Catalogue of Roscommon Books & Periodicals published in the year 2010.

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Name of Publication

Author/Editor

Year

Brief Description

(See below for abbreviations used)

Cover

4U Magazine.

Issue 7.

 Roscommon Lions Club. 2010 47 pages. Free colour magazine for young people. A Roscommon Lions Club / Leo Club Publication. Supported by Mental Health Ireland.
Age is Opportunity. Roscommon Active Age Groups. 2010 76 pp. A4 card covered publication with reminiscences, stories and monochrome illustrations. Nineteenth Collection. May 2010.
A Life Below Ground. Arigna Mining Experience 2010 25 minute film on DVD. Interviews with the last generation of miners in Arigna and the community they evolved from.
A Night To Celebrate. Kilglass Gaels GAA Club. 2010 A Night to Celebrate. Roscommon County Junior Champions - Kilglass Gaels GAA Club. 25th. Anniversary 1985 - 2010. Saturday 12th June 2010. Kilglass Gaels Clubrooms. 36 pp A5 card covered booklet with colour illustrations.
A View From The Lough. Tommy Geraghty. 2010 84 page A5 book of prose and poetry by the author.
Bithia M. Croker Roscommon Library Service. 2010 Leaflet about B. M. Croker (Roscommon author) with a catalogue of her works in Roscommon County Library.
Boyle GAA Club. Official Opening of Dressing Rooms at Abbey Park, Boyle. Tony Conboy (Compiler & Editor) 2010 41 page A5 (landscape) booklet / programme for opening of new dressing rooms on 1st May 2010.Printed by Purcell Print, Boyle.
Changed. A book about the world. Kids Own Publishing Partnership. 2010 36 pages. Stories and illustrations by children and parents from Loughlynn, Elphin and Lisacul, County Roscommon. Kids Own Publishing Partnership in association with Roscommon VEC Adult Education Service.
Cloonfad 2010. Annual Magazine. Publications Committee. 2010 19th Edition of this Annual Publication. 96 pp A4 card covered. Colour photographs throughout.
Drum Heritage Souvenir Brochure. Drum Heritage Group. 2010 Celebrating 20 years of Ancient Christian Heritage at St. Brigid's Holy Well, Drum, on Sunday 13th June 2010. Fold out brochure with historical text, photographs and illustrations.
Eolas 2010. Roscommon Community College Students. 2010 104 page annual publication of Roscommon Community College. Full of stories, photographs and illustrations by the students.
Executed for Ireland - The Patrick Moran Story. May Moran 2010 285 pp illustrated paperback. Published by Mercier Press (www.mercierpress.ie). Launched in King House, Boyle on 16 July 2010.
Gathering the Memories - The Story of Brusna. Brusna Book Committee 2010 128 pp A4 card covered book. The story of Brusna, in the Parish of Castlemore - Kilcolman, Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon. Colour and monochrome images throughout.
Great Characters - stories of wit and laughter. Barry Feely 2010 118 pp A5 soft cover book and free CD. Illustrated in b&w and colour. Stories from around Boyle. Launched in Boyle on 5th November 2010. (A Limited Edition hardback was also produced. Thirty numbered copies were sold to the general public.)

Macalla 2009 - 2010. Convent of Mercy TY Students 2010 160 pp A4 Convent of Mercy Annual Student Magazine with stories etc. Colour and monochrome illustrations.
Medieval Lough Cé. History, Archaeology and Landscape. Thomas Finan (Ed). 2010 185 pp. Seven essays on various aspects of Lough Cé and it's hinterland. Illustrated. Available from Four Courts Press at www.fourcourtspress.ie
Moore News 2010. Moore Community Council. 2010 147 pp. A5 paperback. 36th. Annual publication from Moore and area with local stories and all the reports for 2010. Printed by Brosna Press, Ferbane. Colour and monochrome illustrations.
Ordnance Survey Letters Roscommon. Michael Herity MRIA (ed). 2010 xxvi + 178 pp hardbound book with monochrome and colour images. Reproduction of the letters written from Roscommon by John O'Donovan during the Ordnance Survey. Detailed introduction by Michael Herity. Launched in Roscommon Library on 26 August 2010. Published by Fourmasters Press, Dublin.
Passion for Play. St. Dominics GAA Club. 2010 432 pp A4 hardback book with 102 colour and 725 black and white photographs. The story of Gaelic Games in the parish of Knockcroghery 1884 - 2009. Printed by Temple Print, Athlone.
Pockets of God - Childhood Memories. Kathleen Glennon. 2010 154 pp A5 card covered publication. Reminiscences of childhood in the 1940's and 50's in the Portrun / Kilteevan area of South Roscommon by Sister Kathleen Glennon. No publisher. No date.
Rosc Chomain 2010 TY Students. 2010 128 pp A4 card covered annual publication from the CBS in Roscommon. Stories, photographs and quizzes. Produced by Transition Year Students.
Roscommon Life 2010. Roscommon Association Dublin. 2010 96 pp A4 Magazine. With colour illustrations throughout. 30th edition of the annual publication of the Roscommon Association Dublin. Edited by Paul and Fiona Healy.
Roscommon Tourism Strategy 2010 - 2014. Roscommon County Development Board. 2010 63 pages, four year tourism strategy for the county. Launched on 26th February 2010.
Roscommon VEC Youth Office Pack. Roscommon VEC. 2010 Pack containing a booklet (centre) and a map (right). The A4 booklet is a "Directory of Youth Services in Co. Roscommon" and the A5 (folded) map shows all services for youth in the County. (June 2010).
St. Nathy's College 1810 - 2010. Reflections and Memories of Past Pubils. Fr. Leo Henry (compiler & editor) 2010 196 pp hard covered book of memories of past-pupils of St. Nathy's College in Ballaghaderreen. Part of 100 Anniversary Celebrations in 2010. Two sections of colour photos inset in book.
Stories of a River. Inland Waterways association. 2010 Stories of a River. A Celebration of 50 Years of the Shannon Boat Rally.146 pp. Landscape format. Colour and monochrome illustrations. Launched in Carrick-on-Shannon at the beginning of August 2010. Printed in Dublin.
Threads of Gold through Seams of Coal. Mná na Mianadóirí 2010. Arigna Mining Memories. 111 pp. A5 card covered publication.  Monochrome illustrations. Arigna Women's Group.
Trien - A community Remembers 2010. Trien Historical Group. 2010 160 pp. A4 card covered book, profusely illustrated with colour and monochrome photographs. Printed by Purcell Print, Boyle.
While I'm at it ... The Roscommon Herald. 2010

A selection of columns by the late Angela Doyle, former journalist with The Roscommon Herald Newspaper. 53 pp. card covered. Available from The Roscommon Herald in Boyle and Roscommon. Price 9.99. All profits to St. Vincent's Hospital - Liver Unit.
Wild Midlands. St. John's Wood. National Parks & Wildlife Service. 2010 DVD produced for NPW by Crossing the Line Films.

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Notes on abbreviations used.

TY           = Transition Year students.                               Tab.        = Tabloid size newspaper.                  ed.           = Editor.                                           n.a.               = not available  *

VEC         = Vocational Educational Committee                col           = colour                                                  pp.        = pages.                                           CD/DVD       = computer disk

GAA       = Gaelic Athletic Association.                           p.b.         = paper / card covers.                          h.b.         = hard covers.                                b&w              = black and white

A3           = standard A3 size publication                          A4.         = standard A4 size publication.         A5.          = standard A5 size publication.  (sizes are approximate)

 

Cover images are NOT TO SCALE. Covers that are marked n.a. (not available) are those for which we currently do not have examples in our archive. We are anxious to obtain these publications and ask any visitor who has a copy to contact us.

 

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