Suil le Breith (An dara h-eagran.)

Ursceal a tharraing caint nuair a foilsiodh ar dtus e i 1983, agus e ar ais i gclo tar eis 15 bliana.Sagart pariste ar oilen Gaeltachta Tom Connor, fear at ag troid ar son pobal at bnaithe ag an imirce agus ag an mbochtanas.

Insonn a bhean t, Marion, d go bhfuil s ag sil lena phiste.

Caithfidh Tom rogha a dhanamh idir a dhualgas i leith a phobail, a ghr do Mharion, agus a chreideamh sa tsagartireacht.

T idir dhrmatlacht agus bhriseadh cro i riteach an scil seo.

Is ar an rscal seo a bunaodh scannn Bhob Quinn, Budawanny (1987).I Maigh Eo i 1946 a rugadh Pdraig Standn.

T aithne air mar ghnomha pobail, agus t s ina shagart pariste i gCrna.

T deich n-rscal scrofa aige.rscal neamhchoitianta agus thar a bheith macnta at sa leabhar seo a thugann faoi cheisteanna a bhaineas le gairm na sagartireachta agus le hionad an tsagairt sa phobal ar bhealach a thas go smior na ceiste go minic. tharla gur sagart an t-dar agus nach dtann s ar chla tarma lena scal a chur i lthair, n hiontas ar bith go raibh an leabhar go mr i mbal an phobail nuair a foilsodh . - Raidi na GaeltachtaReveals illness of Gaeltacht -The Irish PressGaeltacht's answer to the Thorn Birds -The Sunday TribuneScala dhchas is ea an Standnach -The Irish TimesTrua gan tuilleadh d shaghas sa teanga -Connacht TribuneOh, Father, what a book! - Sunday TribuneA contreversial novel first published in 1983, and now back in print after an absence of 15 years.Tom Connor is the parish priest on a Gaeltacht island, where he is actively fighting to support a community devestated by emmigration and poverty.

His housekeeper, Marion, who lives in the parochial house with him, tells him that she is pregnant with his child.

Tom must decide between his duty to his parishoners, his love for Marion, and his belief in the priesthood.

The resolution of his dilemma makes for dramatic and heartbreaking reading.

Bob Quinn's award-winning film Budawanny (1987) is based on this novel.Pdraig Standn was born in Mayo in 1946.

A well-known community activist, he is serving as parish priest in Carna, Co.

Galway. He has written ten novels.rscal neamhchoitianta agus thar a bheith macnta at sa leabhar seo a thugann faoi cheisteanna a bhaineas le gairm na sagartireachta agus le hionad an tsagairt sa phobal ar bhealach a thas go smior na ceiste go minic. tharla gur sagart an t-dar agus nach dtann s ar chla tarma lena scal a chur i lthair, n hiontas ar bith go raibh an leabhar go mr i mbal an phobail nuair a foilsodh . - Raidi na GaeltachtaReveals illness of Gaeltacht -The Irish PressGaeltacht's answer to the Thorn Birds -The Sunday TribuneScala dhchas is ea an Standnach -The Irish TimesTrua gan tuilleadh d shaghas sa teanga -Connacht TribuneOh, Father, what a book! - Sunday Tribune