Gradam Uí Shúilleabháin

(Grianghraf le caoinchead Clive Wasson/ photo by kind permission of Clive Wasson Photography)

Tá an duais aithnidiúil Gradam Uí Shúilleabháin/ Leabhar Gaeilge na Bliana bronnta ag Bord na Moltóirí ar an Dr Ciarán Mac Murchaidh ó Roinn na Gaeilge sa Choláiste. Ainmníodh an díolaim dhátheangach faoin bhfilíocht ghrá, Filíocht Ghrá na Gaeilge: Love Poems in Irish (Cois Life, 2008) ar an ngearrliosta ag imeacht sa New Theatre, Barra an Teampaill Dé Máirt 15 Meán Fómhair. Seo an dara huair a raibh leabhar leis an Dr Mac Murchaidh ar ghearrliosta Ghradam
Uí Shúilleabháin. Ainmníodh Lón Anama (Cois Life, 2005), cnuasach dátheangach dánta spioradálta, don ghearrliosta do Ghradam na bliana 2006.

Fógraíodh cinneadh deiridh Bhord na Moltóirí ag searmanas san óstán Mount Errigal, Leitir Ceanainn ar 3pm Dé hAoine seo caite, 30 Deireadh Fómhair, mar chuid d'imeachtaí Oireachtas na Gaeilge 2009. Is é Páidí Ó Lionáird (TG4) a bhí ina fhear a' tí ag an ócáid agus is í Bláthnaid Ó Brádaigh, Cathaoirleach Bhord na Moltóirí, a rinne an bronnadh féin.

Díolaim chuimsitheach a rianaíonn traidisiún na filíochta grá i nGaeilge ón luathaois go dtí an nua-aois. Seo chugainn léargas iontach ar phaisean agus ar neart an ghrá. Pléitear gach gné den ghrá san dánta agus sna hamhráin seo - meidhir an ghrá óig; greann agus suairceas an ghrá; cumha agus croíbhriseadh; dúil agus grá gan fháil; agus an grá iompaithe ina fhuath.

Tá cumhacht mhothálach na bhfilí féin go mór chun cinn agus iad ag céiliúradh chastacht an ghrá. Breacann Ciarán Mac Murchaidh an comhthéacs liteartha inar cumadh na dánta sainiúla seo agus cuireann brí nua i dtéacsanna clasaiceacha do phobal úr. Maisithe go healaíonta ag Anna Nielsen.

This year's prestigious Gradam Uí Shúilleabháin/ Irish Language Book of the Year award has been won by Dr Ciarán Mac Murchaidh of the Department of Irish in College. His edited bilingual anthology of love poetry in Irish, Filíocht Ghrá na Gaeilge: Love Poems in Irish (Cois Life, 2008) was announced as having made the short-list at an event in The New Theatre, Temple Bar on Tuesday 15 September. This is the second time that a book by Dr Mac Murchaidh has been nominated for the short-list. An previously-published anthology of religious poetry in Irish, Lón Anama (Cois Life, 2005), was short-listed for the prize in 2006.

The juding panel's final decision for the 2009 prize was revealed at a ceremony in the Mount Errigal Hotel, Letterkenny at 3pm last Friday, 30 October as part of the Oireachtas na Gaeilge 2009 Festival. The event was hosted by TG4's Páidí Ó Lionáird and the awards were made by Bláthnaid Ó Brádaigh, Chair of the Oireachtas na Gaeilge Judges' Panel.

Spanning over a thousand years of poetry and song in the Irish language, this anthology celebrates the power of love. Here it is in all its aspects - the heady rush of first love; its capacity for fun and levity; sorrow, heartbreak and unrequited love; and the thin line between love and hate.

Editor Ciarán Mac Murchaidh places this literature within its historical context, injecting new life into classic texts. The passion of the poets themselves is always to the fore as they travel love’s twisted highways. Anna Nielsen’s illustrations add a playful and attractive new dimension to the work in the book.

 

Last Updated: Wednesday November 04 2009