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Irish Gramophone for Children – Songs, Stories & Music

“My Irish Books gramophone with box set and discs – Irish songs, stories and music for children”

Irish Gramophone for Children – Songs, Stories & Music Introduction The Irish gramophone for children is here – a unique, screen-free way for children to enjoy Irish songs, traditional music, Christmas favourites and a bedtime story. Just place a disc on the player and it comes to life, filling the room with music and stories […]

The magic of the silent book / Draíocht an leabhair bhailbh

Cover of Suas sa Spéir // Height for Hire, a bilingual Irish–English silent picture book by Tatyana Feeney, published by My Irish Books.

This article is bilingual: English and Irish, paragraph by paragraph / Alt dátheangach atá anseo: Béarla agus Gaeilge, mír ar mhír. We’ll soon be publishing our latest book, Height for Hire // Suas sa Spéir. It’s the story of a boy, a kite, and a giraffe who comes to help when the kite gets stuck […]

‘Oíche Mhaith, a Ghrá’: The Final Touches / Na Bailchríocha

night sky, stars shining

The Final Touches / Na Bailchríocha In our last blog, we wrote about the long journey to complete Oíche Mhaith, a Ghrá. We thought we were going to succeed, but when we found the white dummy – that is, a copy of the sound book but without pictures – we realised that the music was […]

‘Oíche Mhaith, a Ghrá’ [Goodnight, Love]: Background / Cúlra

Oíche Mhaith, a Ghrá:  Background / Cúlra In our last blog, we looked at the early history of storytelling audio – from vinyl to cassettes, and how narration and music combines to create immersive experiences for young readers. In this post, we share the process behind our newest sound book, Oíche Mhaith, a Ghrá. Sa […]

A new ‘storysound’ book: background Leabhar fuaimscéil nua: cúlra

We will release a new type of sound book in autumn. Our next few blogs will talk a little a bit about our journey to this genre. A Brief History of Audio Storytelling : Stair Achomair ar Scéalaíocht Fuaime Children’s stories began to be commercially recorded on vinyl in the late 1940s and early 1950s. […]

FUAIMEANNA NA SÉASÚR – Nótaí

Irish English Lá ‘le Bríde St Brigid’s Day tús an earraigh beginning of spring uain nuabheirthe newborn lambs ag pocléim bounding garraí field/orchard ag borradh flowering/growing fiáine wild (pl) ag múscailt, ag coradh. awakening, stirring cuacha cuckoos áiteanna i gcéin faraway places thar thíortha is aigéin. over countries and oceans bumbóga bumble bees ar thóir […]

FUAIMEANNA NA FARRAIGE – Nótaí

Véarsa 1 Irish English tá an ghrian ag éirí the sun is rising tá na héin ag canadh the birds are singing thar an bhfarraige mhín over the smooth sea go séimh is go binn gently and sweetly dúlamán type of edible seaweed duileasc dulse ag dealramh ar charraig shining or glistening on a rock […]