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Every nineties Irish schoolkid will remember these books

Lusai Luch and Disco Na Mbó.

SITTING COMFORTABLY? WELL then allow us to jolt you back to the classroom of your youth.

Can you smell the marla/mála, slightly gone off milk and someone’s jam sandwiches? Are you ready to practice your “bhí, tá, beidh”?

These wonderful images of the Ré Nua book series come via the Irish Memory blog and the artist Emil Schinkel, who produced an abundance of artwork for Folens over the years.

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Anyone got any Ispíní Agus Subh, Pól Peist or Áine Asal they’d like to send us?

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About the author:

Emer McLysaght

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