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  • Black and Irish: Awesome Icons

    • Black and Irish: Awesome Icons

    By Leon Diop

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    Discover the lives of ten awesome icons in this illustrated celebration of Black Irish identity for young readers.
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    Publishing 1 October 2026

    Discover the lives of ten awesome icons in this illustrated celebration of Black Irish identity for young readers.

    Following the Irish Book Award-winning Black & Irish: Legends, Trailblazers & Everyday Heroes, author and Black & Irish co-founder Leon Diop returns with a new non-fiction picture book.

    Black & Irish: Awesome Icons tells the story of ten inspirational Black Irish people, including record-breaking sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke, NASA scientist Fig O’Reilly and world champion Irish dancer Elliot Kwelele.

    Leon Diop is a mixed race man from Tallaght, Dublin. Born to an Irish mother and a Senegalese father. He is the founder of Black and Irish, an organisation striving to transform Ireland into a global leader in equality and inclusion. He is a host of the Black and Irish podcast with RTE. His first book Black & Irish: Legends, Trailblazers & Everyday Heroes, won Teen & Young Adult Book of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards. Grace Enemaku is an award-winning, Nigerian-Irish multidisciplinary designer & illustrator who creates branding and illustration for the unconventional. Her work is filled with bright colours, playful motifs and features a diverse array of characters. She co-founded DesignOpp, an IDI initiative to champion diversity for people of colour in the Irish design and creative industry.

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    Publishing 1 October 2026

    Discover the lives of ten awesome icons in this illustrated celebration of Black Irish identity for young readers.

    Following the Irish Book Award-winning Black & Irish: Legends, Trailblazers & Everyday Heroes, author and Black & Irish co-founder Leon Diop returns with a new non-fiction picture book.

    Black & Irish: Awesome Icons tells the story of ten inspirational Black Irish people, including record-breaking sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke, NASA scientist Fig O’Reilly and world champion Irish dancer Elliot Kwelele.

    About the Author

    Leon Diop

    Leon Diop is a mixed race man from Tallaght, Dublin. Born to an Irish mother and a Senegalese father. He is the founder of Black and Irish, an organisation striving to transform Ireland into a global leader in equality and inclusion. He is a host of the Black and Irish podcast with RTE. His first book Black & Irish: Legends, Trailblazers & Everyday Heroes, won Teen & Young Adult Book of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards. Grace Enemaku is an award-winning, Nigerian-Irish multidisciplinary designer & illustrator who creates branding and illustration for the unconventional. Her work is filled with bright colours, playful motifs and features a diverse array of characters. She co-founded DesignOpp, an IDI initiative to champion diversity for people of colour in the Irish design and creative industry.

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