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message 1: by [deleted user] (new)

What no Maeve Binchy? baffled.....


message 2: by Mo (new)

Mo I agree and how come P. S. I Love You isn't on here? I've never even heard of any of these books aside from The Snapper.


message 3: by Neva (new)

Neva Leigh Oh my gosh you missed one of the best books set in a sleepy Irish village - The All of It by Jeannette Haien. It is only 148 pages but one of my favorite books


message 4: by David (new)

David The Year of the French/The Tenants of Time/the Last of the Hunt by Thomas Flanagan. Historical fiction at its best, and beautifully written.


message 5: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer Venetia Kelly's Traveling Show by Frank Delaney needs to be on the list. Listen to it if you can, the author narrates it himself. Also Skippy Dies by Paul Murray


message 6: by Maggieg (new)

Maggieg What,no J P Donleavy. 'The Ginger Man' - surely one of the funniest books ever written. Also, Edna O'Brien's 'The Country Girls'.


message 7: by Lucy (new)

Lucy Where are the works of the great Irish author, William Trevor i.e. "Cheating at Canasta", "The Story of Lucy Gault". "Death in Summer".


message 8: by Judi (last edited Mar 14, 2012 06:28PM) (new)

Judi Fox Only one each by Cecelia Ahern, Ken Bruen, Maeve Binchy,and Frank Delaney,and no Irish Century at all. The Irish Century series - 1916, 1921, 1949, 1972, and 1999 by Morgan Llywelyn deserve to be here, and does her "Lion of Ireland."

So - I added a few of my favorites.


message 9: by Bettie (new)

Bettie the earth hums in b flat is set in wales and written by a welsh author.

If you don't see a book here that you think should be you can add them by pressing the 'add book' tab up there on top right, just above the 'my rating' column.

Happy St. Patrick's Day 2012


message 10: by Alan (new)

Alan Newman Should add: The Master and Brooklyn by Colm Toibin; The Gathering by Ann Enright; Felicia's Journey and Collected short Stories, by William Trevor, Waiting for Godot, and other plays and novels by Samuel Beckett.


message 11: by Annemarie (new)

Annemarie Cullen What about the magnificent Kate o'brien? The land of spices is a beautiful book


message 12: by Dan (new)

Dan Sutton Brendan Behan, "Borstal Boy" ?!?


message 13: by Hilary (new)

Hilary Andrea Carter's solicitor detective.


message 14: by [deleted user] (new)

What about books actually written in Irish? Is there another category I missed?


message 15: by Jean (new)

Jean Nolan Many of the books people are claiming are absent are there. Read a bit more carefully, my friends.


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