Leas na hÉireann / Irish Interest

Sprinkle your day with Irish words, phrases and idioms from a native Connemara speaker.

In The Gaeilge Guide, Mollie Guidera - Ireland's leading online Irish teacher and creator of the hit platform 'Irish with Mollie' - brings her joyful, down-to-earth approach to the page in a book guaranteed to spark your connection to the Irish language and legacy. 

AN POST BOOK AWARDS. SHORLISTED FOR THE LISTENER'S CHOICE AWARD 2025

Evoking countless sodden, shivery experiences on this Atlantic-swept Island of ours, this beautifully illustrated gift book uses Irish words to grasp an almost-lost world through the wisdom stored in the Irish language.

AN POST BOOK AWARDS. WINNER OF BEST IRISH PUBLISHED BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025

The Irish Words You Should Know is a celebratory romp through Irish in all its quirks – a fun and accessible guide to fall back in love with the language every day.

An té a thabharfadh sciuird thart timpeall na hEaragaile agus ceantar Ghaoth Dobhair, tiocfaidh siad ar óstán breá darb ainm an Chúirt. Tiarna talún áitiúil a thóg, darbh ainm George Hill. Is doiligh a rá cén sórt duine a bhí ann, óir is iomaí scéal a mhaireann faoi, idir mhaith agus olc.

In this academic book Radvan Markus examines Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s famous novel, Cré na Cille, and also his other works, both published and unpublished.

Eloquently written, this book is a sure-footed mix of memoir, acute observation, wry humour and wisdom. . .

Stories from the H Blocks, 1976 to 1981. This book won first prize for Adult Learners at Comórtais Liteartha an Oireachtais 2021.

Cad í canóin na ndrámaí Gaeilge? Cad iad na clasaicigh mhóra i ndrámaíocht na Gaeilge? Cé hé nó cé hí an drámadóir is tábhachtaí, is cumasaí, is snoite i saol na Gaeilg? Cad iad na drámaí Gailge ar chóir go mbeidís i mbéal an phobail, ar churaclam na scoileanna agus ar chlár na n-ollscoileanna?

This wonderful collection comprises of prose excerpts from Irish literature of the period 1450-1850 collected and edited by Anraí Mac Giolla Chomhaill and published in modern spelling — with a biographical portrait of the author by Prof. Malachy Ó Néill.

From Inverness go Bucharest. A travel book, a language book, a song book, and a music book. A book about people and places from the author’s travels in Europe in the last forty years. From Inverness to Bucharest, from Connemara to Warsaw.

Ó thús na staire, tá sé aitheanta gur gléas cumhachtach cumarsáide an óráid phoiblí. Bíonn feidhm le briathra a deirtear os comhair slua — le daoine a ghríosú chun gnímh, leis an éagóir a chur ina ceart, le cath a chur ar an tíoránacht, leis an ngrá a chraobhscaoileadh, le misneach a chur ar dhaoine a bhfuil cruatan rompu, le tuairimí nua a nochtadh nó le heolas a thabhairt.

“Foinse an-luachmhar é seo do dhaoine a bheadh ag tabhairt faoi chúrsaí leinn sa dlí, sa dlí le Gaeilge agus sa dlítheangeolaíocht” (Dr Cathal Billings)

Bunreacht na hÉireann, the Constitution of Ireland, is the basic law of Ireland.

As the title suggests, 'Motherfocloir' takes an irreverent, pun-friendly and contemporary approach to the Irish language.

Dornán breá scéalta ó Sheanadh Farracháin i nDúiche Sheoighe curtha in eagar ag Ailbhe Nic Giolla Chomhaill, agus cur síos breá ar thraidisiún na scéalaíochta sa phobal sin. 

Leabhar tomhasanna do óg agus aosta. Leabhar tomhasanna do gach aois – tomhasanna deacra agus tomhasanna furast. Thar 100 tomhas lena sháith a thabhairt don tsaoi is cliste. A Riddle Book for all ages to enjoy!