New book about Cumann Peile na Ceathrún Rua win in All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
23 February 2026
– Posted in: Books, News – Tags: Tomás Mac Con Iomaire, Seán Ó Mainnín, Cumann Peile na Ceathrún Rua
New book celebrates An Cheathrú Rua’s community
Bliain an Ghaisce, bliain na Ceathrún Rua…
Welcome to an Cheathrú Rua junior football team’s journey – in photos and text – to All-Ireland victory in 2025, the first ever achieved by a club from the south Conamara Gaeltacht.
“Bliain an Ghaisce” (The Year of Triumph) follows the trials and tribulations, and then the celebrations, as the largest Gaeltacht town in the country uproots itself and relocates to Croke Park for a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
The short text in Gaelic by Tomás Mac Con Iomaire charts the club’s growth but the photos tell a story of their own without translation.
“Bliain an Ghaisce” is not just a sports book. Its 650 photographs, in lavish hardback, coffee-table style turns the lens towards the Gaelic traditions and pastimes of a people proud of their place. This is not a vanishing but a vibrant culture.
The photos were taken over a 20-year period by Seán Ó Mainnín Bliain an Ghaisce is published
by Hup Conamara Publishing. Price €30
Bliain an Ghaisce: An Cheathrú Rua – Seaimpíní na hÉireann 2025
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Bliain an Ghaisce: An Cheathrú Rua – Seaimpíní na hÉireann 2025
Bliain an Ghaisce, bliain na Ceathrún Rua…
Welcome to an Cheathrú Rua junior football team’s journey – in photos and text – to All-Ireland victory in 2025, the first ever achieved by a club from the south Conamara Gaeltacht
“Bliain an Ghaisce” (The Year of Triumph) follows the trials and tribulations, and then the celebrations, as the largest Gaeltacht town in the country
uproots itself and relocates to Croke Park for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The short text in Gaelic by Tomás Mac Con Iomaire charts the club’s growth but the photos tell a story of their own without translation. “Bliain an Ghaisce” is not just a sports book. Its 650 photographs, in lavish hardback, coffee-table style, turns the lens towards the Gaelic traditions and pastimes of a people proud of their place. This is not a vanishing but a vibrant culture. The photos were taken over a 20-year period by Seán Ó Mainnín
240 pages / 650 photos
Format Hardcover
Publisher: Hup Conamara Publishing
| Weight | 1500 g |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 27.5 × 25.8 cm |
