The Clocks in This House All Tell Different Times
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New Faces of Fiction 2017, Observer Observer Fiction to look out for in 2017 The Irish Times What...
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PUB SONGS PODCAST with Marc Gunn
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Pub Songs aren't just songs about drinking. For host Marc Gunn, The Celtfather, these are fun songs...
The Butcher Boy
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When I was a young lad twenty or thirty or forty years ago I lived in a small town where they were...
Anywhere But Schuylkill (The Great Upheaval Trilogy)
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In 1877, twenty Irish coal miners hanged for a terrorist conspiracy that never occurred. Anywhere...
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The Ballad of Mary Kearney
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"I am dead, my Mary; the man who loved you body and soul lies in some dishonorable grave." In...
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The Irish Ties That Bind
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From the green hills of southern Ireland to the heartland of America, four families are united by...
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Neil Jordan: Interviews
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These interviews cover the career to date of Neil Jordan (b. 1950), easily the most renowned...
Small Mercies
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'Mrs. Fennessy, please go home.' 'And do what?' 'Whatever you do when you're home.' 'And then...
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Chris Hooker (419 KP) rated The Girl Who Came Home in Books
Jan 12, 2018
[Gaynor] tells the story of Maggie, and Irish girl, who is leaving her home to travel to America with her aunt after the death of her mother. Maggie does not want to leave unlike those she is traveling with since she is in love.
This novel does a good job mixing history with fiction and making it believable. It is also told as a memory to Maggie's granddaughter, Grace, who has made her own sacrifices for family. It is an enjoyable read with a slight twist at the end.
One Boy's War
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ENGLAND, SUMMER 1940. Following a brush with death in the Irish Sea, 10-year-old Käfer Avigdor...
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