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FROM: "Lisa Mettauer" <[removed]@scls.lib.wi.us>
REC'D: 2/3/00, 10:37 AM

To all;

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, I was thinking of compiling a booklist of
fiction books about the Irish or set in Ireland. What better place to ask
for suggestions? I'll post to the list when done.

TIA,
Lisa
Lisa Mettauer
Madison Public Library
Madison, WI

FROM: "Theresa Lukas" <[removed]@lfpl.org>
REC'D: 2/3/00, 11:05 AM

Scarlet by Alexandra Ripley
Theresa Lukas
Library Assistant
Southwest Regional Library
933-0029
[removed]@lfpl.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Lisa Mettauer [[removed]@scls.lib.wi.us]
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 11:41 AM
[removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
Subject: Irish

To all;

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, I was thinking of compiling a
booklist of
fiction books about the Irish or set in Ireland. What
better place to ask
for suggestions? I'll post to the list when done.

TIA,
Lisa
Lisa Mettauer
Madison Public Library
Madison, WI

FROM: "Paula Davino" <[removed]@kentnet.dtcc.edu>
REC'D: 2/3/00, 11:28 AM

One of my favorite books of last year was set in Ireland, As It Is In
Heaven by Niall Williams.

Paula Davino
Assistant Director
Dover Public Library
Dover, Delaware
[removed]@kentnet.dtcc.edu

FROM: <[removed]@co.wake.nc.us>
REC'D: 2/3/00, 12:17 PM

Books by Maeve Binchy, Roddy Doyle, Patrick McCabe

FROM: "Holly Sanhuber" <[removed]@ci.muskego.wi.us>
REC'D: 2/3/00, 12:20 PM

Nora Roberts's trilogy, BORN IN FIRE; BORN IN ICE; BORN IN SHAME and
others?
_________________________________________

Holly Sanhuber, Director
MUSKEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY
W182 S8200 Racine Avenue
P.O. Box 749
Muskego, WI 53150
414-679-4120; FAX 414-679-4123
e-mail: [removed]@ci.muskego.wi.us

>----------
>From: Lisa Mettauer[[removed]@scls.lib.wi.us]
>Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 10:41 AM
>To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
>Subject: Irish
>
>To all;
>
>In honor of St. Patrick's Day, I was thinking of compiling a booklist of
>fiction books about the Irish or set in Ireland. What better place to ask
>for suggestions? I'll post to the list when done.
>
>TIA,
>Lisa
>Lisa Mettauer
>Madison Public Library
>Madison, WI
>

FROM: "Tom Dillie" <[removed]@wadsworth.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 2/3/00, 12:26 PM

Lisa,
Here's the fiction from a "Writing Ireland" list I did last spring. I haven't
updated it yet, so it's missing some new titles, e.g. A Star Called Henry by
Roddy Doyle.

A Circle of Friends; Dublin 4; Echoes; and other books
by Maeve Binchy
11 St. Edward Street by Clare Boylan
Springs of Affection: Stories of Dublin by Maeve Brennan
Reading in the Dark by Seamus Deane
The Barrytown Trilogy; Paddy Clarke, ha, ha, ha;
The Woman Who Walked Into Doors by Roddy Doyle
The Year of the French by Thomas Flanagan
Dubliners; Finnegans Wake; Ulysses by James Joyce
The Ram of God by John B. Keane
The State of Ireland by Benedict Kiely
Finn MacCool; Pride of Lions and other books
by Morgan Llywelyn
Carn; The Dead School by Patrick McCabe
Charming Billy by Alice McDermott
Orange Rhymes With Everything by Adrian McKinty
The Last of Deeds & Love in History by Eoin McNamee
Down by the River; The High Road; Lantern Slides
and other books by Edna OâBrien
The Black Soul and Famine by Liam OâFlaherty
In the Season of the Daisies by Tom Phelan
The Long Falling by Keith Ridgeway
Waiting for the Healer by Eamonn Sweeney
Only the River Runs Free by Brock and Bodie Thoene
After Rain; Fools of Fortune; Juliets Story; Nights at the Alexandra and
other books by William Trevor
Trinity; Redemption by Leon Uris
The Promise of Light by Paul Watkins
Four Letters of Love by Niall Williams


Tom Dillie, Adult Services Librarian
Wadsworth Public Library
132 Broad St.
Wadsworth OH 44281
www.wadsworth.lib.oh.us

FROM: "McCabe, Deborah" <[removed]@uwsp.edu>
REC'D: 2/3/00, 12:41 PM

Morgan Llywelyn: Bard; Brian Boru; Finn MacCool; Last Prince of Ireland; Red
Branch.
Thomas Flanagan: The year of the French; The tenants of time.
William Martin: The rising of the moon.
AE Somerville: The Irish RM.
Christy Brown: Down all the days.
Jon Hassler: A green journey.
Molly Keane: Queen Lear; Good behavior; Time after time.
Peter Maas: Father and son


Deborah M. McCabe, Public Services Librarian
Portage County Public Library
Stevens Point, WI 54481
715.346.1296; fax 715.346.1239
<A HREF="http://library.uwsp.edu/pcl">http://library.uwsp.edu/pcl</A>


-----Original Message-----
From: Lisa Mettauer [<A HREF="mailto:mettauer@scls.lib.wi.us">mailto:mettauer@scls.lib.wi.us</A>]
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 10:41 AM
To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
Subject: Irish


To all;

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, I was thinking of compiling a booklist of
fiction books about the Irish or set in Ireland. What better place to ask
for suggestions? I'll post to the list when done.

TIA,
Lisa
Lisa Mettauer
Madison Public Library
Madison, WI

FROM: <[removed]@aol.com>
REC'D: 2/3/00, 12:41 PM

THE OTHER SIDE by Mary Gordon

THE ALL OF IT by Jeannette Haien

Sherri McCarthy

FROM: "Marianne Malinowski" <[removed]@ames.lib.ia.us>
REC'D: 2/3/00, 12:43 PM

Hi-

I loved the novel "Mermaids Singing" by Lisa Carey.

If you're interested in websites, the Jan. 30th issue of the Chicago Tribune
travel just had an article in the travel section about Limerick, Ireland and
Angela's Ashes. They gave the following website for a virtual Angela's Ashes
tour: ireland.iol.ie/~smidp.

Marianne Malinowski
Ames Public Library
Ames, Iowa 50010

Lisa Mettauer wrote:

> To all;
>
> In honor of St. Patrick's Day, I was thinking of compiling a booklist of
> fiction books about the Irish or set in Ireland. What better place to ask
> for suggestions? I'll post to the list when done.
>
> TIA,
> Lisa
> Lisa Mettauer
> Madison Public Library
> Madison, WI

FROM: "Nora M. Armstrong" <[removed]@clsn1269.cumberland.lib.nc.us>
REC'D: 2/3/00, 12:45 PM

"The Mammy" by Brendan Carroll (I read parts of this out loud to my kids
but we had to stop because we were laughing so hard)
Anything by Roddy Doyle, especially "The Commitments"
The McCourt Brothers, of course
James Joyce
Brendan Behan
Maeve Binchy

...that's all I can think of off the top of my head...please post the
completed list.

Nora Armstrong
Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
Fayetteville, NC
(910)483-7878, FAX (910)486-6661
[removed]@cumberland.lib.nc.us

FROM: "Carrie Grover" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/3/00, 1:17 PM

Felicia's Journey by William Trevor

Carrie Grover
Ref. Librarian
Grace A. Dow Memorial Library (Midland, Mich)
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Get Your Private, Free Email at <A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com">http://www.hotmail.com</A>

FROM: "Nancy Crabbe" <[removed]@ci.santa-clara.ca.us>
REC'D: 2/3/00, 1:27 PM

Lisa,
If you have NoveList access, using the terms Ireland and Irish (in Browse Subjects) produces a wealth of possibilities.

Nancy

Nancy Crabbe
Santa Clara City Library
2635 Homestead Rd. Phone: 408-615-2903
Santa Clara, CA 95051 Fax: 408-247-9657
[removed]@ci.santa-clara.ca.us

>>> Lisa Mettauer <[removed]@scls.lib.wi.us> 02/03/00 08:41AM >>>
To all;

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, I was thinking of compiling a booklist of
fiction books about the Irish or set in Ireland. What better place to ask
for suggestions? I'll post to the list when done.

TIA,
Lisa
Lisa Mettauer
Madison Public Library
Madison, WI

FROM: "Wendy Crutcher" <[removed]@monroe.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 2/3/00, 1:29 PM

Nora Robert's "Born In" series comes to mind (Born in Fire, Born in Ice
and Born is Shame). Also, "Trinity" by Leon Uris.

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Van Buren District Library fax: (616)423-8373
200 North Phelps Street
Decatur, MI 49045
Internet: <A HREF="http://sites.netscape.net/wcrutcher/bookwormcorner/bookworm.html">http://sites.netscape.net/wcrutcher/bookwormcorner/bookworm.html</A>
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On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Lisa Mettauer wrote:

> To all;
>
> In honor of St. Patrick's Day, I was thinking of compiling a booklist of
> fiction books about the Irish or set in Ireland. What better place to ask
> for suggestions? I'll post to the list when done.
>
> TIA,
> Lisa
> Lisa Mettauer
> Madison Public Library
> Madison, WI
>

FROM: "Nancy Eggert" <[removed]@chipublib.org>
REC'D: 2/3/00, 1:29 PM

The Mammy by Brendan O'Carroll
The Barrytown Trilogy by Roddy Doyle
Grania by Morgan Llewellyn
Death of a Joyce Scholar by B. M. Gill

Nancy Eggert
Northtown Branch
Chicago Public Library

FROM: "Mary Van Dyke" <[removed]@CLSN3046.glenview.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 2/3/00, 1:55 PM

Try Seamus Deane's Reading in the DArk and Dermot Healy's Goat Song
and anything by the late Brian Moore.

Mary Van Dyke
Glenview(IL) Public Library

FROM: "Rebecca Vnuk" <[removed]@webrary.org>
REC'D: 2/3/00, 2:34 PM

Two wonderfully funny contemporary novels taking place in Dublin:
Watermelon
and
Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married
by Marian Keyes

anything by Maeve Binchy of course!

I think I'm going to steal this idea from you!! : )

_________________________________________
Rebecca Vnuk, Reference/Readers Services Librarian
Morton Grove Public Library, Morton Grove, IL
(847) 965-4220 [removed]@webrary.org

"One of the great joys of being a librarian is that it is the last refuge
of the renaissance person-- everything you have ever read or learned
or picked up is likely to come in handy." - GraceAnne DeCandido

Opinions expressed are those of the author and do not
necessarily reflect official Library policy.
<A HREF="http://www.webrary.org">http://www.webrary.org</A>

FROM: "Susan Hawrusik" <[removed]@lmxac.org>
REC'D: 2/3/00, 3:03 PM

Other Irish fiction includes:

The Dower House: Annabel Davis-Goff
Everything in the Country Mist: Colum McCann
Knick-Knack Paddy Whack: Ardal O'Hanlon
Reading in the Dark: Seamus Deane
The Springs of Affection: Maeve Brennan
The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty: Sebastian Barry


Lisa Mettauer wrote:

> To all;
>
> In honor of St. Patrick's Day, I was thinking of compiling a booklist of
> fiction books about the Irish or set in Ireland. What better place to ask
> for suggestions? I'll post to the list when done.
>
> TIA,
> Lisa
> Lisa Mettauer
> Madison Public Library
> Madison, WI

FROM: "Theresa Lukas" <[removed]@lfpl.org>
REC'D: 2/3/00, 3:09 PM

Nora Roberts Jewels of the Sun, book one in a new series.
Tears of the Moon (2cnd book in series)
Theresa Lukas
Library Assistant
Southwest Regional Library
933-0029
[removed]@lfpl.org

FROM: "Barry Trott" <[removed]@mail.wrl.org>
REC'D: 2/3/00, 3:38 PM

I'd suggest William Trevor's fiction, both stories and novels.

*******************************************************************************
Barry Trott 7770 Croaker Rd.
Readers' Services Librarian Williamsburg VA 23188
Williamsburg Regional Library Phone: 757-259-4050 or
[removed]@mail.wrl.org 757-259-7720
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FROM: "Marsha Valance " <[removed]@mpl.org>
REC'D: 2/3/00, 4:05 PM

Below is a bibliography of Irish mysteries I updated for the file on the DorothyL website.
Also, does anyone remember Una Troy? She wrote comic novels of Irish village life in the late 1950s. Two titles are *The Graces of Ballykeen* and *We Are Seven*.
I look forward to seeing the completed bibliography.


IRISH CRIME/THRILLERS

ADCOCK, Thomas
Title: Drown All the Dogs
NYC police detective investigates his father's death many years ago

BANVILLE, Vincent
Title: Death By Design
Publisher: Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, Wolfhound, 1993
Featuring John Blaine P.I., 15-stone ex-hurling star.
Paddy described this one as "nearly-good", and tells me
the author has another novel on the way.

BARRETT, Sheila
Title: A View to Die For

BATEMAN, Colin
Title: Divorcing Jack
Alcoholic northern Ireland reporter is caught up in a political murder.
Cycle of Violence NI Reporter
Of Wee Sweetie Mice and Men
Empire State
Maid Of The Mist (1998) NI Cop Frank Corrigan

BELLACERA. Carole
Title: Border Crossings
1999

BRADY, John
Titles: Unholy Ground (1989)
Kaddish in Dublin (London, Arrow, 1990)
A Stone of the Heart (1988)
All-Souls (London, Constable, 1993)
The Good Life (1994)
Featuring Inspector Matt Minogue of Dublin Murder Squad

BRINGLE, Mary
Titles: The Footpath Murder (1975)
The Man in the Moss-Colored Trousers (1986)
Featuring Detective Sean Lynch, Dublin Murder Squad

CAPRANI, Vincent
Title: Murder Paints a Portrait
Publisher: Glendale (Dublin)
The murder of an artist on an island off the west coast of
Ireland

CARSON. Paul
Title: Cold STEEL
1998
Set in Dublin

CUNNINGHAM, Peter
Titles: The Snow Bees
The Bear's Requiem
All Risks Mortality
International thrillers by an Irish writer

DANIEL, Mark
Titles: Bold Thing
Under Orders
Devil To Pay
Publisher: Arrow (London)
Horse-racing mysteries by an Irish writer

DAVIS, Dorothy Salisbury
Title: Habit of Fear

DILLON, Eilis
Title: Death in the Quadrangle
Death at Crane's Court
Sent to His Account
Written in the late 50's - early 60's by an Irish
author, and feature Inspector Mike Kenny

DUNCAN, Myles and Jim LUSBY
Title: Snuff
Publisher: Glendale (Dublin)
Broadcaster and scriptwriter team up to write about a
murderer stalking the Radio Telefis Eireann studios at
Donnybrook in Dublin

EASTERMAN. Danial
Title: Judas Testament

EDWARDS, Ruth Dudley
Titles: Corridors of Death
St Valentine's Day Murders
Irish-born author writing traditional whodunnits featuring
civil servant, Robert Amiss

FALLON, Anne C.
Title: Where Death Lies
Hour of His Death
Potter's Field
Novels by U.S. writer, set in Ireland, featuring James Fleming

FLYNN. Don
Titles: Murder Isn't Enough (1983)
Murder on the Hudson (1986)
Ordinary Murder (1987)
Murder in A Flat (1988)
A Suitcase In Berlin (1989)
Ed 'Fitz' Fitzgerald-Daily Tribune reporter-NY


FORREST, H. J.
Titles: Publish or Perish
Murder by The Book
Publisher: Glendale (Dublin) - see CAPRANI, Vincent above
Forrest is the pseudonym of a (female) professor at
University College, Dublin. Both books are set in Ireland,
and the second includes a competition

FRANSCOME, John
Title: Bloodstock

GASH, Jonathon
Title: The Sleepers of Erin
Lovejoy story set in Ireland

GEBLER. Carlo
Title: How To Murder a Man (1998)
19th Century Ireland

GIBSON, Maggie
Titles: Grace, the Hooker, the Hard Man and the Kid
The Longest Fraud
Featuring Grace De Rossa, former Ban Garda turned P.I.

GILL, Bartholomew
Titles: Death of a Joyce Scholar (1989)
McGarr and the Method of Descartes
McGarr on the Cliffs of Moher (1978)
McGarr at the Dublin Horse Show
McGarr & the P.M. of Belgrave Square (1983)
McGarr & the Legacy of a Woman Scorned (1986)
McGarr and the Politician's Wife
McGarr and the Sienese Conspiracy
Death of Love (1992)
Death on a Cold Wild River (1993)
Death of an Ardent Bibliophile (1995)
Death of an Irish Tinker (1997)
Featuring Peter McGarr of the Serious Crimes Unit

HAMILTON. Lyn
Title: The Amairgen Puzzle (2000)
Lara McClintoch- archaeologist


HARRINGTON, Jonathan.
Title: My Cousin Rose [US Title: The Death of Cousin Rose](1998)
The Second Sorrowful Mystery (1999)
American Danny O'Flaherty

HEGARTY, David (born Wexford, 1943)
Titles: 3 Day Break
Short Storm (Cork, Emperor, 1991)
Latter is a thriller set on the south-east coast

HIGGINS, Jack
Writer (Henry PATTERSON) with Irish-U.S. dual nationality.
Also writes as Martin FALLON, Hugh MARLOWE, James GRAHAM
Titles: The Last Place God Made
The Savage Day
A Prayer For the Dying
The Eagle Has Landed
Storm Warning
Day Of Judgement
The Run to Morning
Dillinger
Luciano's Luck
Touch The devil
Exocet
Confessional
Night of the Fox
A Season in Hell
Memories of a Dance Hall Romeo
Cold Harbour
Eye of the Storm
Thinder Point
On Dangerous Ground
Angel Of Death
Solo
Sheba
Flight of Eagles

JOYCE, Joe
Titles: Off the Record
The Trigger Man
Publisher: Mandarin
Irish author's home-based thrillers

KENYON, Michael
Titles: May You Die in Ireland (1965)
The God Squad Bod
Very funny, very good mysteries featuring Inspector Peckover.

LUSBY, Jim
Titles: Making the Cut
Flashback
Snuff: an RTE mystery with M. Duggan

McCORMAC, Rory
Titles: Playing Dead
Outbreak
Frank Samson-Vet -Set in Ireland

McELDOWNEY, E.
Titles: A Kind of Homecoming
A Stone of the Heart
The Strange Case of Harpo Higgins

MILLS, J. Fitzmaurice
Title: Top Knocker
Intrigue in the Irish art/antiques world, written by
a former columnist with The Irish Times. NOT highly-
recommended by Paddy

MOORE, Brian (born Belfast, 1921)
Titles: The Colour of Blood (London, Paladin, 1987)
Lies of Silence (London, Vintage, 1990)
Two titles by this well-known Belfast-born writer who
emigrated to Canada in 1948; both nominated for the Booker
Prize. The former is a brilliant thriller setting the
personal crisis of one man of God against the greater
conflict of Church and State, in the vein of Graham
Greene's "The Power and The Glory". I like this one!

MOORE, Desmond
Titles: Call Me Evil
Rogan
Publisher: Glendale (Dublin) - see CAPRANI, Vincent above
Irish author's home-based thrillers

O'CONNOR, Gemma
Title: Falls the Shadow

O'NEILL, J. M.
Titles: Duffy is Dead
Canon Bang Bang
Publisher: Sceptre (London)
Limerick-born writer based in London

O'REILLEY, Victor
Titles: Rules of the Hangman
Games of the Hangman

PARSONS, Julie
Title: Mary, Mary (1st)
Set in Dublin

PETIT, Chris
Title: The Psalm Killer
Set in Belfast and Eire

SHELLEY, Mike
Title: The Last Private Eye in Belfast

SIMONSON, Sheila
Title: Malarkey

SIMPSON, Howard R.
Title: Cogan's Case
Crime in West Cork. Novel by former diplomat featuring
Inspector Cogan

TREMAYNE, Peter
Titles: Absolution By Murder (1994)
Shroud For the Archbishop (1995)
Suffer the Little Children (1995)
The Subtle Serpent (1996)
The Spider's Web (1997)
The Exile Way (1997)
Valley Of the Shadows (1998)
The Monk Who Vanished (1999)
Sister Fidelma - 7th Century Rome & Ireland

VALENTINE, Deborah
Title: A Fine Distinction

WAKEFIELD, Hannah
Title: The Woman's Own Mystery

WATERS, Terry
Title: A Drug Called Horse
Publisher: Gill & Macmillan/Wolfhound (Dublin, 1990)
Dublin writer pits hero against drug-dealers and horse-
Thieves

WEBER, Katherine
Title: The Music Lesson (1999)


Marsha J. Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells Street
Milwaukee, Wi 53233-1436
Phone: 414/286-3010
FAX: 414/286-3102
Email: <[removed]@mpl.org>

"That All May Read"

FROM: "Karen Bilton" <[removed]@wccls.lib.or.us>
REC'D: 2/3/00, 4:12 PM

Please, please post the compiled list!!!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barry Trott [[removed]@mail.wrl.org]
> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 1:44 PM
> [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
> Subject: Re: Irish
>
> I'd suggest William Trevor's fiction, both stories and novels.
>
> **************************************************************************
> *****
> Barry Trott 7770 Croaker Rd.
> Readers' Services Librarian Williamsburg VA 23188
> Williamsburg Regional Library Phone: 757-259-4050 or
> [removed]@mail.wrl.org 757-259-7720
> **************************************************************************
> *****
>

FROM: "Marla" <[removed]@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org>
REC'D: 2/3/00, 4:21 PM

A few titles I don't think I've seen posted:

The Oxford Book of Irish Short Stories.
The Exiles of Erin; 19th cent. Irish-American Fiction.
Death of an Irish Seawolf, by Bartholomew Gill.
Irish Magic; 4 Tales of Romance and Enchantment.
Irish Tales of Terror.

Should be a good list for a good display. I didn't do the "Irish" thing
last March, but it's probably time to do it again. Was a popular
display. BYE!

Marla/Great Falls Public Library/Acquisitions
301 2nd Ave N
Great Falls, MT 59401-2593
[removed]@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org

FROM: "Waznis, Betty" <[removed]@sdcl.org>
REC'D: 2/3/00, 4:25 PM

One of my colleagues recommends the Peter McGarr mysteries by Bartholomew
Gill.

Betty Waznis
San Diego County Library

FROM: <[removed]@ryde.nsw.gov.au>
REC'D: 2/3/00, 9:50 PM

Dan Binchey's Brulagh trilogy is very funny.
Neon Madonna 1991
Last resorts 1992
Fireballs 1993

Glenys Murray
Ryde Library and Information Service
Sydney


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FROM: <[removed]@aol.com>
REC'D: 2/3/00, 11:17 PM

Lest we forget - what about Darby O'Gill & the Little People?

"Binnie Syril Braunstein" <[removed]@aol.com>

Baltimore, Maryland

FROM: "Marsha Valance " <[removed]@mpl.org>
REC'D: 2/4/00, 9:06 AM

If we're going back to the 19th-early 20th century, let's not forget J. Sheridan LeFanu, Lord Dunsany, Walter de la Mare, Brendan Behan & Sean O'Casey.


Marsha J. Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells Street
Milwaukee, Wi 53233-1436
Phone: 414/286-3010
FAX: 414/286-3102
Email: <[removed]@mpl.org>

"That All May Read"

>>> "Marla" <[removed]@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org> 02/03 4:22 PM >>>

A few titles I don't think I've seen posted:

The Oxford Book of Irish Short Stories.
The Exiles of Erin; 19th cent. Irish-American Fiction.
Death of an Irish Seawolf, by Bartholomew Gill.
Irish Magic; 4 Tales of Romance and Enchantment.
Irish Tales of Terror.

Should be a good list for a good display. I didn't do the "Irish" thing
last March, but it's probably time to do it again. Was a popular
display. BYE!

Marla/Great Falls Public Library/Acquisitions
301 2nd Ave N
Great Falls, MT 59401-2593
[removed]@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org

FROM: "Epstein" <[removed]@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
REC'D: 2/4/00, 9:39 AM

Please don't forget Frank O'Connor and Mary Lavin. Though they are not
current they are too good to be missed.

Michelle Epstein

FROM: "Pamela M Weinberg" <[removed]@chipublib.org>
REC'D: 2/4/00, 10:59 AM

Alice Taylor has written wonderful non-fiction/autobiographical books
about growing up in Ireland (Too School Through the Fields...), and now
has a fiction title "Woman of the House" (1999).

Also, Walter Keady, who lives in America now has written "Celibates and
Other Lovers" and "Mary McGreevy".

And then there is the very"dark" side from Patrick McCabe "The Butcher
Boy" and others.

Pam Weinberg
Oriole Park Br./CPL

xx
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FROM: <[removed]@ebtech.net>
REC'D: 2/4/00, 1:39 PM

Someone else had the same idea as I had, except I'm gathering titles of
Irish mysteries, i.e. mysteries set in Ireland. Does anyone have some to
suggest? Thanks so much.
Ellen Dark
Reference Librarian
Sarnia Branch,
Lambton County Library

FROM: <[removed]@ebtech.net>
REC'D: 2/4/00, 1:42 PM

Sorry to post twice in one day, but I'm behind in my posts, so I posted my
request before I found Marsha Vance's list from DorothyL, which I had
received via email a few weeks before (I'm a DorothyL subscriber too).
If anyone has some titles not on Marsha's excellent list, I would like
to know about them, and probably Marsha does too.
Ellen Dark

FROM: "Lisa Mettauer" <[removed]@scls.lib.wi.us>
REC'D: 2/16/00, 9:32 AM

To all;

Here is the list of books about Ireland or the Irish that you sent me.
Thanks so much for your suggestions.

Lisa

Irish Fiction

Barry, Sebastian The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty
Behan, Brendan
Binchey, Dan Brulagh trilogy
Neon Madonna
Last resorts
Fireballs
Binchy, Maeve A Circle of Friends; Dublin 4; Echoes
Boylan, Clare 11 Edward Street
Brennan, Maeve Springs of Affection: Stories of Dublin
Brown, Christy Down all the days
Carey, Lisa The Mermaids Singing
Carroll, Brendan The Mammy
Clement, Mickey Irish Princess
Davis-Goff, Annabel The Dower House
Deane, Seamus Reading in the Dark
de la Mare, Walter
Doyle, Roddy The Commitments A Star Called Henry, The Barrytown
Trilogy; Paddy Clarke, ha, ha, ha; The Woman Who Walked Into Doors
Lord Dunsany
Flanagan, Thomas The year of the French; The tenants of time
Gill, B.M. Death of a Joyce Scholar
Death of an Irish Seawolf, by Bartholomew Gill
Peter McGarr mysteries by Bartholomew Gill.
Gordon, Mary The Other Side
Haien, Jeannette The All of It
Hassler, Jon A green journey
Healy, Dermot Goat Song
Jones, Ann T. A Country Divorce
Joyce, James Dubliners; Finnegans Wake; Ulysses
Kavanaugh, H.T. Darby O'Gill & the Little People
Keady , Walter Celibates and Other Lovers, Mary McGreevy
Keane, John B. The Ram of God
Keane, Molly Queen Lear; Good behavior; Time after time
Keyes, Marian Watermelon and Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married
Kiely, Benedict The State of Ireland
Lash, Jennifer Blood Ties
Lavin, Mary
LeFanu, J. Sheridan
Llywelyn, Morgan Finn MacCool; Pride of Lions,Bard; Brian Boru; Finn
MacCool; Last
Prince of Ireland; Red Branch, Grania
McCabe, Patrick The Butcher Boy
Maas, Peter Father and Son
McCabe, Patrick Carn; The Dead School
McCann, Colum Everything in the Country Mist
McCourt Brothers
McDermott, Alice Charming Billy
McKinty, Adrian Orange Rhymes With Everything
McNamee, Eoin The Last of Deeds & Love in History
Martin, William The rising of the moon
Moore, Brian
OâBrien, Edna Down by the River; The High Road; Lantern Slides
O'Casey, Sean
O'Connor, Frank
OâFlaherty, Liam The Black Soul and Famine
O'Hanlon, Ardal Knick-Knack Paddy Whack:
Phelan Tom In the Season of the Daisies
Ridgeway, Keith The Long Falling
Ripley, Alexandra Scarlett
Roberts, Nora Born in Fire; Born in Ice; Born in Shame, Irish
Thoroughbred and Irish Rose,
Irish Rebel
Ross, JoAnn A woman's heart
Somerville, A.E. The Irish RM.
Sweeney, Eamonn Waiting for the Healer
Taylor, Alice Too School Through the Fields, Woman of the House
Thoene, Brock and Bodie Only the River Runs Free
Trevor, William After Rain; Fools of Fortune; Juliets Story; Nights at
the Alexandra, Felicia's
Journey
Uris, Leon Trinity, Redemption
Watkins, Paul The Promise of Light
Williams, Niall As It Is In Heaven Four Letters of Love

The Oxford Book of Irish Short Stories.
The Exiles of Erin; 19th cent. Irish-American Fiction.
Irish Magic: 4 Tales of Romance and Enchantment.
Irish Tales of Terror.

Lisa Mettauer
Madison Public Library
Madison, WI

FROM: <[removed]@lib.cnib.ca>
REC'D: 2/29/00, 12:31 PM

Does anyone know of a listserv dedicated to the discussion of Irish Lit?

Any help would be appreciated.

Nicole Patterson
CNIB Library for the Blind
Toronto, ON

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