Bibeanna

€35.00

Le Brenda Ní Shuilleabhaín,

Mercier Press 2024,

ISBN 9781856355438,

Lth/ 349

Leabhar dátheangach suimiúil is ea Bibeanna ina gcláraíonn cúigear ban is fiche ó Ghaeltacht an Daingin dul chun cinn na hÉireann ó shochaí bocht tuaithe go sochaí shaibhir nua-aimseartha an lae inniu.

Bibeanna is a fascinating bilingual book in which twenty-five women from the Dingle Gaeltacht chart Ireland’s progress from a poor rural society to the modern, affluent society it is today. They look back on their lives and the changes they have witnessed since their childhood and recall in vivid, poetic and loving detail an Ireland that is no more. Above all, through the stories in Bibeanna, we see the strength of these women, and their acceptance of what life brings. And their strongest weapon remains their natural exuberance and sense of joy.‘ That,’ they say, ‘is life. You have to take what life sends you.’