Colmcille Press

21/12/2024

Minister Conor Murphy will find it impossible to increase student numbers in the North West if he signs off on the Magee plan as it stands.

20/12/2024

Also available as a (free) pdf download from the colmcillepress.com Shop.

Minister Conor Murphy will find it impossible to increase student numbers in the North West if he signs off on the Magee plan as it stands.

16/12/2024

Latest posting dates for Christmas 2024.

15/12/2024

Scéim an Fháinne // Fáinne scheme!

🎟 £30
ℹ [email protected]

Ar mhaith leat tabhairt faoi Scéim an Fháinne le linn Sheachtain na Gaeilge 2025? Beidh sraith ranganna dírithe ar an Fháinne Airgid ag toiseacht an dara seachtain de mhí Éanair.

An Luan | 18:00
An Chéadaoin | 12:00

Cláraigh ag ár bhfáiltiú. Tuilleadh eolais ag [email protected] // 028 7126 4132.
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How would you like to undertake the Fáinne Challenge during Seachtain na Gaeilge 2025? We are offering an 8-week course targeted at the Silver Fáinne challenge, starting the second week of January!

Mondays | 18:00
Wednesdays | 12:00

For more information and to register, either visit our reception or contact [email protected] // 028 7126 4132.

10/12/2024

At noon today (Tues), BBC Radio Foyle's Mark Patterson will be interviewing Ken McCormack about the final part of his Derry trilogy.
This collection of enchanting tales of days gone by is the perfect Christmas fireside read from the pen of a master story-teller.

10/12/2024

Druidim na Nollag // Christmas closures

Bliain ar dóigh eile a bhí ann sa Chultúrlann, agus tá sé doiligh a chreidbheáil gur gairid go mbeidh muid ag críochnú do shaoire na Nollag. Cuimhnigh ar na dátaí seo a leanas le do thoil, agus bí cinnte agus ríomhphost a chur chuig [email protected] roimh an 20ú Nollaig le ceist ar bith sula ndruidfidh muid, nó beidh muid ar ais i dteagmháil leat i mí Eanáir. Beidh an caifé oscailte i rith an tsosa áfach.

Ceacht deiridh an Acadaimh: 12 Nollaig
An rang comhrá deiridh i nDoire Trasna: 17 & 18 Nollaig
An seisiún deiridh le Club Óige: 18 Nollaig
An rang comhrá deiridh sa Chultúrlann: oíche Déardaoin 19 Nollaig

An chéad rang comhrá sa Chultúrlann: 3 Eanáir
An chéad rang comhrá i nDoire Trasna: 7 Eanáir
An chéad seisiún le Club Óige: 7 Eanáir
An chéad cheacht san Acadamh: 6 Eanáir

Tá muid sásta a rá go mbeidh bunranganna Gaeilge ar fáil ó dheireadh mhí Eanáir.
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It's been another great year in the Cultúrlann, and it's hard to believe that we will soon be finishing for the Christmas holidays. Please remember the following dates, and be sure to email [email protected] before the 20th of December with any questions before we close, or we'll be back in touch in January. The cafe will be open during the break however.

Last Acadamh lesson: 12th of December
Last conversation class in the Waterside: 17th and 18th of December
Last session with Club Óige: 18th of December
Last conversation class in the Cultúrlann: Thursday evening, 19th of December

First conversation class in the Cultúrlann: 3rd of January
First conversation class in the Waterside: 7th of January
First Club Óige session: 7th of January
First Acadamh lessons: 6th of January

A new series of beginners Irish classes will be starting from the 20th of January.

08/12/2024

02/12/2024

Pacáiste an-speisialta ó Ghlór na nGael sa phost ar maidin inniu:
Comharthaíocht: Bonn Airgid
Brandáil & Margaíocht: Bonn Airgid
Seirbhís i nGaeilge: Bonn Óir

A very special delivery from Glór na nGael in this morning’s post:
Signage: Silver Medal
Marketing & Branding: Silver Medal
Service in Irish: Gold Medal

01/12/2024

All titles available now from colmcillepress.com.

01/12/2024

Ken Park of Foyle Books takes delivery of the first consignment of Ken McCormack’s Derry: Volume III, The Lady in Black - 50 curious historical tales of the North West from the pen of the master.
Also available now from colmcillepress.com

28/11/2024

Arriving this weekend and in the shops on Monday.
More than fifty stories of old Derry and the North West from the pen of the master.
The perfect fireside book for Christmas.
Available to order now from colmcillepress.com

19/11/2024

Pre-Christmas flash sale on Etsy - starts tomorrow.
All books 25% off until November 30.
For more: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ColmcillePressBooks

18/11/2024

The Donegal launch of Jim Simpson's novel True Colours takes place this Saturday, November 23 (1pm-3pm) at Bookmark in the Letterkenny Shopping Centre.
Jim, who lived in Redcastle before moving into Derry, has already held successful launches across the North West, including at Derry Central Library (chaired by Sue Divin), Strabane Library (Maureen Boyle/Libraries in Derry City and Strabane), U3A Foyle (Felicity Mccall, and the Roe Valley Arts & Cultural Centre (Bernie McGill).
The novel, which is a follow up to Jim's acclaimed short-story collection 'Smokes and Birds', is a political and social satire based in the North West, where Jim has been living since the 1970s.
For more details on Saturday's event, contact Garbhán Downey, Colmcille Press: 00 44 2871 616055/[email protected].

13/11/2024

Coming December 1...
More than 50 tales of northwest Ireland from BBC broadcaster and historian Ken McCormack.
Including, for the very first time, Ken's own research into killing of the notorious Donegal landowner Lord Leitrim - with a firsthand account from a descendant of one of the assassins.

COMING VERY SOON... Curious tales of northwest Ireland from the pen of the master This enchanting new volume from the veteran broadcaster Ken McCormack features more than fifty quirky and nostalgic tales, sweeping the reader from deepest Donegal right across the north coast to Rathlin Island. Popula...

08/11/2024

Many thanks to The Morning Star newspaper for featuring our Dungannon-based author Frank Quinn in its 21st Century Poetry section this month.

by Frankie Quinn