From memoir to crime fiction, short stories and novels to poetry and bird watching, 2023 has been a bumper year for Irish language literature. The range includes well known names like Éilís Ní Dhuibhne and Alan Titley as well as a few welcome newcomers. Memoir has always been central to litríocht na Gaeilge. From Peig Sayers and Tomás Ó Criomhthain’s reflections on island life to Dónall Mac Amhlaigh’s Amhrán an tSaighdiúra/A Soldier’s Song or Dialann Deoraí/An Irish Navy, memoir opens a window on the past. This year, Cló Iar-Chonnacht, the Irish-language publishing company, unlocks two more recent windows. In Fáinne...