Máire Ní Dálaigh launched the re-publication of Dark Day on the Blaskets, by Mícheál Ó Dubhshláine, a fascinating portrait of a young woman and her times. As well as a page-turner, it is an engrossing description of a place at a turning point in its cultural history, a place celebrated in the remarkable classics of the ‘Blasket Library’.

The book is published by Tig Áine (www.tigaine.com) in collaboration with Dingle Publishing Services (www.dinglepublishing.com) and is available to purchase in Oifig a Phoist, Ceann Trá, The Dingle Book Shop, Cafe Lit,  Ionad an Bhlaoscaod, Siopa a Bhuailtín agus i Tig Áine.