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Pádraig Ó Snodaigh Image Name: Pádraig Ó Snodaigh Description: Pádraig Ó Snodaigh Copyright: Máire Uí Mhaicín

San eagrán speisialta seo den chlár, tugann Tristan Rosenstock cuairt ar an scríbhneoir agus foilsitheoir Padraig Ó Snodaigh.  Cloisimid faoin gcinneadh a rinne sé slán a fhágáil lena phost buan in Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann chun comhlacht foilsitheoireachta a bhunú sa bhliain 1980.  Le hiasacht £1000 tháinig Coiscéim ar an saol, agus tá breis is 1,500 leabhar curtha i gcló acu ó shin i leith.  Agallamh álainn le fathach agus saoi i saol cultúrtha na tíre.

In this special edition of the programme, Tristan Rosenstock visits writer, poet, and publisher Pádraig Ó Snodaigh.  Pádraig reveals how he left his permanent position in the National Museum of Ireland to establish his own publishing house. Having secured a loan of £1000 from a friend, Coiscéim was launched in 1980 and since then they have published over 1,500 books. We celebrate the extraordinary achievements of this giant of Irish literature in an intimate and revealing interview on the show today.