Two Spiddal based publishers are among the 11 shortlisted for the Irish-Language Book of the Year Publishing Awards run by An tOireachtas and Foras na Gaeilge.
Cló Iar-Chonnacht has two books short-listed - one about the history of Údarás na Gaeltachta by Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh and Breandán Mac Suibhne, and the other a detective novel by Anna Heussaff
Futa Fata has three books shortlisted - Na Trí MhuicÍn a fairytale by Áine Ní Ghlinn, a children's fiction book An Mac TÍre Deireanach by Patricia Forde and Gealach agus Grian - a story of the moon and the sun being friends by Muireann Ní Chíobháin
The winners will be announced in late September.
