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Dingle Lit is here again! We are looking forward to another exciting weekend in November when all the best writers and readers show up for an action packed weekend. Roddy Doyle starts us off on Friday 15th at the Skellig Hotel, to discuss his new book The Woman Behind the Door.

Mossy Donegan's 2025  calendar is now available on this website. As usual it is packed with breath-taking pictures of the locality and includes bank holidays and local events including Feile Na Bealtaine and Scoil Cheoil an Earraigh.

So you will never miss any of the events and happenings in Dingle town.

We are delighted to have in stock hot off the press Aon Scéal , a fine collection of prose and poems edited by Mike Venner and Paul Duffy. Aon Scéal is a writing group started in 2019 by Justin Mc Carthy and Paul Duffy, based in Ó Cathain's pub in Ballyferritier. The writings in the book are all original and mainly collected from authors who have been part of the group.

"Like a dawn swim I dived into this collection and came up wanting more"

From an introduction by Dairena Ní Chinnéide.

Art work by  Bob Ó Cathail

Delighted to have in stock the comprehensive and fascinating new book on the famous Dingle Railway. Michael Whitehouse  has done a fine job on this beautiful and informative book. It includes many photographs and maps. For years now, customers have been asking us for just such a title. So we wish him all the best with it !

The third in the series of beautiful and highly collectible hand-made concertina books is a lively rendering i nGaeilge agus Béarla of the folk tale An Bodach by local journalist, Seán Mac an tSíthigh, bunaithe ar an mbéaloideas áitiúil. Bob Ó Cathail’s striking illustrations capture perfectly the humour in this tale of an unlikely local hero who beats Ireland’s fastest runner in a race from the east coast to the west.

Helen Ní Shé  and Sean Mac an tShítigh launched the new book last Friday as part of the Feile na Bealtaine festival. Great fun was had by all, the shop was packed to the rafters. This is a limited edition, so get it while you can !