32 wonderful Irish books: One set in every county in Ireland

Given by The Irish Times

33 Works 14,022 Bøger 646 Reviews ½ 3.9
To celebrate St Patrick’s Day, The Irish Times has assembled a list of books, fiction or creative nonfiction, one set in each Irish county. It would be fair to say that, no more than its vis mere population density, Ireland’s literary riches are not evenly distributed and a handful of counties had us racking our brains for a representative. A quick appeal on social media revealed, however, that while not everyone has a book in them, every county does have at least one.

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Choosing just one book for Cork was too difficult, so we've included two. (So you can stop wondering why there's 33 books in this list.)

Martin Doyle vis mindre
Kategorier:
Alle, Antrim (1), Armagh (1), Carlow (1), Cavan (1), Clare (1), Cork (1), Cork city (1), Derry (1), Donegal (1), Down (1), Dublin (1), Fermanagh (1), Galway (1), Kerry (1), Kildare (1), Kilkenny (1), Laois (1), Leitrim (1), Limerick (1), Longford (1), Louth (1), Mayo (1), Meath (1), Monaghan (1), Offaly (1), Roscommon (1), Sligo (1), Tipperary (1), Tyrone (1), Waterford (1), Westmeath (1), Wexford (1), Wicklow (1)
Year Awarded:
2022
VærkKategori
The Raptures (2022) af Jan Carson
Antrim
Country (2016) af Michael Hughes
Armagh
The Deadwood Encore (2022) af Kathleen Murray
Carlow
The Run of the Country (1991) af Shane Connaughton
Cavan
In the Forest (2002) af Edna O'Brien
Clare
The Art of Falling (2021) af Danielle McLaughlin
Cork
The Glorious Heresies (2015) af Lisa McInerney
Cork city
Læsning i mørke (1996) af Seamus Deane
Derry
The Lost Soldier's Song (1994) af Patrick McGinley
Donegal
Orchid Blue (2010) af Eoin McNamee
Down
At Swim, Two Boys (2001) af Jamie O'Neill
Dublin
The Sunken Road (2021) af Ciarán McMenamin
Fermanagh
As You Were (2020) af Elaine Feeney
Galway
The Colony (2022) af Audrey Magee
Kerry
Snowflake (2021) af Louise Nealon
Kildare
Her Kind (2019) af Niamh Boyce
Kilkenny
There Was an Ancient House (1955) af Benedict Kiely
Laois
Amongst Women (1990) af John McGahern
Leitrim
Without My Cloak (1931) af Kate O'Brien
Limerick
Solace (2011) af Belinda McKeon
Longford
Nothing On Earth (1871) af Conor O'Callaghan
Louth
Young Skins (2013) af Colin Barrett
Mayo
Nobber (2019) af Oisín Fagan
Meath
Slagterdrengen (1992) af Patrick McCabe
Monaghan
Minor Monuments (2019) af Ian Maleney
Offaly
The Wild Laughter (2020) af Caoilinn Hughes
Roscommon
Det hemmelige skrift (2008) af Sebastian Barry
Sligo
Rust (2012) af Donal Ryan
Tipperary
Big Girl, Small Town (2020) af Michelle Gallen
Tyrone
The Amusements (2022) af Aingeala Flannery
Waterford
The Valley of the Squinting Windows (1918) af Brinsley MacNamara
Westmeath
Small Things Like These (2021) af Claire Keegan
Wexford
Braywatch (2020) af Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
Wicklow

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