Cathy over @746 Books hosts a READING IRELAND MONTH each March. (Click the link to read the how to’s.) I’m joining in this year. I just discovered Cathy’s blog this last year and have found lots of good reads there! Cathy lives in Ireland. I have Irish ancestry on my paternal grandmother’s side, she was a Gallagher before she married my German grandpa and became a Brintzenhofe :0
‘Reading Ireland Month (or The Begorrathon as it is affectionately known) will feature book and film reviews, poems, music, interviews, giveaways and much, much more.‘
I have several good ‘Irish’ books that I’ve been looking forward to reading. This is my list I will be reading from. I know I won’t get them all read but hopefully at least 4-5!
Bogmail by Patrick McGinley
Across the Bitter Sea by Eilis Dillon
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
The Book of Evidence by John Banville
Charming Billy by Alice McDermott (Irish/American community setting)
A Chance To Die by Elizabeth Elliot biography of Irish Missionary Amy Carmichael
The Death of An Irish Lover by Bartholomew Gill
The Death of an Irish Sea Wolf by Bartholomew Gill
The Islandman by Tomás Ó Crohan
In the Woods, The Likeness and Faithful Place all three by Tana French
Loving and Giving by Molly Keane
Mad Puppetstown by M.J. Farrell (Molly Keane)
Mary Lavelle by Kate O’Brien
My Lover’s Lover by Maggie O’Farrell
And one I’m hoping to get from my library: The Good People by Hannah Kent
It’s a great excuse to look for Irish movies to watch and music too! You should run over and sign up too! THE BEGGORATHON
Peggy's Porch 
I have read a few of those authors’ works without even realizing they were Irish authors! Brooklyn…plus it’s a movie…and Charming Billy are the ones I have read.
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I was adding more to the list while you were commenting, Patty! I discovered I had more authors I didn’t realize were Irish until I looked at Cathy’s 100 Books by Irish Women Writers!
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Now that would be fun and kind of exciting! Should we try our meet up again the next time you are in Maryland?
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Sure, that would be fun! I’ll let you know when we are planning a trip up.
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I am sure there is somewhere we can meet in the middle!
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Good for you, Peggy. I found this challenge very appealing, but I don’t know if I would get anything read and reviewed during the month of March. I am still thinking about it.
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Read Tana French! I love her books. 🙂
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Just started Bogmail. I’ll do Tana French when I finish this one!
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I’m joining!
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Yay 😁
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Replying to myself here. I won’t be doing it, at least this year.
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Hi there! I’m taking part in the challenge too. It will be my third.
Can’t wait to read your reviews. I’ll be reviewing books too (I hope two or three) and hope to add a few different posts. Let’s see.
Let’s rock this month!!!!
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Absolutely, Jazzfeathers!
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