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€8,50

Le Pádraig ó Baoighill

Coiscéim 2022

ISBN 6660012220151

Tá Mánas Ó Colla ag teacht chun deireadh na scoile i ndeisceart Ard Mhacha i dtús na 1970idí. Bhí suim aige sa stair riamh, agus is minic a chuala sé a athair mór ag caint faoina bheith faoi ghlas ar long príosúin caoga bliain roimhe sin. Anuas ar sin, tá Mánas ag cluinstin gach lá faoi imeachtaí sa Tuaisceart – imtheorannú, céasadh, Domhnach na Fola agus eile.

Gabhtar Mánas féin nuair a chuireann patról airm cosc ar imreoirí ag taisteal chuig cluiche peile. Tá mian na saoirse ag borradh ann anois, fonn leanúint de lorg na laochra. Ag campa traenála foghlaimíonn sé faoi láimhseáil arm agus stair na coimhlinte. Ní fada go nglacann sé féin páirt in ionsaí míleata.

Mánas Ó Colla is coming to the end of school in south Armagh in the early 1970s. He had always been interested in history, and had often heard his great-grandfather talk about being locked up in a prison ship fifty years earlier. In addition, Mánas is hearing every day about events in the North – internment, torture, Bloody Sunday and more.

Mánas himself is captured when an army patrol prevents players from traveling to a football game. There is now a growing desire for freedom, a desire to continue the pursuit of heroes. At a training camp he learns about weapon handling and the history of conflict. He soon joins himself in a military attack.