''Lig Sinn i gCathú'' ( ga, Lead Us Into Temptation) is a novel by the

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writer Breandán Ó hEithir.

Title

Its title refers to the

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(or "Our Father"): :forgive us our trespasses, :as we forgive those who trespass against us, :and ''lead us not into temptation'', :but deliver us from evil.

Plot

The story is set in the

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of Baile an Chaisil, a thinly disguised city of

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, in 1949, the year Ireland declared itself a republic and withdrew from the

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. Máirtín Ó Mealóid, a pub-crawling university student, and his disreputable friends are too busy drinking and lusting after girls to pay much attention to this significant political development. The story takes place over four days from Thursday 14 April to Monday 18 April.

Publication

The novel was written and published in Irish, then translated into English and German. An extract from the book was formerly on the

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of Honours Level Irish in the

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secondary school examination. It was the first Irish-language book ever to top Ireland's hardback best-seller list. The book was launched at

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, and the event aired live for an hour and a half on

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References

1976 novels Irish historical novels Irish-language literature Novels set in the 1940s 20th-century Irish novels {{1970s-hist-novel-stub