A touch of ‘Fergendipity’ at film festival book reading

Sunday May 29 had a special line-up as part of the Schull Fastnet Film Festival to celebrate local artist and musician Fergus O’Farrell, who died in 2016. Events included a screening of Breaking Out, the award-winning documentary about his life, and a concert by his band Interference. Earlier that day, Fergus’s sister Lydia gave a […]

Steve Redmond interview

Read Aisling Meath’s interview in Echo Live with Steve Redmond about his passion for long-distance swimming. You can also read an extract from Steve’s forthcoming book, FASTNET: The Final Challenge, here. “It was so surreal, everything was pitch black except for the lights of the boat, and every so often the whales would submerge down […]

A classic book on ancient Ireland

‘At a time when a personmight crave privacy, Irishtradition knows better. . .’ ‘At a time when a personmight crave privacy, Irishtradition knows better. . .’ ‘At a time when a personmight crave privacy, Irishtradition knows better. . .’ ‘At a time when a personmight crave privacy, Irishtradition knows better. . .’ ‘At a time […]

New book on Fergus O’Farrell

Sweeney and O’Donovan are delighted to announce that in April they will publish Overload: A Brother, a Wake, and a Secret by author Lydia Little. Overload deals with the death of the author’s brother, Fergus O’Farrell, who was the charismatic voice of Interference, an iconic band on the Irish music scene in the 1990s, and […]