Gearóidín Nic Cárthaigh
@gearoidinc.bsky.social
Dúil agam sna splancscéalta, sna gearrscéalta, is sa bhfilíocht.
Pinned
Leabhar Ficsin Gaeilge na Bliana buaite ag 'Geansaithe Móra' Ghearóidín Nic Cárthaigh anocht.
Ní rabhas ag súil leis seo, ach tá áthas an domhain orm! Míle buíochas le LeabhairCOMHAR.
Bhí sé go hálainn labhairt le Seán Ó Dubhchon ar #SealLeSeán ar Raidió Rí Rá. www.rrr.ie/seal-le-sean/
Seal Le Seán - Raidió Rí-Rá
Ar ‘Seal le Seán’, téann Seán Ó Dubhchon thart ar fud na tíre ag bualadh le haíonna speisialta i saol na Gaeilge. Tá Seal le Seán le cloisteáil gach Aoine ag 8rn ar Raidió Rí-Rá www.rrr.ie
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September 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Bhí sé go hálainn labhairt le Seán Ó Dubhchon ar #SealLeSeán ar Raidió Rí Rá. www.rrr.ie/seal-le-sean/
Really delighted to have my highly commended story ‘Linger’ in this issue of @frazzledlit.bsky.social
Many thanks to @jmcm.bsky.social @lozzawriting.bsky.social
Thanks also to @fionamckay.bsky.social for reading an early draft.
www.frazzledlit.com/p/linger
Many thanks to @jmcm.bsky.social @lozzawriting.bsky.social
Thanks also to @fionamckay.bsky.social for reading an early draft.
www.frazzledlit.com/p/linger
Linger
By Geraldine McCarthy (Highly Commended)
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August 31, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Really delighted to have my highly commended story ‘Linger’ in this issue of @frazzledlit.bsky.social
Many thanks to @jmcm.bsky.social @lozzawriting.bsky.social
Thanks also to @fionamckay.bsky.social for reading an early draft.
www.frazzledlit.com/p/linger
Many thanks to @jmcm.bsky.social @lozzawriting.bsky.social
Thanks also to @fionamckay.bsky.social for reading an early draft.
www.frazzledlit.com/p/linger
Gearrscannán le @marytynan.bsky.social ar fáil saor in aisce anois. extrag.ie/2025/08/20/n...
Osclóidh Na Doirse ár súile ar thinneas dofheicthe
Léirmheas: Na Doirse, scannán 9.5 nóiméad le Mary Tynan: Deirtear gur gaire cabhair Dé ná an doras, ach faraor, ní mar sin a bhíonn i gcónaí.
extrag.ie
August 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Gearrscannán le @marytynan.bsky.social ar fáil saor in aisce anois. extrag.ie/2025/08/20/n...
Delighted to get my copy in the post @fionamckay.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Delighted to get my copy in the post @fionamckay.bsky.social
Over the moon to have my story highly commended. Buíochas ó chroí @frazzledlit.bsky.social
We are delighted to announce our shortlisted and highly commended writers for the Short Story Award!
Thanks to everyone who entered this competition. And congratulations to the writers on this list. Le creme in the coffee!
www.frazzledlit.com/p/announcing...
Thanks to everyone who entered this competition. And congratulations to the writers on this list. Le creme in the coffee!
www.frazzledlit.com/p/announcing...
SHORTLIST and HIGHLY COMMENDED
The cream of the crop!
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August 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Over the moon to have my story highly commended. Buíochas ó chroí @frazzledlit.bsky.social
Delighted to have a story on the long list. Míle buíochas @frazzledlit.bsky.social
The LONGLIST for the Frazzled Lit @frazzledlit.bsky.social Short Story Award 2025 is out!
Congratulations to all, and watch out for the announcement of shortlisted and highly commended stories on August 3rd!
www.frazzledlit.com/p/announcing...
Congratulations to all, and watch out for the announcement of shortlisted and highly commended stories on August 3rd!
www.frazzledlit.com/p/announcing...
Announcing the LONGLIST
Here are the longlisted stories!
www.frazzledlit.com
July 31, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Delighted to have a story on the long list. Míle buíochas @frazzledlit.bsky.social
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There might not be a book tour, but my book is on tour, getting to accompany some lovely people on their holidays!! Thank you, @yallaalia.bsky.social for taking Kate to Italy!!
Perfect companion for a holiday in Italia…bravo @fionamckay.bsky.social for your wonderful & deeply moving novella published by @adhocfiction.bsky.social
Read The Lives of the Dead now!
Read The Lives of the Dead now!
July 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
There might not be a book tour, but my book is on tour, getting to accompany some lovely people on their holidays!! Thank you, @yallaalia.bsky.social for taking Kate to Italy!!
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#Geansaithe_Móra
@GearóidínNicCárthaigh, 2023
@ansiopaleabhar.bsky.social
#LeabharlannCA
#PopUp_Leabharlann
@GearóidínNicCárthaigh, 2023
@ansiopaleabhar.bsky.social
#LeabharlannCA
#PopUp_Leabharlann
July 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
#Geansaithe_Móra
@GearóidínNicCárthaigh, 2023
@ansiopaleabhar.bsky.social
#LeabharlannCA
#PopUp_Leabharlann
@GearóidínNicCárthaigh, 2023
@ansiopaleabhar.bsky.social
#LeabharlannCA
#PopUp_Leabharlann
Litir chumhachtach ó Corina Duyn / Powerful letter from Corina Duyn. #RTERadio1 #BrendanOConnorShow #ME #MECFS www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
"My name is Corina. I want to go home.”
Artist and writer, Corina Duyn, wrote a very powerful letter to Brendan about her experience living in care since the age of 59. She has lived with M.E. for more than 25 years. Corina’s book of collag...
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July 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Litir chumhachtach ó Corina Duyn / Powerful letter from Corina Duyn. #RTERadio1 #BrendanOConnorShow #ME #MECFS www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Áthas orm scéal beag a bheith agam in Tinteán Mag in éineacht le dánta ó: Louis Mulcahy, Emily Cullen is Ben Keatinge. Míle buíochas leis an eagarthóir, Julie Breathnach-Banwait. tintean.org.au/2025/07/10/p...
Poetry in Irish and English: Gearóidin Nic Cárthaigh, Louis Mulcahy, Emily Cullen, Ben Keatinge
He will not study Famine roads on any map in school. I discovered those myself much later, Trevelyan’s twisted dictate, the futile labour of those arteries tapering into the ether,
tintean.org.au
July 10, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Áthas orm scéal beag a bheith agam in Tinteán Mag in éineacht le dánta ó: Louis Mulcahy, Emily Cullen is Ben Keatinge. Míle buíochas leis an eagarthóir, Julie Breathnach-Banwait. tintean.org.au/2025/07/10/p...
I was honoured to provide a blurb for this wonderful novella-in-flash @fionamckay.bsky.social . Don't delay - order it straight away!
The Lives of the Dead by Fiona McKay @fionmckay.bsky.social
runner-up in our 2025 novella in flash award is now up for preorder at AdHocFiction.com at a 25% discount until publication day on July 6th
A wonderful read! Launched at flashfictionfestival.com
runner-up in our 2025 novella in flash award is now up for preorder at AdHocFiction.com at a 25% discount until publication day on July 6th
A wonderful read! Launched at flashfictionfestival.com
June 30, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I was honoured to provide a blurb for this wonderful novella-in-flash @fionamckay.bsky.social . Don't delay - order it straight away!
Many thanks to @booksireland.bsky.social agus míle buíochas chomh maith le LeabhairCOMHAR.
A quote you can say by heart?
'Ní dual do neach a thigh ná a threabh a thréigean’ —Seán Ó Ríordáin
This line means ‘it is not natural for anyone to abandon his house or his tribe’
@gearoidinc.bsky.social
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'Ní dual do neach a thigh ná a threabh a thréigean’ —Seán Ó Ríordáin
This line means ‘it is not natural for anyone to abandon his house or his tribe’
@gearoidinc.bsky.social
booksirelandmagazine.com/qa-gearoidin...
Q&A—Gearóidín Nic Cárthaigh - Books Ireland
Author Gearóidín Nic Cárthaigh talks all things bookish in the companion series to our popular podcast.
booksirelandmagazine.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Many thanks to @booksireland.bsky.social agus míle buíochas chomh maith le LeabhairCOMHAR.
Got totally immersed in Hereafter by @sfreligh.bsky.social , a novella in flash consisting of exquisite micros full of emotion.
June 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Got totally immersed in Hereafter by @sfreligh.bsky.social , a novella in flash consisting of exquisite micros full of emotion.
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Ar bís mo dhán a fheiscint sa duanaire seo! Míle buíochas le @arlenhouse.bsky.social is le @nualaoconnor.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Ar bís mo dhán a fheiscint sa duanaire seo! Míle buíochas le @arlenhouse.bsky.social is le @nualaoconnor.bsky.social
Éist leis an gclár thíos chun dán iontach Áine a chlos! @miseaine.bsky.social @arlenhouse.bsky.social
Mo bhuíochas le @arlenhouse.bsky.social as mo dhán 'Forainm' a chur san áireamh sa chnuasach Washing Windows V (ISBN 978-1-85132-555-9) agus le @rachaelhegarty.bsky.social a thug deis dom an dán a léamh (20.23) ar an gclár Poetry People ar @rteradio1.bsky.social inniu. 📝
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Poetry People Sunday 18 May 2025
Special programme marking the launch of Washing Windows V: Women Revolutionise Irish Poetry, 1975-2025 - the most extensive compilation of Irish women's poetry ever assembled.
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May 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Éist leis an gclár thíos chun dán iontach Áine a chlos! @miseaine.bsky.social @arlenhouse.bsky.social
Posting for #MEAwarenessDay .
May 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Posting for #MEAwarenessDay .
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I’m so happy this creepy piece found the perfect home in @GhostParachute 🦇
Many thanks to @brettpribble and also @AJWoodhouse in whose FlashFicFest workshop this piece was written. Thanks to @sgscarso.bsky.social and @sagreene1.bsky.social for inspiration and feedback ❤️
Many thanks to @brettpribble and also @AJWoodhouse in whose FlashFicFest workshop this piece was written. Thanks to @sgscarso.bsky.social and @sagreene1.bsky.social for inspiration and feedback ❤️
We Only Have Eyes For You — Ghost Parachute
We are legion; we are many. When we move, we stretch the thin fingers of our wings that send flaps of our sticky skin wide, wide, wide and taut, taut, taut – so stretched and so wide and so taut that ...
ghostparachute.com
May 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I’m so happy this creepy piece found the perfect home in @GhostParachute 🦇
Many thanks to @brettpribble and also @AJWoodhouse in whose FlashFicFest workshop this piece was written. Thanks to @sgscarso.bsky.social and @sagreene1.bsky.social for inspiration and feedback ❤️
Many thanks to @brettpribble and also @AJWoodhouse in whose FlashFicFest workshop this piece was written. Thanks to @sgscarso.bsky.social and @sagreene1.bsky.social for inspiration and feedback ❤️
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Celebrating 50 Years of Arlen House
Forthcoming
*Washing Windows V*
First launch on
Saturday 3 May at 14.15
Strokestown International Poetry Festival
The most comprehensive anthology of contemporary Irish women poets ever published with over 300 contributors
BUY: booksupstairs.ie/product/wash...
Forthcoming
*Washing Windows V*
First launch on
Saturday 3 May at 14.15
Strokestown International Poetry Festival
The most comprehensive anthology of contemporary Irish women poets ever published with over 300 contributors
BUY: booksupstairs.ie/product/wash...
April 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Celebrating 50 Years of Arlen House
Forthcoming
*Washing Windows V*
First launch on
Saturday 3 May at 14.15
Strokestown International Poetry Festival
The most comprehensive anthology of contemporary Irish women poets ever published with over 300 contributors
BUY: booksupstairs.ie/product/wash...
Forthcoming
*Washing Windows V*
First launch on
Saturday 3 May at 14.15
Strokestown International Poetry Festival
The most comprehensive anthology of contemporary Irish women poets ever published with over 300 contributors
BUY: booksupstairs.ie/product/wash...
An tarna cló / Second print run!
April 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM
An tarna cló / Second print run!
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Léigh is Pléigh // Irish Book Group - #GeansaitheMóra le #GearóidínNicCárthaighin with #CultúrlannUíChanáin
Sat 5 March 1pm. #Doire #Derry All welcome. Free admission. Light refreshments 📚💚
Sat 5 March 1pm. #Doire #Derry All welcome. Free admission. Light refreshments 📚💚
April 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Léigh is Pléigh // Irish Book Group - #GeansaitheMóra le #GearóidínNicCárthaighin with #CultúrlannUíChanáin
Sat 5 March 1pm. #Doire #Derry All welcome. Free admission. Light refreshments 📚💚
Sat 5 March 1pm. #Doire #Derry All welcome. Free admission. Light refreshments 📚💚
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Théis plé leis an gclub leabhar i Charlie Byrne's, táim théis leirmheas.com a chruthú áit gur féidir le daoine léirmheasanna ar saothair i nGaeilge a roinnt. Cosúil le goodreads, ach gan an Béarla, an nasc le Amazon, nó an chuid is mó de na gnéithe...
March 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Théis plé leis an gclub leabhar i Charlie Byrne's, táim théis leirmheas.com a chruthú áit gur féidir le daoine léirmheasanna ar saothair i nGaeilge a roinnt. Cosúil le goodreads, ach gan an Béarla, an nasc le Amazon, nó an chuid is mó de na gnéithe...
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Issue 2 is live!
Featuring work by:
@danieldugganwriter.bsky.social
@hool415.bsky.social
@devonwebbnz.bsky.social
@theiredal.bluesky.social
@shiramusicant.bsky.social
@julietpersimmon.bsky.social
and more 👇🏼 this issue is 🔥. Thanks to you all!
#springwarmer #frazzissue2 #frazzledlit
Featuring work by:
@danieldugganwriter.bsky.social
@hool415.bsky.social
@devonwebbnz.bsky.social
@theiredal.bluesky.social
@shiramusicant.bsky.social
@julietpersimmon.bsky.social
and more 👇🏼 this issue is 🔥. Thanks to you all!
#springwarmer #frazzissue2 #frazzledlit
March 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Issue 2 is live!
Featuring work by:
@danieldugganwriter.bsky.social
@hool415.bsky.social
@devonwebbnz.bsky.social
@theiredal.bluesky.social
@shiramusicant.bsky.social
@julietpersimmon.bsky.social
and more 👇🏼 this issue is 🔥. Thanks to you all!
#springwarmer #frazzissue2 #frazzledlit
Featuring work by:
@danieldugganwriter.bsky.social
@hool415.bsky.social
@devonwebbnz.bsky.social
@theiredal.bluesky.social
@shiramusicant.bsky.social
@julietpersimmon.bsky.social
and more 👇🏼 this issue is 🔥. Thanks to you all!
#springwarmer #frazzissue2 #frazzledlit
Míle buíochas, 'Áine! 😊
Bhain mé an-taitneamh as do leabhar @gearoidinc.bsky.social 👏🎉👏
March 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Míle buíochas, 'Áine! 😊
Ag súil go mór leis seo! @antainmac.bsky.social @barzazie.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Ag súil go mór leis seo! @antainmac.bsky.social @barzazie.bsky.social