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'Bhí Eilí in ann focail
áirithe a dhéanamh amach anois;
focail ghránna, mhaslacha a chloiseadh
sí ó dhaoine sna bailte móra
ó am go chéile; focail a bhain
léise agus lena cineál, agus a chuir
uafás uirthi. Chaithfeadh sí
teitheadh ó na focail sin agus ó na
daoine dorcha, dainséireacha sin a
bhí á scairteadh léi …
chaithfeadh sí rith.'
Ciníochas ceilte Éireann an lae
inniu is cúlra don úrscéal seo
le Colmán Ó Raghallaigh faoin
gcairdeas a fhásann idir bheirt
chailíní óga ó
dhá chúlra éagsúla agus
a thugann dúshlán na muintire lena
mbaineann siad beirt.
'Now Eilí could make out some of the
words; hateful, horrible words like those she had
sometimes heard in the towns; words about her and
her kind, which frightened her. She must get away
from those words and from the dark and dangerous
people shouting them at her… she must get
away.'
A thoughtful and challenging examination of the
hidden racism that lies under the surface of modern
Ireland, as seen through the eyes of two young
girls in a country town. An exciting, fast-paced
and touching story.
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