Best Irish Language Books (111 books)

List of great books written in (or translated into) the Irish language.

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101	Aguisíní by Seán Ó Tuama it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 17, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
102	An Triail by Máiréad Ní Ghráda 3.56 avg rating — 444 ratings score: 16, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
103	An Gaiscíoch Beag by Dara Ó Conaola it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 15, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
104	Réics Carló ar Oileán Mhanann by Cathal Ó Sándair really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 14, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
105	An Prionsa Beag by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 4.33 avg rating — 2,408,996 ratings score: 10, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
106	Páidí Láidir Mac Culadh agus Gaeltacht Thír Eoghain by Pádraig Ó Baoighill it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 9, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
107	Taibhsí Bhall na Gaoithe by Pádraig G. Ó Laighin 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 8, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
108	An Druma Mór by Seosamh Mac Grianna really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 7, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
109	Ar ais go Keriolet by Séamas Mac Annaidh it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 5, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
110	Muintir by Diarmaid Ó Súilleabháin 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 3, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
111	Cín Lae Amhlaoibh by Tomás de Bhaldraithe (Editor) 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 1, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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111 books · 15 voters · list created August 5th, 2008 by John (votes) .

Tags: irish, languages, minority

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message 1: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Nov 09, 2016 01:00PM) (new)

Nov 09, 2016 12:33PM

It says: "List of great contributions made by Irish authors to the language of their ancestors". Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (#105), Günter Grass (#18,) Aesop (#46) and Homer (#66) were not Irish, as far as I know...
Alex Hijmans (#57) is Dutch, lived in Galway for a while, wrote in Irish and translated books into Irish. Still, he's not Irish, like the description says he should be in order to appear on this list...

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message 2: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Mar 05, 2017 12:46AM

@John
I noticed you've changed the description of the Listopia since my previous comment.

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message 3: by John (new)

Apr 16, 2017 04:01AM

@John, pedantry aside, this is a great list and a useful resource. Thanks for creating it. AND for having translations into Irish on it.

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message 4: by Davis (new)

Aug 07, 2017 08:53AM

Personally, I disagree with including translations, either into or from Irish, on this list. Why not have a list that promotes native Irish literature that was written originally in Irish? A language won't survive on translations alone, and those already get more then enough hype among the Gaelo-sphere.

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message 5: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Aug 07, 2017 10:57PM) (new)

Aug 07, 2017 10:57PM

Davis wrote: "Personally, I disagree with including translations ..."

:-) Glad I'm not the only one.

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