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David McK (3425 KP) created a poll

Mar 13, 2019 (Updated Mar 17, 2019)  
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Who will win Rugby's 2019 Six Nations?

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Happy Disney+ day, people in the UK, Ireland, and a select few other European countries!
     
The Magdalene Sisters (2003)
The Magdalene Sisters (2003)
2003 | Drama
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"An unsentimental handling of a small portion of the atrocities the Catholic Church raged on Ireland."

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Erika (17788 KP) rated 71 (2015) in Movies

Aug 18, 2017  
71 (2015)
71 (2015)
2015 | Action, Drama
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This is a solid movie; it's completely riveting and it shows a very interesting time in Northern Ireland.
  
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My Lady Judge (Burren Mysteries, #1)
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Enjoyable mystery set in Ireland in 1509 with the protagonist a female who is a sort of judge in traditional Gaelic law. An entertaining book where you also feel like you learned something new!
  

"Say Nothing is written like the most gripping of novels. Patrick Radden Keefe brings the tragedies of The Troubles in Northern Ireland to life in this brilliant piece of investigative writing. Heartbreaking, eloquent, shattering, lingering, illuminating."

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Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list

Sep 22, 2017
There’s something for everyone: a domestic drama that unfolds in a picture-perfect suburb, a psychological thriller set in 19th-century Ireland, a history of improv comedy, even a heist novel that takes place on the moon.

This season is going to be awesome for book lovers. Entertainment Weekly has put together some irresistible new books from some of our favourite authors.


Artemis

Artemis

Andy Weir

7.7 (34 Ratings) Rate It

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Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon,...


Science fiction
After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search

After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search

Sarah Perry

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A fierce memoir of a mother's murder, a daughter's coming-of-age in the wake of immense loss, and...


Biography memoir true crime
Renegades

Renegades

Marissa Meyer

8.3 (19 Ratings) Rate It

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From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Marissa Meyer, comes a high-stakes world of adventure,...


Fantasy Young Adult
Ali: A Life

Ali: A Life

Jonathan Eig

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When the frail, trembling figure of Muhammad Ali lit the Olympic flame in Atlanta in 1996, a TV...

A Loving, Faithful Animal

A Loving, Faithful Animal

Josephine Rowe

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It is New Year’s Eve 1990, in a small town in southeast Australia. Ru's father, Jack, one of...


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The sequel to "A Shadow of Gulls", the Crow Goddess continues the story of Lugh the Harper and Cuchullain, although reading the former is not a pre-requisite to reading this.

Whereas the previous novel revolved mainly around the Ulster series of Legends (most particularly the Cattle Raid of Cooley), this novel takes place in both Roman Britain (the first half, and prior to the building of Hadrians Wall) and Ireland. The second part of the novel - the part in Ireland itself - concerns Cuchullains legendary death more than his legendary life.

Well worth a read!
  
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Cillian Murphy recommended The Butcher Boy in Books (curated)

 
The Butcher Boy
The Butcher Boy
Patrick McCabe | 2015 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
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"An absolutely stunning achievement and one of the most heartbreaking books I have ever read. Dark, fiercely funny, compassionate, and unashamedly Irish. Its depiction of a young boy’s descent into isolation and madness in small town Ireland has never left me…"

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Hornblower and the widow McCool
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Short story by C.S. Forester, set in the early years of Hornblower's career and in which he foils a plot to stir up rebellion in Ireland.

As a short story, this is a snack rather than a meal in effect.