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A NEW children’s book set in Kenmare has been shortlisted for a prestigious Gradam de Bhaldraithe. Awarded by An tOireachtas, the prize recognises the Best Book translated into Irish this year. Hazel Mulqueen’s “Scairt na Samhna – Áine sa Neidín”/ “Howl at Halloween – Áine goes to Kenmare” is set […]
A TRALEE author will be one of the guests at an in-conversation event in Dunquin later this month as part of Dingle Literary Festival. The Arts Council has announced that Laureate for Irish Fiction Éilís Ní Dhuibhne will host a bilingual event which will take place in the Blasket Centre […]
KERRY Mental Health Association has endorsed the a new book by Dan O’Donoghue titled “Self Employed – The Forgotten Community” which was launched at The Brehon Hotel, Killarney on Thursday, June 11. The book is a guide for self-employed individuals who want to build a business that supports their lives […]
A NORTH Kerry woman saw her first book launched at an event in Listowel at the weekend. Lisselton native Deirdre Kissane has just released ‘The Reason’ and it was launched by Radio Kerry’s Deirdre Walsh at the Listowel Arms Hotel on Saturday, attended by family and friends of the author. […]
A FORMER Tralee resident has just released his debut novel. ‘A Billion Sharp Pieces’ is a psychological thriller novel by David Looby, set in Spain and Ireland which explores an obsessive friendship and toxic masculinity. This is the first release by David, a former journalist with 22 years’ experience covering […]
RENOWNED Tralee photographer John Cleary has another book out this year and it’s a must for Kerry sports fans this Christmas. Having released six books of photographs and interviews over the past decade containing images from sporting, religious, social and political life in Tralee and Kerry, this time he concentrates […]
A NEW book by award winning Kerry photographer Valerie O’Sullivan has wonderfully captured the beauty of the county. ‘On The Edge Of Europe — Kerry’, published by Currach Press, charts through words and images the richness of ‘The Kingdom of Kerry’ from ancient ‘rock art’ to winter and summer alignments, […]
A NEW book charting the incredible history of St Brendan’s College in Killarney, and the educational, social, sporting and cultural impact it has had, is in the pipeline and is due to be published in late 2026. The quality, coffee table style publication will delve deeply into the history of […]
THE dramatic life and times of a prominent Kerry IRA leader and lifelong republican are published in a new book by historian and author, Dr Owen O’Shea. The memoirs of Dan Mulvihill, which he wrote shortly before he died, which remained unpublished for fifty years, chart his central role in […]
KERRY author David Hare has been shortlisted for this year’s KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards. RTÉ broadcaster Rick O’Shea announced the ten shortlisted titles at a ceremony in the Crescent Arts Centre in Belfast. The Derrynane man’s engaging and informative book, ‘The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Irish Lighthouses’ is published by […]
