Seanairgead, Airgead Nua le Peter Sheridan

Is cuid den tsraith de leabhair ghearra ó Open Door iad le haghaidh léitheoirí atá ag forbairt a scileanna, agus anois tá siad aistrithe go Gaeilge den chéad uair le tacaíocht ón gComhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta agus tá siad go hiontach le haghaidh daoine atá ag foghlaim na Gaeilge

Baile Átha Cliath, sa bhliain 1972. Déagóirí is ea Ruaidí agus Pancho, a rugadh is a tógadh i gceantar an Phoirt Thuaidh. Tá Ruaidí ag barr an ranga, agus tá sé sármhaith ag an mata. Bua eile ar fad atá ag Pancho – suimeanna airgid a aimsiú, seachas suimeanna a dhéanamh. Tá tuismitheoirí Ruaidí i mbun an Chomhair Chreidmheasa áitiúil. Bíonn athair Pancho i mbun drabhláis i dtithe tábhairne na cathrach gach lá pá. Tá difear lá agus oíche idir saol na mbuachaillí, ach is dlúthchairde iad mar sin féin. Lá, agus é ag seachadadh nuachtán mar is gnách, siúlann Ruaidí isteach san áit a ndearnadh robáil. Is amhlaidh a bhris gadaithe isteach i dteach ‘chailleacha an Phoirt Thoir’, beirt deirfiúracha aosta. Ach d’fhág na gadaithe airgead ina ndiaidh. Tá rogha mhór le déanamh ag Ruaidí agus Pancho...

Part of the series of short books from Open Door for readers who are developing skills, and now they have been translated into Irish for the first time with the support of the Council for Gaeltacht Education and Gaelscolaíochta and are great for people who are learning Irish

Dublin, in the year 1972. Ruaidy and Pancho are teenagers, born and raised in the Northport area. Ruaidí is at the top of the class, and is excellent at maths. Pancho has a whole other talent – ​​finding sums of money, rather than making sums. Ruaidí's parents are running the local Credit Union. Pancho's father hangs out in the city's pubs every payday. The boys' lives are day and night, but they are close friends nonetheless. One day, while delivering a newspaper as usual, Ruaidí walks into the place where a robbery took place. That's how thieves broke into the house of the 'old women of East Port', two elderly sisters. But the thieves left money behind. Ruaidí and Pancho have a big choice to make...