Abbreviation CIC Website cic.ie Founder Micheál Ó Conghaile | Formation 1985 Headquarters Inverin Founded 1985 | |
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Type of business Irish language; Irish culture; Gaelic revival Albums The Kitchen Recordings, The Beat of the Breath Profiles | ||
Cló Iar-Chonnacht (CIC; [klˠoː iəɾˠˈxɑ.nəxt], "West Connacht Press") is an Irish language publishing company founded in 1985 by the writer Micheál Ó Conghaile, a native speaker of Irish from Inis Treabhair in Conamara. He set the company up while still a student.
Work
CIC publishes poetry, short stories, novels, children's books, non-fiction and historical works. CIC also publishes bilingual books and books in English, most of the latter being translations of important works in Irish.
CIC also issues recordings of traditional music, one of the original aims being to record sean-nós singers from Conamara. The range of music has been extended to include such genres as Cajun music and the music of Cape Breton. Spoken word recordings are also available.
A stated aim of CIC is to draw local and international attention to writers and musicians who work through Irish. To date over three hundred books have been published, along with many albums.