Duais Foras na Gaeilge buaite ag Oifigeach na Gaeilge, Sorcha de Brún
Duais Foras na Gaeilge won by Irish Language Officer, Sorcha de Brún

Bhuaigh Sorcha de Brún, Oifigeach Gaeilge an Choláiste, Duais Foras na Gaeilge an tseachtain seo caite mar chuid de Chomórtais Liteartha Sheachtain na Scríbhneoirí Lios Tuathail.  Bhuaigh sí an duais as saothar próis a scríobh sí, gearrscéal dar teideal 'Craiceann.' Gearrscéal é seo faoi mháthair agus áthair a bhfuil a mac tar éis bás a fháil agus conas a mhúsclaíonn péire bróg a gcuid mothúchán agus a gcuid smaointe, bróga a raibh imithe chun dearmaid go huile is hiomlán acu go dtí gur thángthas orthu.  Is mór an rud é seo dóibh, ós rud é go bhfuil tuiscintí chomh héagsúil sin acu beirt ar na bróga, ar an smúit atá le feiscint orthu agus ar na cuimhneacháin atá ag dul leo. Luach €1, 500 é Duais Foras na Gaeilge.  Bhí idir fhilíocht, drámaíocht, aistí agus phrós in iomaíocht le haghaidh Duais Foras na Gaeilge.  In Ostán an Listowel Armsabhí anoíche bhronntaar siúl Dé Céadaoin seo caite mar a raibh Colm Tóibín agus Joseph O'Connor mar aíonna speisialta na hocáide. Mar aon leis na buaiteoirí eile, thug Sorcha léitheoireacht phoiblí an lá dár gcionn mar chuid d'imeachtaí Sheachtain na Scríbhneoirí Lios Tuaithail inar léigh sí cuid den scéal.  I measc na nduaiseanna eile a bhí ann bhí Duais Ficsean na hÉireann, Duais Ghearrscéalaíochta Byran McMahon, Duais Drámaíochta Eamon Keane, Duais Sheachtain na Scríbhneoirí, Duais na bPríosún, agus an Comórtas Filíochta. Tá 'Craiceann' agus na saothair eile foilsithe sa leabhar Winners 2007 ag Seachtain na Scríbhneoirí Lios Tuathail.

Sorcha de Brún, Irish Language Officer in St. Pat's,won Duais Foras na Gaeilge last week for writing in Irish as part of the LiteraryAwards of Listowel Writers' Week.  The award was given for a short story entitled 'Craiceann'.  This is a short story about a mother and father who have outlived their son, and about how the discovery of an old,long-forgotten dusty pair of their child's shoes has the power to evoke many conflicting emotions for them, as well as play havoc with their thoughts. Much of the story is aboutjust how different the individual parents' memories are. The Duais Foras na Gaeilge award included the categories of drama, prose and poetry. The prize is worth €1, 500.  The Award Ceremony took place in the Listowel Arms Hotel in Kerry last Wednesday, where Colm Tóibín and Joseph O'Connor were the special guests. As part of the events of Writers' Week, Sorcha gave a reading last Thursday along with other winners, at which she talked a bit about the story and read parts of it. Some ofthe other awards that were presented included the Irish Fiction Award, The Byran McMahon Short Story Award, The Eamon Keane Full Length Play, Writers' Week Originals, Writing in Prisons and the Poetry Competition.  The short story 'Craiceann' can be found in the book Winners 2007 that has been published by Listowel Writers' Week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last Updated: Thursday June 07 2007