Hello Folks,

I've been trying to find a book in Irish about environmental issues. Where would one find such a book by chance? They seem to be harder to find than novels and history books.

Thanks again,

Swiss

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There are children's books such as Gairdín an Náduir - ISBN 978 1 906907 12 9 available from Futa Fata or Féach Thart: Cúrsa nua san eolas imshaoil by Máire Ní Ghallchobhair - ISBN 978 1 8579 1223 4 published by An Gúm that you can get from Amazon and there's this from the NCCA -

www.ncca.ie/uploadedfiles/IRISHPDF/Sci_Gui.IR.pdf

Good stuff! Thanks

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Here's another one that might interest you -
Seoda Faoi do Chosa le Tony McNally - ISBN 978 0 9567 2

Sa leabhar álainn maisithe seo taispeánann Tony McNally ilchineálacht roinnt trealaimh ar fiú don siúlaí breith leis no léi agus ar féidir teacht orthu go héasca agus gan aon ghá an banc a bhriseadh - málaí plaisteacha, lámhainní rubair, scian aisiúil, peann luaudhe agus páipéar, glione fhormhéadúcháin, ceamara fóin, ceamara digiteach agus mar sin de. Díríonn sé aird ar chleití, cnámha, sliogáin, sméara, caora, sníomhaí- snámhaithe.

(from the O'Mahoney's on-line Catalogue)

There's another book by Tony Mc Nally published by Gaelink in 2010 entitled Dialann Dúlra (ISBN 978 0 9567 2830 2) which you can get from Kenny's.

What I find rather disappointing is that there are various organisations and agencies in Ireland that deal with these kinds of issues, but when you look at their websites you don't see much Irish language in evidence. If you look for instance at www.theorganiccentre.ie, they have a bi-lingual home page - An tIonad Orgánach - Ag cur chun cinn saothrú orgánach agus saol inmarthana - but that seems to be as far as it goes. If you go through their links page there's Garraí Glas, which apparently was a television programme, www.crann.ie which has an Irish name, but the rest is in English. They publish books such as 'Tales, Traditions and Folklore of Ireland's Trees' - I feel sure that all that would have originally been in Irish, so why isn't it published in at least a bi-lingual edition? They also publish sets of Countryside Companion Leaflets - A Woodland Web of Life, A Walk with the Nobles and Exploring Hedgerows - all in English. Again I feel sure that it would be of interest to have this kind of material written by specialists on specifically Irish ecology published in Irish. Another organisation whose website is in English is the Irish Peatland Conservation Council. They do happen to have a DVD in English and Irish - 'Discovering the Wild Boglands' recorded by the late Éamon de Buitléar - www.ipcc.ie/nature-shop/#!/Bogs-DVDs/p/ ... ry=3037455 - they also sell interesting books and field guides on the subject but it's all in English - they even have an Irish Cottage Kitchen Identification Dial - it would be lovely to have that in Irish.
Lastly I have a copy of 'An tÚllord' by Vanessa Luff published by An Gúm, but then again even though
it's extremely detailed, the setting of it doesn't look particularly Irish.

I've just received Dialann Dúlra from Kenny's. It's very interesting and nicely illustrated, with bilingual wordlists everywhere and a gluais/glossary at the end of the book.
This is what they have to say about Tony McNally -

Rugadh Tony i mBaile Átha Cliath ag tús na gcaogaidí. Tá sé pósta le beirt mhuirear. Cé gur tógadh sna bruachbhailte i dtaisceart na cathrach é, bhí scóip a ndóthain ag malraigh na n-eastát tithíochta an tráth sin bualadh amach ag páirceanna, díoga, coillearnaigh agus locháin an cheantair. Bhí suim chíocrach riamh agus choíche aige i gcúrsaí dúlra, agus gnáthchleachtadh na haoise sin ab ea coilleadh nead, iascach pincíní, breith ar earca agus eascanna, tógáil gaistí éan agus go leor nach iad. Níl trácht ar na peataí a mbíodh fán dtigh (tógtha nó ceannaithe); glasáin; colúir, gráinneoga; toirtísí; lucha....

Ní nach ionadh a chuaigh Tony le bitheolaíocht in Ollscoil BhÁC, áit ar bhain sé céime dochtúireachta amach i gcúrsaí eiceolaíochta. Chaith sé seal i gCeanada ina dhiaidh sin le hOllscoil Magill ag déanamh taighde sa bhfo-Artach ar locha agus foraoisí thuaisceart Québéc sular fhill sé ar phost sealadach léachtóireachta in Ollscoil BhÁC.

I lár na n-ochtóidí chuaigh sé isteach san earnaíl phoiblí mar eolaí le Comhairle Cathrach Átha Cliath agus cúraimí timpeallachta air. Le dreas blianta anuas is iad cúrsaí uisce an chloch is mó ar a phaidrín agus tá sé ina chomhordnóir le Comhairle Chontae Dhún na nGall ar Cheantar Abhantraí an Iarthuaisceart.

Diomaite cúrsaí oibre is ealaíontóir Tony agus an nádúr agus tírdhreach na hÉireann go minic mar bhunábhar aige ina shoathair. Le fada tá Tony ag cruthú na gcrosfhocal a fhoilsítear sa nuachtiris Saol agus tá dhá leabhar crosfhocal foilsithe aige cheana le Coiscéim. Cé go bhfuil go leor foilsiúcháin teicniúla aige, seo an chead leabhar Gaeilge uaidh don ghnáthléitheoir.