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Tá éileamh mór ar leabhair Ghaeilge in Éirinn agus thar lear, a deir An Siopa Leabhar

By Conor Brumell · The Journal · 22 November 2025

Dar le leasbhainisteoir An Siopa Leabhar, tá tóir mór le feiceáil ar earraí agus leabhair Ghaeilge, fiú le bliain anuas.

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(This article is produced by our Gaeltacht team. You can read an English version of this piece underneath the Irish text).

TÁ SÉ RÁITE ag Leasbhainisteoir An Siopa Leabhar, Darragh Lee Thomas, go bhfuil ardú ollmhór tar éis teacht ar gach cineál leabhair Ghaeilge le cúpla bliain anuas.

Bíonn An Siopa Leabhar gnóthach ar líne agus seoltar leabhair Ghaeilge ar fud na cruinne, chun na Astráile, Ceanada agus fiú an tSín.

Ag labhairt do le The Journal , dúirt Lee Thomas go bhfuil sé iontach le feiceáil go bhfuil daoine ag plé leis an teanga agus litríocht na Gaeilge na laethanta seo.

ACCORDING TO THE Deputy Manager of An Siopa Leabhar, Darragh Lee Thomas, there has been a big rise in the amount of Irish language books being published in the last couple of years.

An Siopa Leabhar’s website is always busy: the company quite often sends books abroad to the likes of Australia, Canada and even China.

Speaking to The Journal , Lee Thomas said that it is great to see people engaging with the language and Irish literature.

Tá tacaíocht á fháil ag Beartas Gaeltachta The Journal ón Scéim Tuairiscithe ar Dhaonlathas Áitiúil.

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Reporting by Conor Brumell for The Journal , funded by the Local Democracy Reporting Scheme. Republished by News Room under the scheme’s reuse permission.

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