Irish language version of Frank McCourt’s ‘Angela’s Ashes’ launched in NYC – VIDEO

One of Ireland’s most popular pieces of modern fiction translated into Irish

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The Irish language publication of the Pulitzer Prize winning memoir “Angela’s Ashes” will be launched as part of Imagine Ireland, Culture Ireland’s year of Irish arts in America.
 
Angela’s Ashes has sold millions of copies and been translated into over 25 languages. However, until now, the Irish language (Gaelic) was not one of them.
 
“Luaithreach Angela” is a limited edition, Irish translation of the author’s Pulitzer Prize winning book.
 
This new publication was undertaken by The Limerick Writers’ Centre, a non-profit organisation established to nurture and support writers. They commissioned writer and translator Padraic Breathnach to translate the famous book into the Irish ‘native tongue’.
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Speaking about Luaithreach Angela, Dominic Taylor, the project editor for the book, explained the reason behind publishing this new version.
 
He said “The publication in the Irish language is a tribute to Frank Mc Court’s Irish roots. On the occasion of Frank’s untimely passing in 2009, the Limerick Writers’ Centre made a decision to honour our famous author in a significant way and after much deliberation, we decided that it would be appropriate for us to publish an Irish edition of Angela’s Ashes, the book that put Limerick on the literary map.”
 
The Limerick Writers’ Centre also expressed the hope that an Irish edition of such a famous book may encourage more people to read books in Irish.
 
The publication and launch of the book takes place in association with The Frank McCourt Museum. This museum, in Limerick, Ireland, which is dedicated to Frank’s memory, is located in Leamy’s School, where Frank received his early education, as featured in his memoir. The launch takes place fifteen years after the publication of the original book in New York, in 1996.
 
In addition to the launch at the Irish Consulate in New York, a public reading in both Irish and English from “Luaithreach Angela” / “Angela's Ashes”, will take place at the New York Irish Centre, in Queens NY
 
For more information visit - www.limerickwriterscentre.com or www.frankmccourtmuseum.com.

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