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Writing

Ó Lúibíní Lú! 

(Duais an Oireachtais, Nominated for the Glen Dimplex Award)

 

‘This is a very funny book for 8-12 year olds. Book of the Week’. Galway Advertiser

 

‘Seo an chéad leabhar de ‘Shraith Chailitín’ agus an-gheallúint faoi’. Books Ireland

 

‘Thuig mé láithreach gur leabhar speisialta a bhí á láimhseáil agam’. Foinse

 

‘Is leabhar álainn é seo ... Fáiltím roimh Ó Lúibíní Lú!’. Lá

 

‘Oiriúnach do ghasúr ar bith a bhain taitneamh as Harry Potter nó Artemis Fowl agus feictear dom go mbainfeadh páistí níos óige taitneamh as an scéal a chloisteáil’. Book Reviews, In Touch

 

 

Cailitín

 

‘Scéal bríomhar draíochtach atá ann, cuirfidh sé gliondar agus iontas ar pháistí agus ar thuismitheoirí..’. Lá

 

‘.. Luíonn sé isteach leis an genre ina bhfuil The Narnia Chronicles...’ Foinse

 

‘... an intriguing mix of fairy fantasy, Celtic mythology and pre-teenage angst...’ Evening Echo

 

‘Tá greann agus draíocht sa scéal seo...” Books Ireland

 

“Will Rósmáire be able to save the fairies? You’ll have to read the book and see! Talking birds, magic rocks, spy hawks, fortune-telling trees - this book has got the lot!’. Verbal Magazine

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Caitríona's radio play The Little Penpal, won gold at the New York Festivals International Radio Awards in 2018.

 

Her original show Eating Seals and Seagulls' Eggs - her first with her own production company Little Wolf -  was described as a play of 'national interest. Mesmerising from start to finsh.',  Arena RTÉ1. For further information on this production, please visit the Little Wolf page.

 

Her show Transmission, premiered at the Dublin Fringe in 2020 was described in The Irish Times as "a rallying cry for the preservation of the live event'.

 

Caitríona’s first radio play, Momento Mori was runner up in the PJ O’Connor Awards 2013 and her second An Chanáil was short-listed in 2014.

 

Caitríona is a published children’s author, writing for Cló Iar-Chonnachta, Cló Mhuigh Eo and O’Brien Press. Her books for children have been very well received. She has won awards in the Oireachtas and her first book in the Rósmáire Trilogy, Ó Lúibíní Lú, was nominated for a Glen Dimplex Award. 

 

Caitriona is currently writing for television.

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Publications

Ó Lúibíní Lú (Fiction/Fantasy 8-12 Year Olds) Cló Iar-Chonnachta

Nominated for Glen Dimplex Award

Awarded Oireachtas Prize

Cailitín (Fiction/Fantasy 8-12 Year Olds)

Deireadh Báire (Fiction/Fantasy 8-12 Year Olds) Cló Iar-Chonnachta

An Rún Mór (Fiction 4-8 Year Olds) O’Brien Press

Roberto & Draoi na gCat (Fiction/Fantasy 8-12 Year Olds) Cló Mhuigh-Eo

 

Caitríona's books are available from Cló Iar-Chonnachta here  

 

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