Translator the author Publication date 1976 Media type Print book Published in english 1978 | Published in English 1978 Originally published 1976 | |
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Pages 205 pp (Sáirséal - Ó Márcaigh Teoranta 1982) Similar Breandán Ó hEithir books, Other books | ||
Clubleabhar com lig sinn i gcath
Lig Sinn i gCathú (Irish: "Lead us into temptation") is a novel by the Irish writer Breandán Ó hEithir. The story is set in the university town of Baile an Chaisil, a thinly disguised Galway City, in 1949, the year Ireland declared itself a republic and withdrew from the British Commonwealth. Máirtín Ó Mealóid, a pub-crawling university student, and his disreputable friends are too busy drinking and lusting after girls to pay much attention to this significant political development. The story takes place over four days from Thursday 14 April to Monday 18 April.
The novel was written and published in Irish, then translated into English and German. An extract from the book was formerly on the curriculum of Honours Level Irish in the Leaving Certificate secondary school examination. It was the first Irish-language book ever to top Ireland's hardback best-seller list.