Launch of Leabhar na Longánach

10 Mar 2019

At the recent launch of Leabhar na Longánach: Joan Rockley, Padraig Ó Macháin and Margaret Lantry.

Leabhar na Longánach: The Ó Longáin family and their manuscripts, edited by Pádraig Ó Macháin and Sorcha Nic Lochlainn. This book features essays (in Irish and English) on the work of the most remarkable Gaelic scribes of the 18th and 19th centuries – the Ó Longáin family of Cork. Topics covered include script, decoration, manuscript production, lithography, patronage and antiquarianism. Authors: John Mulcahy, Pádraig de Brún, Meidhbhín Ní Úrdail, Breandán Ó Conchúir, Siobhán Fitzpatrick, Joan Rockley, Timothy O’Neill, Pádraig Ó Macháin, Margaret Lantry, and Richard Sharpe.