TARAT HARRAH – Warrior of Tara

TARAT HARRAH – Warrior of Tara

Greenisland Press is proud to publish Martin Taylor’s young adult book, Tarat, a story about a young boy growing up in Ireland, while living in Tara with his parents. Tara is a place that is steeped in Irish folklore, a place where the High Kings of Ireland sat...
ALL THE DEAD VOICES

ALL THE DEAD VOICES

My updated memoir, All The Dead Voices, was launched last Friday, 1 August, in the courtyard of Glór na Móna, Ballymurphy, in front of an audience of about one hundred people. The event—part of Féile an Phobail—was chaired by veteran republican Liam Stone. One of the...
Eventual Redemption

Eventual Redemption

Writer, poet and ecopsychologist Anthony Hegarty’s review of Longlines by Caoilte Breatnach is published both here at Greenisland Press and on Caoilte’s website. -oo0oo- JJ Hynes, a veteran of the Troubles in Derry and Belfast, has sacrificed his life, marriage,...
‘Morning Star’ Review

‘Morning Star’ Review

The recently published book—Rita—A Memoir—was reviewed in the Morning Star, the left-wing British daily newspaper which focuses on social, political and trade union issues. The reviewer is Richard Rudkin who served with the British Army in the North in the 1970s: AS a...
The Underground Prison Press

The Underground Prison Press

Former blanket man and H-Block prisoner, Eoghan Mac Cormaic’s latest book, Captive Columns, was recently reviewed by Kevin Mullan in the Derry Journal. Here is the review: Eoghan ‘Gino’ Mac Cormaic’s new history of the underground prison press provides an...
Hugo Hamilton

Hugo Hamilton

Award-winning writer and playwright Hugo Hamilton has praised this first novel from Caoilte Breatnach. Hugo wrote: ‘Longlines is a powerful encounter with recent Irish history. A thrilling novel of escape and redemption. An IRA man on the run from the past returns to...