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Red Triangle – Workers, Loyalists and Partition A North of Ireland History

Áine Nic Gearailt — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 13:24:35 +0000

Red Triangle is a major social history and the backstory to Britain’s partition of Ireland in 1921.. It captures the wave of labour militancy that swept across the north during the struggle for Irish independence. From Belfast and Ulster’s linen triangle, this movement radiated outwards as socialist trade unionists forged an unlikely alliance between Catholics and Protestants, challenging sectarian divisions and imperial authority. The mass strikes offered a tantalising glimpse of a democratic future for Ulster before the movement was crushed by loyalist violence.

East Tyrone historian Fearghal Mac Bhloscaidh draws on vivid eyewitness testimony, lost pamphlets and labour archives to craft a compelling ground-level account of Partition and its place in Irish history.

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Béal Feirste – Belfast

Áine Nic Gearailt — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 11:19:24 +0000

This powerful family memoir transforms Belfast’s turbulent 350-year history into an intimate human story through the extraordinary Twomey family saga.

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Dearg

Áine Nic Gearailt — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:34:41 +0000

Tá Fionn an-phaiseanta faoi go leor rudaí sa tsaol – a cuid cairde, an teanga, cearta daonna– ach aon uair a dhéanann sí iarracht labhairt os comhair daoine eile, teipeann ar a misneach. Nuair a éiríonn sí féin agus a cairde tógtha leis an ghluaiseacht cearta teanga i mBéal Feirste, déanann sí cinneadh: caithfidh sí a glór féin a aimsiú. Ach tarlaíonn rud tubaisteach d’Fhionn. Anois, beidh uirthi labhairt amach – ní hamháin ar son na cúise, ach ar a son féin. Ní fada go bhfoghlaimeoidh sí cé chomh misniúil is atá sí i ndáiríre, agus cé chomh cumhachtach is atá a glór nuair a éiríonn léi é a úsáid.

Rabhadh: Ionsaí gnéis

Seoladh

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Dhá Chéad de Cheoltaibh Uladh

Robbi — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 13:11:49 +0000

Eagrán teoranta (300) i gclúdach crua. | Limited edition (300) hardback print.

Ba é Dhá Chéad de Cheoltaibh Uladh an ceann deireanach de mhórchnuasaigh amhrán Énrí Uí Mhuirgheasa. Foilsíodh sa bhliain 1934 é, agus is doiligh teacht air ó shin. Den chéad uair, beidh nótaí cuimsitheacha ar na hamhrán ar fáil san eagrán úr seo, in éineacht le bunfhocail na n-amhrán i nGaeilge Uladh.

Dhá Chéad de Cheoltaibh Uladh was the last of Énrí Ó Muirgheasa’s remarkable song collections, first published in 1934. In this new edition, for the first time, there are comprehensive notes on the songs as well as the original lyrics in Ulster Irish.

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Scairt na Samhna – Áine sa Neidín

Áine Nic Gearailt — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 11:55:34 +0000

Téann cailín beag darbh ainm di Áine agus a teaghlach ó Bhaile Átha Cliath go dtí An Neidín, Co Chiarraí, chun am a chaitheamh le Mamó le linn saoire na Samhna.

Bí i dteannta Áine agus í ag fiosrú áilleacht fhómhair an cheantair agus ag foghlaim faoi nósanna uile na háite i rith Fhéile na Samhna.

Scéal álainn faoi chúrsaí teaghlaigh, muintearais, agus ceiliúrtha ag an am speisialta seo den bhliain.

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Short Strand: A year in conflict

Áine Nic Gearailt — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:37:16 +0000

This small, but highly informative book tells the story of one intense four-month period during 1971 which highlights the scale of conflict that engulfed one community in a city at war.

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An Dearcán 2

Áine Nic Gearailt — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:37:15 +0000

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KIDNAPPED on the global SUMUD FLOTILLA

Áine Nic Gearailt — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:36:47 +0000

Kidnapped on the Global Sumud Lifeline to Gaza 2026 is the first-person account of Fra Hughes, a Belfast activist who sailed with the Global Sumud Flotilla in April 2026 on a humanitarian mission to break Israel’s siege of Gaza. Carrying food, medicine, and an unshakeable conviction that another world is possible, Hughes and his comrades were intercepted in international waters by Israeli commandos. What followed were three days of kidnapping, imprisonment, and deliberate degradation—from a metal shipping container in the Mediterranean to the high-security Ketziot Prison in the Negev desert.Told with unflinching honesty and dark Irish humour, this memoir spans three decades of activism. Hughes traces his journey from the streets of Belfast during the Troubles—where solidarity with Palestine was forged in the shadow of British occupation—through fifteen years of campaigns, convoys, and protests in Brussels, Barcelona, Cairo, and beyond. He documents the first Gaza convoys of 2010, the slow-burning solidarity movement that kept faith through years of failure, and the 2026 flotilla aboard the Alma: the preparations, the dangers, the extraordinary community of international activists who risked everything together on the water.The book weaves together multiple voices, including Tadhg Hickey’s account of a separate vessel in the same flotilla, and bears witness to atrocities—beatings, sexual assaults, mass arrests—documented in Istanbul medical centres and activist testimony. Against the normalisation of Gaza’s genocide, Hughes insists on naming what he saw.Returning to a hero’s welcome in Dublin and Belfast, his message is unambiguous: international solidarity is not charity but resistance. Kidnapped on the Global Sumud Lifeline to Gaza 2026 is a testament to sumud—steadfast endurance—and a call to action for everyone who refuses to look away.

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When the boys come out to play

Áine Nic Gearailt — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:58:30 +0000

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No Vacancy

Áine Nic Gearailt — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:19:11 +0000

No Vacancy is a short collection of micro-fiction inspired by Jan Carson’s various (and numerous) hotel visits of recent years. Whether it’s winning ownership of the Isle of Man in a game of pool or decoding the messages of a one-eyed man in Norwich, each story features Carson’s ethereal wit and surreal set-ups, written in her distinct style. The book features illustrations by Rory Jeffers.

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