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• Brooklyn

  a Novel

  Tóibín, Colm, 1955-

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  LIT- A young woman leaves all she's ever known for a chance at a brighter future in Brooklyn, NY. When circumstances demand that she return to Ireland, she'll have to make a choice between two possible lives.

• Long Island

  a Novel

  Tóibín, Colm, 1955-

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  LIT- The sequel to "Brooklyn" sees Eilis again in a tough position. Now in middle age, she once again returns to Ireland, this time with her children, to face her past.

• Normal People

  a Novel

  Rooney, Sally,

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  LIT- Two young people navigate becoming adults, intimacy, and relationships over a period of ten years. Also a mini series on Hulu staring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal.

• Small Things Like These

  Keegan, Claire,

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  NOVELLA- A hardworking man with a young family, stumbles upon something that shakes him to his core and must make a choice between propriety and doing the right thing.

• The Heart's Invisible Furies

  Boyne, John, 1971-

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  LIT- This moving story tracks the life of a young orphan over the course of his life and his desire to find out who he really is.

• Himself

  a Novel

  Kidd, Jess,

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  LIT- A cheeky but loveable man returns to the village of his birth to find out what's become of his mother. He embodies the gift of gab so well that even the dearly departed can't help but chat him up.

• The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty

  Barry, Sebastian, 1955-

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  LIT- Out of pure necessity, Eneas McNulty joins the British-led police force, the Royal Irish Constabulary and draws the fury of the IRA down on his head. He is forced to flee Ireland and is on the run for the remainder of his life.

• The Commitments

  Doyle, Roddy, 1958-

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  LIT- A group of young working-class kids are determined to bring American Rhythm and Blues to Ireland. Shenanigans ensue.

• An Irish Country Doctor

  Taylor, Patrick, 1941-

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  LIT- The Irish answer to James Harriet's "All Creatures Great and Small". This series beginner follows a recent medical school graduate finding his footing in a rural practice.

• Dubliners

  Joyce, James, 1882-1941

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  LIT- A work of short stories highlighting the lives of people living in Dublin- by Ireland's most famous writer.

• Good Eggs

  a Novel

  Hardiman, Rebecca,

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  LIT- From Booklist "In her poignant and often hilarious family-drama-turned-caper debut, Hardiman, with a light tip of the hat to James Joyce’s Dubliners, masterfully inhabits the lives of three generations of the Dublin Gogarty family..."

• The Library at the Edge of the World

  a Novel

  Hayes-McCoy, Felicity,

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  LIT- A young woman faces personal and community crises and must decide if she can step up and meet them head on. Set on the West Coast of Ireland this has a strong sense of place.

• The Lost Bookshop

  Woods, Evie,

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  FANTASY- From NoveList "For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives. But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three unsuspecting strangers will discover that their own stories are every bit as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Searcher

  French, Tana,

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  MYSTERY- Cal Hooper, a retired policeman from Chicago, moves to the west of Ireland in hopes of a quiet new life. Those hopes are dashed when he is reluctantly pulled into the case of a missing young man. Strong supporting characters, strong sense…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 100 Poems

  Heaney, Seamus,

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  POETRY- Named "the most important Irish poet since Yeats".

• The Collected Poems of Samuel Beckett

  a Critical Edition

  Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989,

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  POETRY- A giant figure in poetry and theater and a contemporary of Heaney. Beckett won a Nobel Prize in 1969. You might recognize him as the playwright of "Waiting for Gadot".

• William Butler Yeats

  Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939

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  POETRY- The most famous Irish poet of them all.

• Angela's Ashes

  a Memoir

  McCourt, Frank,

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  BIOGRAPHY- Born in Brooklyn, NY to poor Irish immigrants, after a family tragedy, they return to Ireland where their lives go from bad to worse. McCourt recounts his childhood years during the Great Depression and WW2 with great feeling and aplomb.

• Say Nothing

  a True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

  Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976-

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  TRUE CRIME- from the dust jacket "December 1972. Jean McConville, a mother of ten, was dragged from her Belfast home by masked intruders. Her children never saw her again. Her abduction was one of the most notorious episodes of the vicious conflict…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Irish Stories and Folklore

  a Collection of Thirty-six Classic Tales

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  FOLKLORE- from the catalog "This collection of thirty-six stories includes the influential works of Ireland's most treasured authors, including: Oscar Wilde; Jonathan Swift; James Joyce; W.B. Yeats; And so many more!..."