Roscommon in Reflection
SiarScéal Anthology

SiarScéal Anthology - Roscommon in Reflection. Collection of poetry and prose.

SiarScéal Anthology
Roscommon in Reflection

Click on image to browse the Online Edition
(link opens in new window)

About SiarScéal

SiarScéal celebrates the history, culture and mythology of the people and environs, from the Suck to the Shannon, through the media of all art forms, with themed productions and exhibitions.

A community-based project, an annual SiarScéal Festival has been held every year since 2007. SiarScéal also organises the Hanna Greally Literary Awards, which take place annually in conjunction with the festival.

More information is available from the official website - SiarSceal.com
The SiarScéal Anthology is a literary collective from local and national writers, celebrating five years of work submitted to the SiarScéal Festival Hanna Greally Literary Awards, painting word-themed exhibitions, other publications and choral productions.

SiarScéal Festival is a historical, literary, bilingual festival hosted annually in County Roscommon, inspired by the culture and heritage of Roscommon’s river basins.

SiarScéal Anthology is a living testimony and representation of the lives and history of the people of Roscommon and national writers through the medium of poetry, prose and short stories. From personal memoirs in rural life exploring the thread of our existence, emigration, the famine ships, Queen Medbh, historical landmarks and fables, to our two majestic rivers, the Shannon and the Suck.

Metaphorically, as an archaeological dig fusing our ancestry to the present time, gleaning from the core of our existence 'what’s buried beneath', this collection allows the reader to empathise with the nostalgic imagery created throughout the yesteryears of life in the west. It will find its pride of place amongst our cultural social history in memory of times past and passing. - Gwen Bond, founder of SiarScéal.


SiarScéal Anthology 2012: Roscommon in Reflection
Poetry, essays and short stories. 98 pages with colour illustrations.
First published in Ireland in 2012 by Roscommon County Council Library Service
ISBN: 978-0-9551459-7-1

Bookmark and Share


SiarScéal Anthology - Roscommon in Reflection


Also by SiarScéal

Centenary in Reflection - SiarScéal Anthology 2016


available to browse and buy online, in print and e-book editions
Also available in e-book editions - Kindle and Smashwords

Available to Buy Online

Price €12.95 plus P&P - €3.10 for delivery within Ireland/Northern Ireland; €5.20 for overseas delivery

  • Prices in respect of Postage and Packaging reflect of cost of sending a single book by standard post. If you require faster delivery please Contact Us by phone or by e-mail.
  • We can, in certain circumstances, reduce the cost of postage for bulk orders to the same delivery address. Please contact us for a tailored quotation.
  • We aim to respond to all enquiries within 48 hours but feel free to call us if you require a faster response:
    Int+353+(0)1+8569566 or (0)87+7604547. For international calls, outside Éire-Ireland, drop the initial zero from the area code.
  • For trade order enquiries, about this or any other title available from our Online Catalogue, please contact us. You can reach us by phone or by e-mail.
Back to Top

Also available in E-book editions

Kindle Books

Read it on Kindle (from Amazon)

A Kindle compatible edition of this e-book is available from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk

Kindle books are suitable for reading on all Kindle devices as well as Kindle Apps, which are free to download to your phone, laptop, tablet, PC, etc.

Kindle devices are available to purchase online from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.

Other E-book Formats

Please visit Smashwords for more information about other common e-book formats including:
  • ePub - suitable for Apple iPad/iBooks, Nook, Sony Reader, Kobo, and most e-reading apps including Stanza, Aldiko, Adobe Digital Editions
  • Mobi - Kindle compatible (see above)
  • PDF - suitable for reading directly from on your PC or laptop using Adobe Reader

Also available in ePub format from Kobo and Apple (iTunes)
Back to Top

Reviews for this Book

This is a book that emanates from Roscommon and resonates with the landscape and varied stories of Roscommon, but, like all good writing, it slips free of all boundaries and borders to speak directly to the human heart about the human condition. - Dermot Bolger (from the Foreword to this anthology)
Back to Top

Guest Book (for visitor comments)

SiarScéal Anthology: Roscommon in Reflection
Back to Top

Leave a Comment about this Book

SiarScéal Anthology: Roscommon in Reflection
Back to Top
Bookmark and Share

Publish your book the modern, professional and affordable way
Printed and non-printed solutions to publishing your book
Publish, promote, market and sell you book using traditional and online channels
Contact Us today for free, impartial, no obligation Quotation or Advice
Phone (Int+353): 01 8569566 or 087 7604547 or Email: enquiries@themanuscriptpublisher.com

You can also Get a Quote online

Send us your manuscript, by post or by e-mail, for free appraisal, critique, business mentoring