon leagan de le fáil sa Tiomna Nua in aon chor, in aon chor.  Bhuaigh an scéal seo duais do shaothar spioradáltachta ag Comórtais Liteartha an Oireachtais 2024. 

Láithreoir: Seán Ó Catháin
Aíonna: Sorcha de Brún

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- Shortlisted for 'Irish Language Fiction Book of the Year' at the An Post Irish Book Awards 2025 

Versions of most of these stories were previously published in the author’s column ‘Crobhingne’ in The Irish Times at Christmastime over the past twenty years.

Some could be described as fables or imaginative retellings of Bible stories. Others are tales inspired by modern-day Christmas consumerism.

‘Lá Breithe’ is a longer story about Jesus’ childhood. No version of this story exists in the New Testament at all, at all.  This story won a prize in the spiritual writing category at the 2024 Oireachtas Literary Competitions. 

Presenter: Seán Ó Catháin
Guests: Sorcha de Brún

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Barry Tierney is a multi-international award winning singer and songwriter from Kinsale, in south Ireland. He is from a prestigious musical family on his mother’s side which includes several professors of music and Vincent Dowling, the late artistic director of The Abbey Theatre as well as a paternal connection to Finbar Wright the internationally renowned tenor.  Barry’s unique singing voice and writing style are distinctly Irish and have gained him fans at home and abroad. 
Barry has been presented songwriting awards by such names as Robin Gibbs of The Bee Gees and Bob Geldof of the Boomtown Rats as well as Jimmy Deenihan, the Irish Minister of Arts at the time, after winning the IMRO sponsored Sean McCarthy writing festival award. Barry topped the Irish iTunes Charts in 2014 with his critically acclaimed album Hotel Alamar which led to him signing a lifetime publishing deal with Universal Music Berlin. Barry has toured Russia, UK, Germany and the US and has toured 6 months a year since 2014 although appearing very little in Ireland. 

Barry’s new single “Colours on Canvas” will be released on the 7th of February and available for pre-download on iTunes from the 2nd of February. This song is an obscure look at Cork culture, history and politics. 

In the summer of 2022 Barry will be releasing his second studio album. 


Robin Gibbs “genius songs”

Sunday Business Post “undeniably a talented songwriter”

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