Clachan Publishing

The Down Recorder - 5 December 2018

A CLOUGH woman has just published her third children’s book in a series cleverly written to capture the imagination of young readers.

Eighty six year-old Maureen Donnelly’a book, Five Famous Dogs of Ireland, which is illustrated by Ulster artist Susan Hughes, looks at the wealth of legends and rich folklore which has almost been forgotten today.

Mrs Donnelly, whose late husband, the Rev James...

Maureen Donnelly has made a name for herself as a fine writer of local histories and childrens stories. Over a period of 21 years she was a regular writer for B.B.C. Schools, providing scripts for subjects that included history and nature.

Her sensitivity to historic context is evident in her latest book for children, . These stories are set in various his...

PAPERBACK NOVEL, Pgs. 466

On the day after Hitler’s annexation of Austria and little more than a year before the start of World War 2, Richard Preston interviews for a post as head of a famous but crumbling British public school and gets the job despite never being allowed to answer a question. But his problems are just beginning when he struggles with his own war memories, an abusive or apathetic staff, a crooked bursar, a coup by fascist prefects, harassed juniors, offended roya...

Dan Masterson (the first Poet Laureate of NY State's Rockland County, and Poet Emeritus at SUNY Rockland CC) writes: 'What a solid, embracing collection. "Valley Forge" & "Veterans Cemetery" are fine additions,.. They remind us of Maire's strict choices of verbs: the thrust they inflict and the immediate and lasting images they carry. We are also reminded of her strict/ and demanding use of adjectives: never cosmetic - always expansive. Among the array of gifts she gives her readers is...

Maire Liberace reading a selection of poems from her second book of poems, 'Lament In A Minor Key'. Her earlier work 'Walking on Water' was a celebration of Ireland. Her new work is broader in tone and topic - dark moments laced with bright threads of hope.

Mike Turner introducing his debut children’s novel, 'Zarafina, Princess of Kendoria'. In the story Mike's granddaughter discovers she has another life as Princess Zarafina in the Kingdom of Kendoria were she is needed to destroy a loomong evil.

The real Molly was at hand to read passages from the book, along with Mike and the support of her mother.

The successful event was part of Clachan Publications celebration of its 50th publication, and took place in the Harbour Galler...

Clachan Publishing is delighted with our latest publication -

This A1 sized map identifies the territories of the Irish clans and its lords and septs in the period 1540. The territories are colour-coded to identify the origin of each clan, whether Gaelic, Norman, Scottish, Gallowglass or Viking.

It is an A1 sized poster, measuring 23.4 x 33.10 inches.

It is beautifully presented in full c...

 

Congratulations to has just published some of her recent poetry. ow.ly/6YSw30kK4o0

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A voice for the future

Delighted to see four of Sarah Fox's poems published in 'One Man's Poison', Clachan Publishing, feature in the February issue of 'A New Ulster'.

https://issuu.com/amosgreig/docs/anu65

is a remarkable collection of poems by a young woman who has experienced considerable suffering and pain for most of her life through ill health. Yet she retains a great capacity for joy, love and hope.

Hers is a truly inspiring and individual voice. She not only shows considerable promise but many of her poems already demonstrate an uncanny maturity and artistry.

We at Clachan Publishing are proud to have pu...

Great to see Paul Clements' local history review of Clachan's recent publications 'The Genealogy of the House of O'Reilly', in the Irish Times.

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/local-history-review-have-you-eaten-a-donkey-s-gudge-1.3326026" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/local-history-review-have-you-eaten-a-donkey-s-gudge-1.3326026

This is the newly formatted B&W hardback edition, with coloured plates

This is the full colour facsimile of the hardback presentation copy.

Now generally accessible for the first time, this is a reproduction of the recently discovered Genealogy of the House of O'Reillys of Brefne. It was commissioned in the 1890 by Count Alexander O'Reilly and written by the renowned genealogist, Chevalier Thomas O'Gorman. Using all well known sources and annals of the time, it outlines the...

In 2008, an 18th century Irish manuscript was discovered at a rare books auction in Munich by Professor Nikolaus Grüger, The item was a genealogy of the Irish O’Reilly clan from the Kingdom of Breifne – modern County Cavan today.’

His first contact with Ireland was after the Second World War in 1946. His two older sisters received an invitation to stay with an Irish family in Dublin. He received letters from them in which they described the countryside, culture a...