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BOOKS Five good Christmas reads

An eclectic selection of home-grown books on the shelves this Christmas, from history to humour, fiction to memoir

MUSIC CD reviews – Matt Cardle and Awolnation

TY student Roísín McManus reviews Matt Cardle’s second album, The Fire, and Awolnation’s debut album, Megalithic Symphony

CULTURE Ballina author explores Irish Country Houses

‘Irish Country Houses’, by David Hicks, explores the stories behind Irish manors and castles, including Ballina’s Belleek Castle

BOOKS Vibrant Mayo memoir tells a woman’s tale

In ‘Call of the Lark, A Memoir’, Maura Mulligan focuses a lens on the world of emigration, religion and Irish culture in New York

MUSIC Castlebar singer Lydia Ford releases new EP

‘Taking Shortcuts’, the new EP from Lydia Ford, was officially released on last Tuesday, August 7

CULTURE The French woman and the island

Houses on Inishkea North, looking south along the former village street ‘Françoise Henry in Co Mayo – The Inishkea Journals’ provides an enchanting insight into island life in the 1930s and ’40s

MUSIC Struck strike new EP

Castlebar rock band Struck’s new EP ‘Wake up, Make Up’ features tracks inspired by their own coming-of-age story

MUSINGS Me versus the livestock

Sonia Kelly looks back on a lifetime’s battle with the animals she kept, from sheep to bees, and how they always won

CULTURE Radio docs focus on Mayo Traveller community

A three-part documentary series on the lives of Mayo Travellers will start on CRCfm (102.9 FM) on Monday, June 25, at 8pm

BOOKS Westport author pens new Joyce biography

Westport-based writer Fin Keegan’s ebook ‘Dubliner: The Story of James Joyce’ was published this month

BOOKS New book charts life of Eva Flaherty, Achill’s forgotten heroine

As a co-founder of Scoil Acla, it is appropriate that a book on the life of Eva O’Flaherty will be launched at its opening ceremony later this summer

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BOOKS Five good Christmas reads

MUSIC CD reviews – Matt Cardle and Awolnation

CULTURE Ballina author explores Irish Country Houses

BOOKS Vibrant Mayo memoir tells a woman’s tale

MUSIC Castlebar singer Lydia Ford releases new EP

CULTURE The French woman and the island

MUSIC Struck strike new EP

MUSINGS Me versus the livestock

CULTURE Radio docs focus on Mayo Traveller community

BOOKS Westport author pens new Joyce biography

BOOKS New book charts life of Eva Flaherty, Achill’s forgotten heroine

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