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By Joe Steve Ó Neachtain

In this collection - lectures, speeches, and talks given over twenty years – Joe Steve tackles some of the topics that are closest to his heart in the Gaeltacht and throughout Ireland. Included in these speeches we learn more about Joe Steve’s childhood growing up in Connemara, his views on the status of the Gaeltacht in modern Ireland, community development and his views on writing.

• Language: Gaeilge
• Publisher: Cló lar-Chonnacht
• Release date: Dec 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9781909367760

Joe Steve Ó Neachtain

Born in An Chré Dhubh in An Spidéal in 1942, Joe Steve has been writing creatively since 1969. His radio drama series Baile an Droichid, Raidió na Gaeltachta, 1986 to 1996, received the Jacobs Award. He lives in An Chré Dhubh with his wife Máirín. They have three adult children.

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