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Cormac ag a Cúig

Cormac Ó hEadhra Image Name: Cormac Ó hEadhra Description: Cormac Ó hEadhra (2013) Copyright: RTÉ Stills Library

Ar 1 Feabhra i mbliana, den chéad uair, beidh ceiliúradh speisialta ann ar litríocht na Gaeilge.  Leabhra Feabhra an t-ainm atá air, agus d’eacair sé as smaoineamh a bhí ag Gaeil na mór-roinne, Na Gaeil i gCéin, agus súil acu traidisiún nua a bhunú do mhuintir na Gaeilge.  Tugtar cuireadh do Ghaeil ar fud an domhain leabhar Gaeilge a bhronnadh mar bhronntanas ar dhuine éigin ar an 1 Feabhra, Lá Fhéile Bríde.  Beidh RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta ag tacú leis an bhféile nua seo, agus beidh míreanna le cloisteáil ar go leor cláracha de chuid na seirbhíse ag teannadh le 1 Feabhra.  Inniu, mar chuid den obair sin, beidh Cillian de Búrca ón Siopa Leabhar ar Shráid Fhearchair ag caint faoin deich leabhar Gaeilge is mó díol sa Siopa Leabhar  inniu.

On 1 February this year, for the first time, there will be a special celebration of Irish-language literature.  The initiative is called Leabhra Feabhra, and is the brainchild of Na Gaeil i gCéin, an Irish-language group in mainland Europe.  They hope to set up a new tradition for the Irish-language community, with people giving a gift of a book as Gaeilge on 1 February, the first day of Spring and St. Brigid’s Day.  RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta will be supporting this initiative with features on programmes across the service.  Today, as part of that, Cillian de Búrca from Dublin Irish-language bookshop An Siopa Leabhar will be talking about the top 10 books this year.